Racquel Stephen
Health/environment reporterRacquel Stephen is WXXI's health reporter. She joined the newsroom in 2021.
Racquel’s multifaceted radio background includes reporting for WAER in Syracuse and as a host for WLGZ-HD2 in Rochester.
Racquel holds a bachelor's degree in English literature from the University of Rochester and a master's degree in broadcasting and digital journalism from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University.
Racquel’s interest in health reporting stems from navigating through the developmental disabilities of her toddler son, and witnessing inequities within the health care system.
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In Monroe County, a health care center is launching a pilot program that will allow physicians to write “food prescriptions” for those who are eligible.
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Rochester Regional Health opens first Women's Health & Wellness Center in Pittsford.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is now recommending that individuals 65 and older receive an additional dose of the most recent covid-19 vaccine to boost protection.
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Finger Lakes Community College in Canandaigua has been approved to launch its first licensed practical nursing program in the fall.
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There’s a new vaccine to protect infants from RSV, but the demand has begun to outweigh the supply. The shortage has resulted in families waiting months to get their infant immunized against the respiratory virus.
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While the number of overdoses across the nation are leveling off, New York state numbers are increasing. Officials say more drugs are being laced with fentanyl and have become more lethal.
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The CDC has issued an emergency alert about the rise in U.S. measles cases.
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The number of heart transplants done in 2023 nearly doubled from the year prior.
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Edith Williams is the first Black woman to lead the center. She believes that may help give the center more credibility among the underrepresented communities and racial groups it often works with.
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MVP Health Care this week celebrated the opening of its new offices inside the Seneca Building on the corner of Elm Street and South Clinton Avene.