Patient Care UR Medicine Delivers COVID Vaccine to Hundreds in First Week of Clinics By Barbara Ficarra Dec. 18, 2020 Just days after the first doses arrived Dec. 14, nearly 1900 UR Medicine staff on the front line of the coronavirus pandemic have received Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine to protect themselves from COVID-19.
Research FDA Approves Pfizer Coronavirus Vaccine: Vaccination Begins in Frontline Health Care Workers By Mark Michaud Dec. 10, 2020 An interim analysis of study data from a coronavirus vaccine being developed by Pfizer and BioNTech indicates that the vaccine is highly effective in preventing COVID-19.
Research $18 Million Grant Supports HIV/AIDS Research, Outreach to Rochester Community By Emily Boynton Dec. 2, 2020 The grant will allow the University of Rochester Medical Center’s Infectious Diseases Division to conduct HIV/AIDS vaccine and treatment trials and study emerging infections that require national ...
Community As Coronavirus Surges, A Doctor and His Family Urge Us All to Stay Safe By Emily Boynton Nov. 16, 2020 Paritosh Prasad, M.D., has taken care of patients with COVID-19 in Strong Memorial Hospital’s intensive care unit since the start of the pandemic. He and his children share important messages with ...
Research New Institute Takes Aim at Infectious Pathogens, Builds Pipeline of Clinician Researchers By Mark Michaud Nov. 11, 2020 The Translational Immunology and Infectious Diseases Institute will focus on the development of new treatments and vaccines, and strategies to better control the spread of infectious diseases like ...
Research Shingles Vaccine Shows Promise in Lymphoma Patients By Leslie Orr Nov. 10, 2020 New research gives a thumbs up to offering the shingles vaccine to lymphoma patients, who were often not eligible in the past.
People School of Medicine and Dentistry Alumnus Harvey J. Alter Wins Nobel Prize By Emily Boynton, Sara Miller Oct. 6, 2020 Harvey J. Alter, M.D., received the award for the discovery of Hepatitis C virus. A graduate of both the undergraduate college (1956) and the School of Medicine and Dentistry (1960), Alter is the ...
Research Cells Sacrifice Themselves to Boost Immune Response to Viruses By Mark Michaud Sep. 30, 2020 Whether flu or coronavirus, it can take several days for the body to ramp up an effective response to a viral infection. New research appearing in the journal Nature Immunology describes how ...
Research Can the Common Cold Help Protect You from COVID-19? By Susanne Pallo Sep. 28, 2020 Seasonal colds are by all accounts no fun, but new research suggests the colds you’ve had in the past may provide some protection from COVID-19. The study, authored by infectious disease experts at ...
Research Fast COVID-detecting Nasal Swab Card, Tested at URMC, Gains FDA Approval—Ideal for School Use By Bob Marcotte Sep. 23, 2020 A $5 test that detects COVID-19 from a nasal swab within 15 minutes -- and has been evaluated in a clinical trial at the University of Rochester Medical Center -- has received FDA Emergency Use ...
