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Health & Science

Golisano Children's rolls out pediatric mobile clinic

By SMRITI JACOB | August 5, 2026

The Pediatric Mobile Clinic Initiative, which will start in the city and aims to expand countywide, will give children and adolescents up to age 21 access services, regardless of insurance or housing situation.

CTSI gets more than $29 million in new funding

A different model of care

Radiology in the age of AI

Wilmot Cancer Institute receives $7.7 million grant

Health & Science

New AI tool helps detect lung disease in newborns

By SMRITI JACOB | May 19, 2026

The AI machine learning model to detect a disorder that typically affects babies who are born early was developed by a team of University of Rochester researchers.

Health & Science

Area hospitals to receive $3.4 million in state funds

By SMRITI JACOB | May 4, 2026

The funding, administered by the state Office of Mental Health, is intended to increase access to treatment services.

Health & Science

A new direction in neuroscience

By SMRITI JACOB | April 2, 2026

MindTrace, a startup with roots in University of Rochester research, has developed technology that maps and measures neurocognitive function, helping to protect brain processes at risk in brain surgery.

Health & Science

Wong’s role at RRH expands as Mayo retires

By SMRITI JACOB | March 30, 2026

With Robert Mayo M.D.’s retirement tomorrow as Rochester Regional Health’s chief medical officer, nephrologist Leslie Wong M.D. will become the system’s chief clinical officer. 

Health & Science

URochester to receive up to $22M for major aging study

By SMRITI JACOB | March 3, 2026

Researchers will test whether an HIV drug can help preserve health and function in older adults.

Health & Science

FLPPS, Common Ground Health-Rochester RHIO to combine

By NARM NATHAN | February 10, 2026

FLPSS CEO Carol Tegas is slated to lead the new organization after the merger is finalized April 1.

Health & Science

Medical research’s uncertain outlook

By JACOB SCHERMERHORN | December 18, 2025

Trump administration actions have cast doubt on federal funding for medical science, which accounted for more than half of the $522 million in research expenditures at the University of Rochester in the last fiscal year.

Health & Science

Rochester Regional Health to expand access to genetic screening

By SMRITI JACOB | November 3, 2025

GenoWell, a new community research initiative, offers no-cost DNA testing to help residents identify inherited health risks and make proactive decisions about their care.

Health & Science

Debating New York’s CDPAP changes

By KENT GARDNER | October 7, 2025

Is the shift to a single fiscal intermediary for New York’s Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program a win for taxpayers or a flawed move that has jeopardized care for needy New Yorkers?

Health & Science

Cancer researchers receive $3 million federal grant

By SMRITI JACOB | October 1, 2025

Two Wilmot Cancer Institute researchers are working to develop a new generation of treatments for pancreatic cancer.

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