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No charging, no wearing — Rochester's new smart toilet seat tracks your health just by sitting down
58+ min ago (328+ words) ROCHESTER, N.Y. — A Rochester-based company started by an RIT graduate launched its first product this week, a smart toilet seat that can track your health information. News10NBC Investigative Reporter Jennifer Lewke visited Casana, the Rochester-based company bringing the “Smart Seat” to market....
University of Rochester Medicine gets more than $29 million in grants to advance health research
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (172+ words) ROCHESTER, N.Y. — The University of Rochester Medicine Clinical and Translational Science Institute is getting more than $29 million in new grants from the National Institutes of Health. The funding will support translational science and research aimed at improving human health outcomes. This…...
Free vision screenings for kids at The Strong on Thursday
1+ day, 19+ hour ago (118+ words) WHEC.com ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Free vision screenings for kids will take place at the Strong National Museum of Play on Thursday, from noon to 2 p.m. in the Adams Atrium. People from pre-K through high school will be eligible for screening. Screenings…...
Congo's Ebola outbreak has killed over 1,000 people
1+ day, 22+ hour ago (827+ words) Speaking at a health summit in Ghana on Wednesday, Dr. Jean Kaseya, director-general of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, said 1,031 deaths have been confirmed. “These are people dying. They are dying because we don’t have vaccines, we…...
SEE PHOTOS: Procession honors life and service of Brighton Volunteer Ambulance president
2+ day, 4+ hour ago (248+ words) BRIGHTON, N.Y. — A longtime member and leader of Brighton Volunteer Ambulance was laid to rest on Tuesday. Loved ones and fellow first responders gathered for the funeral for EMT Dennis Mietz, who died at age 70 earlier this month. Mietz is credited…...
FDA still focused on lettuce supplier as source of parasite, despite faulty test result
3+ day, 6+ hour ago (588+ words) Food and Drug Administration officials on Monday said a laboratory test incorrectly identified a positive result for cyclospora on a sample of lettuce from Taylor Farms. The FDA posted the finding to its website on Saturday but then said Sunday…...
Rochester Regional Health's Saint Mary's Campus without running water for 3 days after Legionella bacteria found
3+ day, 17+ hour ago (199+ words) ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Rochester Regional Health’s Saint Mary’s Campus has been without running water for three days. News10NBC just got that confirmed by RRH officials. They say they turned off the water Friday evening after finding high levels of legionella bacteria in its…...
Two hospitalized after chemical spill at Medina plant
3+ day, 20+ hour ago (198+ words) WHEC.com Two hospitalized after chemical spill at Medina plant MEDINA, N.Y. — Two people were hospitalized after a chemical spill Monday morning at the Pride Pak produce processing plant on Maple Ridge Road. According to the Medina Fire Department, shortly before…...
Japanese beetle advances through northern Italy's vineyards and orchards, frustrating farmers
4+ day, 4+ hour ago (521+ words) The Popillia japonica, or Japanese beetle, is a familiar pest in the United States, where it arrived more than a century ago. But it is a relative newcomer to the European continent, first detected near Milan’s Malpensa airport in 2014. In…...
Safety fears limit Ebola response in Congo, with more than 12 attacks recorded
4+ day, 21+ hour ago (378+ words) Many health workers and other frontline workers in Ituri province have also gone on strike over unpaid salaries, further complicating response efforts in what’s been declared the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak on record. So far 2,181 cases have been recorded, including 864 deaths....