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 ...
Patient Care Dental Care and Oral Health Under the Cloud of COVID-19: EIOH Experts Weigh In By URMC Communications Apr. 24, 2020 JDR Clinical & Translational Research has published an invited commentary by researchers at the University of Rochester, Eastman Institute for Oral Health on dental care and the Coronavirus disease ...
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.
Patient Care Emergency Medicine Team Returns from NYC COVID-19 Front Lines By URMC Communications Apr. 17, 2020 An Emergency Medicine team from UR Medicine’s Strong Memorial Hospital has returned from the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City.The last of the 14 SMH Emergency Medicine staff ...
Patient Care ‘Universal Masking’ Procedures in Effect at UR Medicine, Rochester Regional By URMC Communications Apr. 16, 2020 Thursday, April 16, 2020Universal masking is in effect at UR Medicine patient care areas. Any individual within a patient care facility is expected to wear a mask; if you arrive without a mask you ...
Research New URMC Coronavirus Research Examines Immune Response By URMC Communications Apr. 16, 2020 The University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) have launched a new study to understand how the body’s immune system responds to COVID-19, including if and when a person could be re-infected ...
Patient Care Statement Regarding Statewide Plan for Ventilator Sharing By URMC Communications Apr. 7, 2020 The Hospital Association of New York State has agreed to serve as a clearinghouse for ventilator needs and availability statewide, in response to the Governor's April 3 announcement of a ...
