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
Monroe County Hospital gets more than $10 million state grant
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The county-owned residential health care facility will receive the funds to upgrade and expand ventilator care.
Health & Science
Highland briefs neighboring residents on ED expansion
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Some community members voiced concerns about potential disruptions caused by the project.
Health & Science
Pharmacy coalition responds to Rite Aid closures
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The chain’s May 5 bankruptcy filing will result in hundreds of store closings nationwide including a dozen here. The Rochester Pharmacy Access Coalition is working to help patients transfer prescriptions.
Health & Science
Workers at UR Medicine Home Care ratify pact
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Professional and clinical workers voted in favor of their first three-year contract, which includes more than 11.5 percent in general wage increases.
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UR’s Wilmot Cancer Institute earns prestigious designation
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Wilmot joins an elite group of cancer centers designated by the National Cancer Institute.
Entrepreneurship & Innovation
UR student wins award from AbbVie for migraine sufferers
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For Hannah Rickert, one of 20 award recipients nationwide, the award says, “You’re not invisible even if your disability is.”
Health & Science
A direct attack on research funding
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Under the Trump administration, the National Institutes of Health has placed a 15 percent cap on indirect research costs—a move that would cut annual funding by $40 million at the University of Rochester and at least $630 million statewide. UR and other universities are fighting back.
Health & Science
COVID after five years
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It’s now been a half-decade since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has claimed more than 3,350 lives in the Rochester area and 7 million worldwide. For many people who lived through the pandemic, the experience has had a profound and lasting impact.
Health & Science
Workers authorize strike at UR Medicine Home Care
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The company and its 110 professional and clinical home care workers have been negotiating a first union contract for the last nine months.
Health & Science
UR Medicine Home Care illegally stalling contract talks, union claims
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The union negotiating home care workers’ first contract with UR Medicine Home Care has filed a charge claiming the company is refusing to bargain or bargaining in bad faith, a violation of federal law.