Excellus BlueCross BlueShield has teamed with Foodlink Inc. on a Fresh Account at Curbside Market program. As part of the pilot project, Excellus BCBS members with the greatest risk of food insecurity and health care needs will receive a monthly ...
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When electrical engineer Paul Travers left Kodak and started his company, Vuzix Corp., in 1997, he couldn’t imagine the innovative ways its augmented reality technology would be utilized a couple of decades later. The health care field, hungry for innovation, ...
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As the international scientific and medical community focuses on finding ways to treat COVID-19, Rochester-based researchers are contributing to that effort by studying vaccines, therapeutic treatments for COVID-19 and the biological impacts from COVID-19 on human cells. Standalone clinical research ...
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Carestream Health has diversified into the personal protective equipment market with the launch of the Carestream Shield. The shield is designed to solve problems of discomfort and difficulty of use commonly associated with personal face shields, company officials said. Carestream ...
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A Brighton nursing home has struck back against allegations it violated a law concerning a requirement that nursing homes isolate residents when a home’s infection control program determines that isolation is needed to prevent the spread of infection. The Law ...
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U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer is seeking additional federal funding to help hospitals stay afloat during the COVID-19 crisis. Schumer, D-NY, visited Yates County’s Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hospital last week as part of a push for his three-pronged plan to ...
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SUNY College at Brockport is launching the Doctor of Nursing Practice program in January, and educators at the school say it is an affordable way for those in the field to increase their skills and helps get more healthcare professionals ...
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Trillium Health Inc. has joined a statewide coalition to protest cuts to community health centers. The Protect the Safety Net campaign, led by advocates and Medicaid patients, seeks to reverse a provision in the New York state budget that strips ...
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Eastman Kodak Co. shares (NYSE: KODK) tripled Tuesday on news that the photo giant will receive a $765 million loan from the U.S. International Development Finance Corp. to begin producing pharmaceuticals. Kodak stock closed at nearly $8 Tuesday, up from ...
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Cognivue Inc. has tapped a health sciences industry veteran as its chief medical officer and senior vice president. Fred Ma M.D. brings nearly four decades of experience to the role. His career spans global medical device and pharmaceutical development and ...
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Excellus BlueCross Blue Shield will provide $600,000 in funding to food banks and food pantries across Upstate New York as part of its planned $162 million response to the COVID-19 pandemic. “The ability to earn a paycheck and feed a ...
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With the coronavirus continuing to spread at a record pace across much of the country and with medical experts warning that there is no end in sight, Rep. Joe Morelle is proposing the creation of a federal contact-tracing jobs program. ...
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Two local nonprofits will benefit from grants aimed at improving access to health care. UnitedHealthcare, a UnitedHealth Group company, will award more than $1.3 million in Empowering Health grants to 14 community-based organizations in the state of New York to ...
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The Rochester Housing Authority and Trillium Health have partnered to provide COVID-19 testing at some of RHA’s public housing sites using Trillium Health’s Mobile Access Clinic. The program will be used as a pilot in hopes of providing similar services at ...
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Several hospitals statewide are slated to share nearly $300 million in emergency federal funding, including four in the Rochester metro area. U.S. Sens. Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand on Friday announced the “safety net” funding, which will provide health care ...
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