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Study links fracking, drinking water pollution, and infant health
Wed, 13 Apr 2022
“Our findings indicate that drilling near an infant’s public water source yields poorer birth outcomes and more fracking-related contaminants in public drinking water,” says Rochester's Elaine Hill.
Continue ReadingApiJect gives students a chance to address a global health care challenge
Thu, 03 Feb 2022
The medical technology company will support student design teams and a University-wide medical device design challenge.
Continue ReadingStudents serve as public health ambassadors to reinforce pandemic safety measures
Thu, 04 Feb 2021
Rochester students volunteer to serve as public health ambassadors to help raise awareness among their peers about campus precautions and procedures to help limit the spread of COVID-19.
Continue ReadingUniversity joins declaration that ‘Racism is a Public Health Crisis’
Wed, 10 Jun 2020
President Mangelsdorf joined URMC’s Mark Taubman and other community leaders to support the Greater Rochester Black Agenda Group’s “Racism is a Public Health Crisis” declaration.
Continue ReadingHistorian: US once saw World Health Organization as part of foreign policy
Fri, 05 Jun 2020
When the World Health Organization was founded, the United States saw it as an extension of US foreign policy, says a University of Rochester historian.
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