Research URMC, RRH Join Pfizer and BioNTech Late-Stage COVID-19 Vaccine Study By Mark Michaud Jul. 28, 2020 The University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) and Rochester Regional Health (RRH) are joining a phase 3 clinical trial for a potential coronavirus vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech. Four ...
Research Coordinating Coronavirus Research: Creating Options for Our Sickest COVID-19 Patients By Susanne Pallo Jul. 14, 2020 Since COVID-19 hit Rochester in March of 2020, a team of University of Rochester Medical Center clinicians and researchers has mobilized to bring the most promising clinical trials - that address the ...
Patient Care UR Medicine Hospitals Resume Limited Inpatient Visitation By Barbara Ficarra Jun. 23, 2020 As COVID-19 cases decline in New York, limited visitation for patients will resume at UR Medicine hospitals beginning June 25. The changes follow state Department of Health guidance from June 17, ...
Research COVID-19 Toll in Nursing Homes Linked to Staffing Levels and Quality By Mark Michaud Jun. 18, 2020 Long-term care facilities with lower nurse staffing levels, poorer quality scores, and higher concentrations of disadvantaged residents suffer from higher rates of confirmed COVID-19 cases, according ...
Community University Makes Self-Screening Technology for COVID Symptoms Available to Employers By Chip Partner Jun. 12, 2020 ROCHESTER, N.Y., June 12, 2020 – Employers across the country can advance reopening efforts with technology developed by the University of Rochester to check employees for potential COVID-19 symptoms ...
Research URMC, RRH Collaborating to Test Experimental Coronavirus Vaccine By Mark Michaud May. 5, 2020 The University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) and Rochester Regional Health (RRH) are investigating a new potential coronavirus vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech. “COVID-19 is a highly ...
Patient Care Intubation Box Provides Extra Protection for Caregivers Fighting the Pandemic By Bob Marcotte May. 1, 2020 Timothy O’Connor and Amy Niertit (Emergency Medicine) demonstrates use of an intubation box created by engineers at the University of Rochester as a safeguard for treating COVID-19 patients. ...
Research Coronavirus Research Focuses on RNA as Key to Developing New Treatments By URMC Communications Apr. 30, 2020 Binding of the coronavirus spike protein (red) to an ACE2 receptor (blue) on a human cell leads to the penetration of the virus in the cell.Viruses like the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 are ...
Research Rochester researchers pursue quick ways to detect COVID-19—and better understand it By URMC Communications Apr. 22, 2020 University of Rochester photo / J. Adam FensterAs researchers around the world race to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, three scientists at the University of Rochester are rapidly adapting ...
Community Statement on Guidelines for Resuming Elective Outpatient Treatments By URMC Communications Apr. 21, 2020 UR Medicine welcomes the Governor's guidelines that will allow hospitals to resume elective outpatient treatments.
