Tag: COVID-19
Using improv to address COVID vaccine hesitancy
A new program combines improv theater techniques with coaching on motivation theory to help health care workers guide patients during conversations about vaccination.
Rochester leads development of novel integrated photonic COVID-19 sensor
The inexpensive, portable device could help safeguard against future pandemics and detect viruses and infections in underserved populations.
‘Immune distraction’ from previous colds leads to worse COVID infections
Pre-existing immunity to the common cold was thought to protect people from COVID-19. But new evidence suggests that sometimes the opposite can happen.
Who fared better during Covid: those living with or without family?
A study led by researchers at the University of Toronto and coauthored by Rochester’s Bonne Le, showed that people who lived with family during COVID-19 had better mental health outcomes than people living alone.
Study finds evidence of COVID-19 antibodies in breast milk of vaccinated mothers
Medical Center researchers have found that mothers with both disease-acquired and mRNA vaccination-acquired immunity to COVID-19 produced breast milk with active SARS-CoV-2 antibodies.
A closer look at inflation
On her blog, Simon Business School Dean Sevin Yeltekin addresses six key questions related to the rise of inflation in the post-COVID-19 business world.
Approach predicts novel ‘protein partners’ that could contribute to COVID-19 symptoms
Rochester biologists propose that disrupted interactions between the proteins that closely evolve with the ACE2 receptor may play a role in COVID-19 complications.
3 surprising ways COVID-19 has rocked the US labor market
For Rochester economist Lisa Kahn, whose research focuses primarily on labor economics, the past year and a half has been nothing short of astonishing. She explains why.
Medical Center takes part in clinical trials for mRNA flu vaccine
The University of Rochester Medical Center and Rochester General Hospital are two of only 12 sites nationally that are testing Pfizer and BioNTech’s new mRNA flu vaccine.
How does the pandemic affect families who were already struggling?
River Campus psychologists and the Mt. Hope Family Center are awarded a National Institute of Child Health and Human Development grant to study the pandemic’s long-term effects on family cohesion and child well-being.