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In normal times, M3Dimensions would be bettering the surgical process for veterinarians and providing veterinary students with 3D models to enhance learning. But during this global coronavirus pandemic, the Rochester-based medical device company is instead creating lightweight, protective face shields ...

Elected officials are urging General Motors Corp. to begin producing ventilators at the company’s Rochester facility. U.S. Sens. Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand and U.S. Congressman Joseph Morelle on Tuesday sent word to GM Chairman and CEO Marry Barra to ...

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American Farmland Trust has created a relief fund to help farmers at the end of a domino effect caused by shooing people away from gathering and eating spots to prevent the spread of disease.  The Farmer Relief Fund promises to ...

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The City of Rochester is expanding its Kiva loan program to make more capital available to small businesses during the economic downturn expected in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.  Mayor Lovely A. Warren announced the changes Monday that will expand ...

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F.F. Thompson Hospital, located in Canandaigua, has moved its intensive care unit to a new, state-of-the-art 12-bed facility. Previously, the hospital’s ICU was in a seven-bed unit. The new Sands-Constellation Intensive Care Unit opened ahead of schedule. UR Medicine Thompson ...

Geva Theatre Center is postponing or canceling all remaining productions of the 2019-2020 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The organization’s productions of “Once” and “Cry It Out” that were running when attendance restrictions were put in place will be ...

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Sleep Insights, a local sleep medicine practice, is now offering telehealth appointments for patients. Headquartered in Rochester with nine other locations throughout Central and Western New York, Sleep Insights providers address a range of sleep disorders, such as snoring, sleep ...

WellNow Urgent Care has expanded its telemedicine platform, WellNow Virtual Medical, so Rochester patients can access virtual, around-the-clock consultations from a provider located in New York during the COVID-19 pandemic. WellNow Urgent Care operates more than 40 locations across New ...

St. Ann’s Community, a nonprofit senior living provider with campuses in Irondequoit, Webster and LeRoy, announced Friday that the company will be distributing $400,000 in bonuses to St. Ann’s 875 employees. The bonuses are a token of the organization’s appreciation ...

Fairport-based Innovation Finance USA LLC is offering zero percent APR equipment loans for urgent care centers to help them treat COVID-19 effectively through its QuickFi mobile platform. Innovation Finance was founded in 2018 under the premise of making commercial equipment finance more ...

After more than 100 years as the home to Lawyers Cooperative and the legal publishing firm’s recent iteration, Thomson Reuters, the Aqueduct Building has been sold. The downtown landmark, identifiable by a 21-foot statue of Mercury that sits high atop ...

An abundance of room and event cancellations has prompted the Holiday Inn Rochester Downtown to shutter operations until May 1. General Manager Paul Kremp said in a news release that there had already been thousands of dollars in room and ...

Taxpayers in Monroe County and the city of Rochester now have an extra month to pay property taxes. County Executive Adam Bello has signed an executive order, extending the due date for the third installment of town and county real ...

Gov. Andrew Cuomo ordered all workers for “non-essential” businesses to stay home and threatened civil fines or mandatory closure to those employers who don’t comply. The edict goes in effect at 8 p.m. Sunday. He also said all public gatherings ...

A growing number of local banks and other financial institutions have closed their lobbies to most in-person visits in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. Meanwhile, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo Thursday announced steps he plans to take to alleviate some financial ...