In the Headlines

March 9, 2016 - In Rochester, nutritionally deficient food is often more accessible than nutritious options, but Dina Faticone of Healthi Kids told Open Mic about local initiatives that aim to increase healthy options in neighborhoods where families have limited transportation options.

March 9, 2016 - Rochester's Coalition to Prevent Lead Poisoning and lead ordinance are held up as example of progress on reducing lead hazards in this story from the Buffalo

March 3, 2016 - As in the rest of the country, many local residents say they are denying themselves care due to the high cost of care, said Chief Strategy Officer Wade Norwood. He was responding to the results of a national survey of health care consumers conducted by NPR and its partners.

March 1, 2016 - Kids at Clara Barton School No. 2 are enjoying new salad bars put in place by the Greater Rochester Health Foundation and Healthi Kids to respond to requests from kids for more choices of fruits and vegetables.

February 28, 2016 - In May the Geneva Rotary Club will honor Dr. Kenneth Steadman, who has volunteered with Finger Lakes Health Systems Agency in the past, and his wife Eva for their collective service to the community.

February 28, 2016 - The Democrat and Chronicle looked at how lunches have changed in area schools after federal regulations mandated healthier options. Dina Faticone, Healthi Kids director, told reporters that healthier changes in school lunches appear to have positively influenced some children to choose healthier foods.

February 26, 2016 - Families recently gathered by a vacant home in Rochester to clean up neighborhoods in memory of young people who died from heroin overdoses, Time Warner Cable News reported. Finger Lakes Health Systems Agency reports a 671 percent increase in heroin overdoses since 2000.

February 18, 2016 - To help combat the Rochester region's lead paint problem, U.S. Senator Charles Schumer, D

February 18, 2016 - A new bilingual campaign aims to help remind patients with high blood pressure to take their medication.

February 18, 2016 - 18-feb-16 - Una nueva campaña bilingüe tiene por objetivo ayudar a recordar a los pacientes que tienen presión arterial alta a tomar sus medicamentos.

February 16, 2016 - The Democrat and Chronicle featured Rochester's GIS Scholars, a group of technologically savvy Rochester students who are using geospatial mapping technology to solve some of Rochester's biggest problems. We contracted with them to study high

February 16, 2016 - FLHSA Board of Directors member Jill Eisenstein was named executive director of the Rochester Regional Health Information Organization, which allows medical teams to securely share patient information. Eisenstein has been serving as interim executive director since October 2015.