In the Headlines

December 18, 2019 - Wade Norwood, CEO of Common Ground gave a stirring address at the University of Rochester's Meliora Weekend.

December 17, 2019 -  Candice A. Lucas, Co

December 13, 2019 - Common Ground's data shows that health inequity is a major cause of early death.

December 6, 2019 - Common Ground's Overloaded report highlights the unfair and avoidable sickness and death linked to income, race, and other factors.

December 5, 2019 - Phyllis Jackson, Community Wellness Project Manager at Common Ground sees the potential for collaboration between health agencies and faith communities.

November 26, 2019 - Ontario County experienced one of the highest rates of opioid abuse according to a study released by Common Ground Health.

November 19, 2019 -  “We asked questions that no one else was asking,” Common Ground CEO Wade Norwood said of the report released Monday.

November 18, 2019 -  “More years of life are lost to health inequity than all forms of cancer combined,” the Common Ground report found.

November 18, 2019 -  Poverty wipes an average of 8 years off the life expectancy of people in high

November 18, 2019 -  When it comes to wanting good health, “there is nothing different about poor people except they don’t have enough money,”  Wade Norwood, CEO of Common Ground said.

November 18, 2019 - Wade Norwood, Common Ground’s CEO, says the conditions and stresses of poverty compromises the physical and emotional wellbeing of people across the region’s urban, rural and suburban communities every day.

November 18, 2019 -  “We’ve failed to understand the extent to which poverty deprives whole populations of vigor and longevity,” said Wade Norwood, CEO of Common Ground.