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Stacey Trien’s plan for her term as president of the Greater Rochester Association of Women Attorneys was to focus on the theme of empowerment. 

Maude Burns combined her two passions — beauty products and the planet — to create Gentleman Farmer.

Monroe County Executive Adam Bello today will submit a $1.28 billion budget to the County Legislature that focuses on public safety and public health, economic and workforce development, and rebuilding community infrastructure. The budget would increase spending by 3.4 percent ...

As anticipated, the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration has issued regulations requiring workers at private companies with at least 100 employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19 or get tested weekly, but the rules are expected to be challenged in court.

Causewave Community Partners is partnering with the Credit Union Collective — the Summit, Pittsford and Reliant Credit Unions — Rochester Area Community Foundation and News 8 WROC-TV to award an outstanding small, local nonprofit organization with the Matchstick Prize. It ...

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The COVID-19 pandemic has forced continuing medical education into online formats, which has made it more accessible to more clinicians while limiting the informal connections that in-person education used to provide.

Technological advancements in health care — from simulated settings to virtual reality experience— are changing the way health care students are learning.

Understanding and addressing racial disparities in health care is a key part of the curriculum at area schools as educators look to increase awareness of the issue and help prepare a workforce equipped to care for a diverse community. 

One of the most important things a business can do for its employees is offer paid time off for illness. “The COVID pandemic has definitely reinforced the fact that if sick people just stay at home they won’t share their ...

More than three-quarters of New Yorkers think about protecting themselves or their families from COVID-19 as they go about their daily lives, according to a new report.

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The Salvation Army of Greater Rochester is reassessing its co-ed emergency shelter for youth and will be referring homeless youth ages 16 and 17 to the Center for Youth and other local agencies, the organization said Tuesday. “Genesis House has ...

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Hickey Freeman will hire up to 100 new workers to meet production demands for new clothing agreements and also may benefit from Sen. Charles Schumer’s plan to create a U.S.-based supply chain for the production of personal protective equipment. Headquartered ...

Monroe County has launched two initiatives meant to ensure short- and long-term growth and stability, and wants public input on how $144 million in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds should be spent. Bring Back Monroe is the county’s agenda ...

Dr. Michael Mendoza will receive the New York State Senate Commendation Award today, recognition for his guidance as Monroe County’s commissioner of public health during the COVID-19 pandemic. Sen. Jeremy Cooney (D-Rochester) presented the award, which honors “exceptional people throughout ...

The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the use of technologies, as well as the development of new ones in the insurance industry, as companies turned to the option more than ever to continue to do business.   The need for digital services — including ...