The University of Rochester Medical Center has been awarded a five-year, $5 million grant to measure the effectiveness of new vaccines to prevent respiratory and intestinal infections in children. URMC is part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s New Vaccine Surveillance Network. It helped establish the network in 2000 and this is the […]
A study by the University of Rochester Medical Center published today in the journal Pediatrics talks about the many challenges doctors face in trying to screen refugee children arriving in the United States. They include differences in cultural and religious beliefs, language barriers and different educational levels. About 70,000 refugees are admitted to the U.S. […]
A pediatrician and a pediatric dentist who also happen to be a married couple have committed $1 million to the University of Rochester Medical Center to back up their passion for children’s health. Dr. Dennis Clements and Dr. Ann Keels gave half the money as a bequest, to establish a Student Support Fund that will […]