The University of Rochester Medical Center and Rochester Regional Health are joining a Phase III clinical trial for a vaccine candidate developed by Pfizer and BioNTech.
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How vulnerable are Rochester’s hospitals?
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COVID-19 poses a severe threat to hospitals nationwide. Each institution’s financial health before the virus struck could be a big factor in its ability to recover from the pandemic.
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Another COVID crisis
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For hospitals in the Rochester region and across the country, the pandemic has upended their business model and called their financial future into question.
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Trials of controversial drug scrapped
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The University of Rochester Medical Center has canceled clinical trials of hydroxychloroquine as an anti-COVID-19 agent.
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How do we face a future with the coronavirus?
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To those gaining COVID-related experience every day, the answer is: We need to be smart, careful and cautious.
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URMC to conduct trials of controversial drug
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The aim is to determine definitively whether hydroxychloroquine works to cure or inhibit COVID-19.
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COVID-19 pressures urban clinics
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The pandemic has forced nonprofits that provide free or low-cost medical care to low-income residents to make dramatic changes.
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COVID-19: What we did right, where we stand, what’s next
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Rochester was as ready as possible for COVID-19. But the risk of a secondary surge means we must not relax precautions without adequate controls.
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Rochester picked for vaccine clinical trial
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The University of Rochester Medical Center and Rochester Regional Health will test the effectiveness of an experimental mRNA vaccine against COVID-19.
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UR researchers buoyed by antiviral findings
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NIH on Thursday said early results of a study of remdesivir as a treatment for COVID-19 are promising. A local trial run by a URMC team is part of the study.
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The pandemic’s toll on non-COVID care
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A backlog of untreated and undertreated conditions awaits a medical community consumed by the coronavirus.