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The Rochester Police Department is moving forward with a long-delayed reorganization in the face of opposition from the patrol officers’ union, which believes the plan will drive down already low morale.
The health systems will join forces on Aug.1. It adds two hospitals, in Yates and Ontario counties, to UR’s eight-hospital network.
Rochester General Hospital officials hope a mediator will help them reach an agreement with the nurses union and avoid the possibility of a strike.
A newcomer to elective politics, Rose Bonnick hopes to unseat County Legislature President Sabrina LaMar. Do primary voters seek a change?
Work on the respiratory syncytial virus vaccine was led by University of Rochester Medical Center researchers.
The company’s Goodman Street facility has been tapped to produce the line of multifocal silicone hydrogel daily disposable contact lenses.
The work stoppage Monday was part of a nationwide labor action by staffers at newspapers owned by Gannett.
The new name for the Syracuse University College of Law’s Low Income Taxpayer Clinic honors Sherman Levey, its founder and longtime co-director, who was an attorney with local firms including Harris Beach and Boylan Code.
State Supreme Court Justice Vincent Dinolfo rendered his verdict in the case against Sudipt Deshmukh M.D., one of two physicians in New York to face manslaughter or murder charges over opioid-related deaths of patients.
Panelists at the Rochester Beacon’s May 23 online discussion, “The AI Dilemma: Risks, Rewards & Regulation,” agreed that advanced artificial intelligence will bring wide-ranging benefits but not without significant risks.