Health Care

Jul 22, 2022

Canandaigua Emergency Squad, Naples Ambulance complete merger 

Canandaigua Emergency Squad and Naples Ambulance have merged.

Jul 21, 2022

Butler/Till, Flynn land on top 100 list of health care marketing agencies

Butler/Till and Flynn earned spots on the annual Medical, Marketing & Media list of the Top 100 North American health care agencies.

Jul 20, 2022

UR School of Nursing names new dean  

Lisa A. Kitko has been named the sixth dean of the University of Rochester School of Nursing. 

Jul 20, 2022

URMC job fair Thursday at Marketplace Mall 

The University of Rochester Medical Center is hosting a job fair from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday at Marketplace Mall  

Jul 19, 2022

Salvation Army launches Permanent Supportive Housing campaign 

The Salvation Army of Greater Rochester is addressing the need for permanent affordable housing with a plan to transform a portion of its building on Liberty Pole Way into affordable and supportive permanent housing units.  

Jul 15, 2022

Medical supplies at risk in faltering global supply chain

It started with toilet paper. Before the COVID pandemic, Americans lived their lives blissfully inattentive to and uninformed about what we now know is essential infrastructure:

Jul 14, 2022

Rochester launches health and wellness initiative  

Rochester has launched a Community Total Health and Wellness initiative to help define the gaps in the health and wellness needs of Rochester’s underserved communities.

Jul 12, 2022

Lakeview Health project designed by PLAN, built by LECESSE earns LEED honor

An affordable and supportive housing project in Ithaca designed by PLAN Architectural Studio and built by LECESSE Construction for Lakeview Health Services of Geneva today was named a LEED Home Award winner by the U.S. Green Building Council.

Jul 11, 2022

Cancer Support Community Rochester names new CEO  

Cancer Support Community Rochester has named James Love as its new CEO. He takes on the leadership position today, following the retirement of former CEO Melinda Merante. 

Jul 8, 2022

UR Medicine’s regional cancer center in Webster opens Monday 

UR Medicine’s Wilmot Cancer Institute will open its 14th cancer center at 875 Hard Rd. in Webster on Monday. A ribbon cutting celebration at the facility was held this week.  

Jul 7, 2022

Local partnership among recipients of state grant program that supports innovative manufacturing

The University of Rochester and EndoGlow, a local medical device manufacturing start-up, have received a $50,000 grant through FuzeHub’s manufacturing grants program awards, which is aimed at facilitating research and development, technical advancements and process improvements for New York State manufacturers. 

Jul 6, 2022

Long Island health care system buys Shore Winds facility

A Long Island firm that operates 20 rehabilitation and nursing facilities across the state has purchased Shore Winds Nursing Home in Charlotte.