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NewYork-Presbyterian and Weill Cornell Medicine Recognized with National Emergency Medicine Wellness Center Excellence Award
NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center and Weill Cornell Medicine have received the Emergency Medicine Wellness Center of Excellence Award from the American College of Emergency Physicians for their commitment to the personal wellness and resilience of its emergency medicine department staff.
Antiviral-Resistant Variants of SARS-CoV-2 Can Emerge in Immunocompromised People
Researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine, the College of Veterinary Medicine at Cornell University and the National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) have found that immunocompromised patients fighting persistent COVID-19 infections can harbor drug-resistant variants of SARS-CoV-2, which have the potential to spread to the general population.
New Prostate Biopsy Technique Lowers Infection Risk
A multi-institutional clinical trial led by Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian investigators showed that a newer technique for collecting prostate biopsy samples reduced the risk of infection compared with traditional biopsy approaches.
NewYork-Presbyterian Dalio Center for Health Justice Launches Sickle Cell Awareness Campaign with Special-Edition Basketball and #IBall4SickleCell Social Activation
The NewYork-Presbyterian Dalio Center for Health Justice announced the launch of the Sickle Cell Awareness Ball campaign, introducing a special-edition basketball designed with one crescent-shaped red panel to represent a sickle cell and stand out against minimalist black panels.
Dr. Lewis Silverman to Lead Pediatric Hematology, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation at NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital and Columbia University
Dr. Lewis Silverman has been appointed director of the Hope and Heroes Division of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation at NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital and Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons.
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