The University of Rochester Medical Center and Rochester Regional Health are once again involved in national COVID-19 research. The two healthcare institutions are running tests on a vaccine that could help fight against the so-called South African variant.
According to health officials, the new vaccine, produced by Pfizer and BioNTech, is “a slight twist” on the companies’ existing COVID-19 vaccine.
URMC’s Dr. Edward Walsh said the original vaccine is not as effective when faced with the double mutation present in the South African strain.
“This variant combined two mutations, the UK mutation known as 501, but also a mutation known as 484,” said Walsh, “So breakthrough infections will occur at a higher rate.”
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Born in a Nepali refugee camp, Bijaya Khadka came to Rochester in 2009 at the age of 17. Today, through his non-profit House of Refuge, he aims at helping other new Americans find the life in America he once dreamed of. Bijaya Khadka was 17 when he and his family left the refugee camp on the eastern edge of Nepal in 2009 to seek a better life in the United States.
Khadka, who had known no other life outside the bamboo and plastic huts of the camp erected on the banks of the Timai River, dreamed of America with wide eyes. He imagined a country free of poverty, free of crime, and full of opportunity for everyone. A “second heaven,” as he called it.
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HOUSTON, April 27, 2021 /3BL Media/ - The National Diversity Council will be hosting the 17th Annual National Diversity and Leadership Conference on April 21-22 and April 28-29, 2021. The conference will be held virtually with this year’s theme being “Be a Changemaker”. The four-day conference will honor a number of diverse talent from different industries.
“As diversity, equity, and inclusion are finally being seen and acknowledged as serious, pressing matters of discussion, we are delighted to honor and recognize those who have been tirelessly championing belonging and allyship - even before the topic was on the forefront of Americans’ minds. We thank you, our Top 50 Healthcare Professionals, for your work and commitment, and we look forward to witnessing all that you’ll accomplish, all the leaders that you’ll develop, and the impact you’ll leave behind in the DEI sphere.” says National Diversity Council founder Dennis Kennedy.
More than 250 online exhibits in technology, art, design, and performing arts
A. Sue Weisler Meghan Britt, right, and other members of ConcRIT 2.0 test out their 3D concrete printer, one of more than 250 virtual exhibits to be shown starting Saturday at this year’s Imagine RIT: Creativity and Innovation Festival.
After a year’s hiatus due to COVID-19, the popular Imagine RIT: Creativity and Innovation Festival returns virtually on Saturday, May 1, with more than 250 exhibits of projects, research and performing arts of students, faculty and staff at Rochester Institute of Technology.
“We’re looking forward to sharing with the community what RIT students, faculty, and staff do best: create new things, solve problems, and inspire others,” said Ann Miller, director of Imagine RIT and Special Events. “This year we will have students from RIT’s international campuses participate. And the ability to explore these exhibits will be free for everyone who has access to the