Research New Study Mismatches Vaccine Doses to Boost Immunity to COVID and Variants By Mark Michaud Jun. 8, 2021 URMC is participating in a new clinical trial that will help inform public health decisions around re-vaccination schedules and the deployment of boosters that target COVID variants.
Patient Care What You Need to Know About COVID Vaccines and Imaging Scans By Leslie Orr Jun. 7, 2021 Tell your health care providers the date of your vaccine and what arm received the shot - especially if you have an imaging scan coming up.
Patient Care Finding Family and France, Figuratively: One Lymphoma Patient's Stem Cell Transplant Story By Ruth Harper-Rhode Jun. 3, 2021 Jodi Lown has always dreamt of going to France. She had no idea a lymphoma diagnosis would bring France to her, in the form of a stem cell transplant, or that she would find a way to return an active ...
Patient Care Oncology Field’s "Advance of the Year" Thrives at Wilmot By Leslie Orr Jun. 1, 2021 Wilmot patients benefit from major improvements in treating gastrointestinal tumors - the "Advance of the Year" in oncology.
Research Leukemia Treatment Can Bait and Capture Cells in Hiding, Wilmot Research Shows By Leslie Orr May. 26, 2021 New research suggests that targeted leukemia treatment may be able to correct the faulty genes that fuel cancer at its root.
Patient Care Clinical Trials Gave Wilmot Multiple Myeloma Patient 18 Years - and He's Not Done Counting By Ruth Harper-Rhode May. 20, 2021 There’s a misconception that, when a cancer patient is offered a clinical trial, the end is near. But multiple myeloma survivor Alan Brandon is living proof dispelling that notion.
Research Do COVID Vaccines (and Boosters) Protect You During Pregnancy? By Susanne Pallo May. 17, 2021 By all accounts, COVID vaccines in use in the U.S. today are highly effective, but pregnant people have largely been left out of the research behind the vaccines. A new study at URMC will follow 135 ...
Patient Care Everything you Need to Know About the Pfizer COVID Vaccine for Children Aged 12-15 By Scott Hesel May. 7, 2021 Infectious disease experts Mary Caserta, M.D., and Jennifer Nayak, M.D., and pediatrician Elizabeth Murray, D.O., discuss why the COVID pediatric vaccine is effective, thoroughly tested and safe for ...
Research URMC, RRH Test New COVID Vaccine Against South African Variant By Susanne Pallo May. 3, 2021 Over a year into the COVID pandemic, we are in a race between vaccines and variants. The longer the novel coronavirus circulates, the higher the likelihood it will pick up a mutation that helps it ...
Education Our COVID Response: Remembering What We Found By Lori Barrette May. 3, 2021 The past year has challenged URMC in ways no one could have imagined. There’s no denying the Rochester-strong courage, tenacity, and teamwork that got us through an unforgettable year.
