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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The Monroe County health department announced that a patient at Rochester General Hospital has died from COVID-19. The is the first known local death...
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The Trump administration has decided to cut federal support for local programs that have been testing a new model of funding medical care. The programs,...
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New York state has confirmed its first case of novel coronavirus, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Sunday night. The case is in a woman in her mid-30s who...
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One person in Monroe County is under “voluntary quarantine” for novel coronavirus surveillance after returning from China, public health commissioner...
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Researchers at the University of Rochester Medical Center have received a $6.7 million federal grant to study how to reduce the toll of the opioid...
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Rochester Drug Cooperative, which has paid millions of dollars to settle federal charges connected to opioid trafficking, said Tuesday that it will no...
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There's something unusual in this year's flu season. Influenza A, the strain of the virus that's typically most common at this point in the year, is...
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The University of Rochester Medical Center and Rochester Regional Health both announced that they will begin restricting visitors to their hospitals now...
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A pharmaceutical research company based in Rochester has received two grants in the last month to study an experimental treatment to prevent Alzheimer’s...
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The annual declaration from health authorities that the flu is prevalent in New York state kicked off a series of rules for hospitals and nursing homes....