Rochester Beacon (https://rochesterbeacon.com/category/health-science/page/2/)
The flow of contrast dye, an iodine-based compound vital for certain medical scans, has dried up. The cause: a COVID-related lockdown in Shanghai, location of a GE Healthcare plant that produces much of the world’s supply.
As the number of U.S. deaths due to COVID-19 passes 1 million, in Monroe County there is reason for both despair and hope.
New research findings suggest that, even if you opt out of location tracking through social media use and call records, your movement may still be predictable thanks to the data of your family, friends, and even the strangers around you.
The NIH-sponsored clinical trial will test the effectiveness of new formulations of mRNA vaccines.
A study co-authored by a UR researcher shows an increase in survival rates of infants born between 22 and 28 weeks.
The project will triple the size of its emergency department and add more than 100 new, private inpatient rooms. In total, the project is expected to cost $641 million.
The pandemic has stressed health care systems but some good has come out of it, says Rochester Regional Health Chief Medical Officer Robert Mayo M.D.
The National Institutes of Health grant funds the University of Rochester Medical Center’s role in a network that examines therapies for autoimmune diseases. The local team will lead work on rheumatoid and psoriatic arthritis.
The technique has been adopted by area universities and counties statewide.
The teams are part of a wider federal effort to relieve overburdened medical staff straining under the burden of COVID-19 cases.