Health

URMC just broke ground on a new mental health urgent care for teens and young kids. The clinic will be available to help local teens and kids if they’re having a mental health crisis. The clinic is expected to health at least 3,000 young individuals a year. https://www.rochesterfirst.com/news/health/ur-medicine-breaks-ground-on-regions-first-mental-health-urgent-care-clinic/

Rihanna and A$AP Rocky, welcomed their second baby together. The couple is already parents to son RZA, 15 months. The pair announced the singer’s second pregnancy during her Super Bowl halftime show. TMZ was the first to report the baby news. Source: People

Weekly COVID-19 hospitalizations have risen by more than 12% across the country, according to new data published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, marking a second straight week of this key indicator of the virus climbing. At least 8,035 hospital admissions of patients diagnosed with COVID-19 were reported for the week of July 22 nationwide, the CDC said late Monday, […]

Rochester Regional Health released a statement, ensuring uninterrupted care for the community during a potential nurses strike at Rochester General Hospital this week. If the strike were to happen, RRH said RGH will operate at normal business hours and has contracted hundreds of replacement nurses who were carefully selected and trained from a national agency. […]

Bronny James, the son of NBA star LeBron James, has been discharged from the hospital and is resting at home after suffering a cardiac arrest earlier this week. In a statement from Dr. Merije Chukumerije, Bronny’s consulting cardiologist at Cedars-Sinai hospital, Bronny was said to be stable, adding that they’re hopeful for his “continued progress” and […]

Schools are taking on social media giants including Facebook, TikTok, Snapchat, and YouTube, asserting that the platforms have caused their students harm – particularly regarding issues like cyberbullying and mental health issues linked to social media usage. Approximately 200 school districts have joined the lawsuit against the platforms’ parent companies so far, which has been consolidated in […]

Buffalo Bills fans attending this week’s training camp will get the opportunity to learn a potentially life-saving ability in just a few minutes. UR Medicine, in conjunction with the American Heart Association, unveiled a portable hands-only CPR training module on Monday. This machine provides step-by-step instructions for performing CPR, allowing individuals to practice chest compressions […]

Jamie Foxx is back! The singer and actor, 55, was admitted to the hospital in April 2023 for an undisclosed reason. His daughter Corinne said that he “experienced a medical complication,” but did not elaborate. In his video, Foxx did not say why he had been hospitalized, but credited his sister Deidra Dixon and his daughter, as […]

We’re expecting more unhealthy air quality due to more wildfires in Canada. The bad air quality warnings are in effect until late Monday night early Tuesday morning. All my life I spent the hottest summer days in the Rochester area and only experienced bad air quality due to humidity. This Canadian wildfire is something new. https://www.rochesterfirst.com/weather/todays-forecast/