A record 92 percent of New Yorkers regularly buckle up when in an automobile, according to a study released Monday. “New York led the way with this nation’s first seatbelt law and these new numbers are a testament to this ...

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Buy a lounge chair, put up a shelf to rest belongings on in a private room the size of a walk-in closet — preferably near a restroom — and basically, that’s the whole thing. That’s all that Monroe County would ...

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A National Institutes of Health grant of nearly $3 million has been awarded to the University of Rochester to study allergies and infectious diseases, specifically influenza. “The University of Rochester does amazing research on infectious diseases and I’m glad they ...

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ALBANY — A new study finds that the Rochester area has the lowest overall Medicare spending rate in the nation, a feat health officials attribute to aggressive regional planning that keeps a lid on unneeded hospital expansions and technology upgrades ...

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A new federal study recommends changes in consumer protection and bankruptcy law to provide relief for those Americans saddled with a share of the country’s $1 trillion in student loan debt, largely blaming private lenders for the problem. “Too many ...

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A study by University at Buffalo sociology professors published in Law & Society Review found that both plaintiffs and defendants typically feel dissatisfied in employment discrimination cases. The study, titled “Situated Justice: A Contextual Analysis of Fairness and Inequality in ...

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When the National Association for Legal Placement released disappointing law school graduate job placement figures in early June, Executive Director James Leipold said he expected more bad news to come.

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WASHINGTON — One in five airline pilots lives at least 750 miles from work, according to a study by scientific advisers to the government, raising concerns that long commutes to airports could lead to fatigue in the cockpit.

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The latest study by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) research center at Syracuse University found that despite the progress it made in recent years, the Social Security Administration is once again facing an increasing backlog of pending cases at its 60 nationwide hearing locations.

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NEW YORK CITY — Banks and some pundits had predicted that credit card users would face skyrocketing interest rates, a spike in annual fees and a plethora of other negatives after stringent new rules on cards kicked in last year. That is not what happened, according to a new look ...

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — New research is providing some of the first scientific evidence that a controversial gas drilling technique can contaminate drinking water. Higher concentrations of methane gas were found in water ...

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A report released by the Empire Justice Center last week indicates members of “communities of color” in Rochester and six other cities across the country were denied access to conventional home refinancing far more than members of predominantly white neighborhoods.

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