The Society for Public Health Education is highlighting May as Women’s Health Month. Addressing the unique challenges to women’s health, they emphasize ways to get active, eat healthy, and avoid unhealthy behaviors, particularly important while safe sheltering during the COVID … Continued
April is National Volunteer Month, and although we are practicing social distancing, there is still much work that can be done.
According to the National Kidney Foundation, 1 in 3 Americans are at-risk for kidney disease; people with kidney disease are at higher risk for developing serious complications from COVID-19.
This map shows high school musical theater productions in area schools during March. It also highlights those school districts in our region receiving a 2019 Best Communities for Music Education award. According to the National Association for Music … Continued
While most people are thinking of giving roses and candy on Valentine’s Day, why not consider a more priceless gift? Celebrate February and National Donor Day (February 14) by registering to be an organ donor. Registration takes just minutes, and … Continued
The upstate area offers a wide variety of hobby, craft, sewing, and knitting supply stores and classes.
The first home holiday light display appeared in New York City in 1882 at the home of Edward Hibberd Johnson. Johnson, a business partner of Thomas Edison, hand-wired 80 red, white and blue light bulbs and strung them on his … Continued
The map highlighted here uses zip code data to show the wide geographical reach of the University of Rochester’s Eastman Institute for Oral Health.
These maps show data from the NYS Emerging Infections Program (EIP) of the University of Rochester Medical Center’s Center for Community Health & Prevention. These data, from the 2017-2018 flu season, show variability by age across the flu season within our six-county upstate area.