Brett Dahlberg
Brett is the health reporter and a producer at WXXI News. He has a master’s degree from the City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism and before landing at WXXI, he was an intern at WNYC and with Ian Urbina of the New York Times. He also produced freelance reporting work focused on health and science in New York City. Brett grew up in Bremerton, Washington, and holds a bachelor’s degree from Willamette University in Salem, Oregon.
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William Barish was in Strong Memorial Hospital for COVID-19 treatment for about four weeks. Doctors placed him under anesthesia, intubated him and put... -
More than half of the residents at the Elm Manor Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Canandaigua tested positive for the novel coronavirus over the... -
Today’s nurses are finding themselves saddled with responsibilities that were not part of their education. Pandemic preparation “has not really been... -
The Monroe County public health department and the nonprofit organization Common Ground Health launched an online survey on Thursday to track COVID-19... -
With a surge in COVID-19 cases yet to materialize, many hospital beds in Monroe County and the surrounding region are empty. The push for physical... -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1NauLa6Mb4 India Hedman’s daughter, Kaia, is sleeping. It’s Wednesday afternoon, and the 14-month-old is down for a nap... -
As the need for protective gear like masks and gloves increases with the spread of COVID-19, local hospitals have said their supply chain has remained... -
As hospitals work to make room for an anticipated wave of COVID-19 patients in the coming weeks, some parts of their operations have become eerily empty... -
As the number of COVID-19 cases grows in western New York and the Finger Lakes, the supply of protective gear for medical workers is dwindling. In... -
The Monroe County health department said it learned Wednesday night of a person who tested positive for COVID-19 and arrived in Rochester on a Delta...
