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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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A new colored batch of fentanyl-laced pills have been sighted in Monroe County, according to law enforcement officials.
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A new report from the Healthi Kids Coalition finds Rochester kids need more time for play in schools.
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The local children’s hospital is currently at capacity, and one pediatric specialist says this is due to multiple factors.
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Advocates for nursing home workers say the state health department is trying to undermine a law meant to establish minimum staffing requirements by getting rid of a $300 a day penalty for nursing home operators who violate the rules.
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Blood transfusions are life-saving procedures, but patients with blood disorders can't take blood from just anyone. As of recent, blood banks are looking for specific blood antigens to help sickle cell patients --amid an ongoing shortage.
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Health officials say vaccination and education campaigns have driven down the spread of monkeypox in Monroe County. New York state has expanded access to the vaccine.
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Those powers expire at midnight, marking a new phase in the state’s strategy against the ever-evolving virus.
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Monroe County officials are trying to make the new omicron-specific COVID-19 booster more accessible for everyone who is eligible by opening free clinics starting Wednesday.
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Gov. Kathy Hochul said Friday that the state was stepping up its polio-fighting efforts as the virus that causes the life-threatening disease was detected in the wastewater of yet another county in the New York City area.
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With early flu predictions and anticipated COVID-19 surges, Rochester Regional’s infectious disease specialist Dr. Emil Lesho said the fall and winter could bring more severe illness.