WBFO Health & Wellness Desk
The Health & Wellness New Desk is funded by Highmark BlueCross BlueShield of Western New York and KSL Diagnostics.
For a region to thrive, its people need to be healthy; inadequacies in health and wellness have a range of social and economic consequences that affect many members of our community. Health inequality, cancer clusters, and high rates of heart disease and obesity are all part of the fabric of WNY, as much as the world-class research and treatment providers that are becoming a growing part of the region’s economic power. WBFO is committed to providing listeners with incisive reports on all of these issues that affect their lives.
For a region to thrive, its people need to be healthy; inadequacies in health and wellness have a range of social and economic consequences that affect many members of our community. Health inequality, cancer clusters, and high rates of heart disease and obesity are all part of the fabric of WNY, as much as the world-class research and treatment providers that are becoming a growing part of the region’s economic power. WBFO is committed to providing listeners with incisive reports on all of these issues that affect their lives.
Latest from the WBFO Health & Wellness Desk
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Gov. Kathy Hochul said masks will not be required in schools this year, but New York is stockpiling rapid tests and personal protective equipment in anticipation of yet another potential surge of COVID-19 as the fall gets under way.
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The best contract in the Western New York market right now is the one ratified between CWA and Catholic Health last year.
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Often people who use home test kits don't report a COVID-19 positivity, making official database numbers less reliable than when all testing was reported. Testing sewer wastewater is giving numbers for the virus and for medications used to treat COVID.
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New York state’s health commissioner, Dr. Mary Bassett, said Tuesday that monkeypox continues to spread, and people should be aware of the risk and how to access the limited supply of vaccines.
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Monkeypox has been causing a lot of stress and confusion as people share both fact and fiction on social media.
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While New York State has legalized recreational adult use of marijuana, there are still many regulations and rules that users, growers, and businesses need to know. Guests attending a public forum Thursday at the University at Buffalo heard advice from researchers and business owners about the do's and don’ts of legal pot.
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The age of the accused gunman in May’s Buffalo supermarket mass shooting has renewed conversations and debate about suitable punishment for a defendant of that age. Recent criminal justice reforms and gun control legislation take into consideration human brain development, indicating that young people may be legal adults, but not fully mature.
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Doctors can settle where they want to live and practice. There is a national shortage of obstetricians and gynecologists and serious issues in women's health in many places. The OBGYN chair at the Jacobs School of Medicine worries new doctors in the field may avoid many states where they are desperately needed but where there are restrictions on what they can do.
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Tops Markets is set to reopen its Jefferson Avenue store Friday morning, just over two months after a racially motivated mass shooting took place there. In the meantime, grassroots efforts are underway in an attempt to convince one of its competitors to consider building an East Buffalo store to help address an existing food desert.