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After Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin suffered a cardiac arrest last January, there was a flood of interest in CPR training. The University of Rochester and the American Heart Association are meeting that interest with a mobile CPR training unit.
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After a year of negotiating with Rochester Regional Health, the Rochester Union of Nurses and Allied Professionals say a strike is now inevitable.
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The nonprofit Ukraine Medical Relief Fund, organized under the Rochester Regional Health Foundations, is among the groups collecting donations to buy and deliver medicine and medical supplies to clinics across Ukraine.
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Doctors say patients can prevent diabetes even after a prediabetes diagnosis by changing their diet and lifestyle.
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Local wastewater samples show an increase in the virus that causes COVID-19, but experts say the number cases being reported don't match initial trends.
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Twenty-five million children missed out on standard vaccinations last year according to the World Health Organization. That’s the highest number since 2009.
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An addiction recovery center in Otsego County has introduced the first naloxone vending machine in New York. Naloxone, also known as the brand name drug Narcan, can reverse opioid overdoses.
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Monroe County Public Health Commissioner Dr. Michael Mendoza provides update on the county's monkeypox status.
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Dr. Mary Bassett also spoke about the current surge of the omicron BA.5 variant and how to navigate a largely unregulated environment.
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Dr. Mary Bassett Bassett said the official declaration means that local health departments will be able to access additional state reimbursement to help with the response and prevention activities related to that virus.
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Debt lawsuits — a byproduct of America's medical debt crisis — can ensnare not only patients but also those who help sick and older people be admitted to nursing homes, a KHN-NPR investigation finds.
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Local health and community leaders gathered on Thursday to announce additional efforts to help fight the opioid crisis.