People who develop colitis with the virulent bacterium C. difficile, usually after a course of antibiotics or chemotherapy, experience severe diarrhea, inflammation of the colon and abdominal pain.
A student in UB’s summer research fellowship program, “Training the Next Generation of Physician-Scientists,” won the 2021 American Medical Association Research Challenge, emerging from more than 1,100 submissions to claim the grand prize of $10,000 in the largest national research competition among medical students, residents and fellows in the country.
“Omicron is extraordinarily infectious and our vaccines, although highly protective, especially if you have been boosted, are not perfect,” says Thomas Russo, MD, professor and chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases in the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at UB. “Mask use is an additional critical layer of protection that will minimize the risk of infection, especially during this omicron wave.”
University at Buffalo scientists who do the genomic sequencing of the SARS-CoV2 virus in Erie County are seeing omicron cases increase, an indication that the region is exhibiting a similar trajectory to national trends.
Jacobs School physicians urge anyone who is pregnant or trying to conceive to prioritize getting all three doses of the COVID-19 vaccine (two doses and the booster) as soon as they can.
The highly transmissible omicron variant of the novel coronavirus has been detected in Erie County, University at Buffalo scientists and Erie County health officials reported today.
COVID-19 boosters and vaccines for children ages 5 to 11 are on the minds of many. With constantly evolving science, it’s hard to know where to turn for trustworthy information.
To more powerfully address and reverse Buffalo’s entrenched health disparities, a University at Buffalo center dedicated to regenerating underdeveloped neighborhoods is joining the Community Health Equity Research Institute at UB.
Nine faculty members and a staff member from the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences were among those honored for notable achievement and service at the 18th annual University at Buffalo Celebration of Faculty and Staff Academic Excellence.
