Rochester Beacon (https://rochesterbeacon.com/category/health-science/page/2/)
Over the last year, New York’s nursing homes have become the focus of controversy, with questions centering on number of resident deaths from COVID-19. Keeping residents safe, however, is only one difficulty these organizations face.
The $240 million project will be housed at the Marketplace Mall in Henrietta. It will be three times the size of UR Medicine’s orthopaedic outpatient clinic at Clinton Crossings.
The Johnson & Johnson vaccine was approved last weekend. Though less effective at preventing all types of infections than the two other options, it protects just as well against COVID’s most severe effects, experts say.
Rochester Regional Health and the University of Rochester Medical Center are among only four institutions nationally conducting a new clinical trial of a third dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine.
Supplies are increasing, but actually getting a shot in your arm still can be maddeningly difficult.
Troubling mutations of SARS-CoV-2 underscore the need for widespread vaccination and ongoing precautions.
Led by Austin McChord, Casana has developed a toilet seat-based system designed to transform in-home cardiovascular monitoring.
For physicians who practice general medicine, COVID-19 has brought big changes to doctor-patient relationships, with new protocols and a sharply increased reliance on telemedicine.
The operator of skilled nursing facilities has agreed to accept COVID-positive patients, easing the burden on hospitals.
Nancy Bennett will be special adviser to county health chief Michael Mendoza. Common Ground Health CEO Wade Norwood will lead community engagement and education efforts.