University of Rochester Medical Center

URMC awards highlight need to reduce racial disparities and prevent violence

Urban gun violence disproportionately affects segregated Black neighborhoods is one of the main points that a physician and assistant professor of...
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Fri, 05/07/2021 - 7:03am
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Connections: Is the University of Rochester meeting its moral & civic obligations in the community?

Rochester City Council member Mitch Gruber and University of Rochester professor Stewart Weaver say the university has recently made strides when it...
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Thu, 03/18/2021 - 12:09pm
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URMC needs participants for study on how seniors respond to COVID-19 vaccine

The University of Rochester Medical Center is seeking people 65 or older who are living in the community and have received the COVID-19 vaccine to...
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Wed, 03/17/2021 - 1:27pm
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Connections: Local vaccine researchers on the state of COVID-19 vaccines

We're joined by local vaccine researchers to discuss the state of COVID-19 vaccine development and distribution in the U.S. Dr. Edward Walsh and Dr....
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Thu, 03/04/2021 - 11:22am
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UR Medicine prepares to ramp up coronavirus sequencing in an effort to track variants

UR Medicine will begin genomic sequencing of local coronavirus samples within weeks, allowing local researchers and doctors to see a fuller picture of...
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Thu, 03/04/2021 - 11:22am
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Local researchers to study Pfizer booster, potential guard against variants

Rochester researchers will study how a booster dose of the Pfizer vaccine could play a role in protecting recipients from COVID-19 and its variants in...
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Thu, 02/25/2021 - 5:25am
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Connections: Members of the Strong Hospital Ethics Committee on equity in health care

The University of Rochester Medical Center is ending its Executive Health and special patient services programs , which provide exclusive and extensive...
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Thu, 02/18/2021 - 9:21am
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University of Rochester reinstates some benefits

The University of Rochester is reversing some of the cost-saving measures they had to implement over the last year due to the coronavirus pandemic. A...
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Sat, 02/13/2021 - 4:58am
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Strong Hospital Ethics Committee calls for end to special treatment of wealthy individuals

Members of Strong Memorial Hospital’s Ethics Committee are calling for an end to “programs of special privilege” at the University of Rochester Medical...
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Fri, 02/05/2021 - 12:27pm
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URMC apologizes for offering 'well-connected' people preferential vaccine treatment

The University of Rochester Medical Center has apologized for offering more than two dozen people well-connected to the university, including URMC board...
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Tue, 02/02/2021 - 9:17am
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