Health

According to Dr. Emily Landon, a hospital epidemiologist and infectious diseases specialist at University of Chicago Medicine, the best way to calculate the risk of transmission when interacting with others is to  “Always choose outdoors over indoor, always choose masking over not masking and always choose more space for fewer people over a smaller space.” Experts agree that […]

The YMCA of Greater Rochester just announced more than 2000 employees will be furloughed. The reason? ‘Unforeseeable Business Circumstances Prompted by COVID-19. Here is a lists of the YMCA branches affected: – Association Office, 444 E. Main St., Rochester. – Carlson MetroCenter Branch, 444 E. Main St., Rochester. – Lewis Street YMCA Child Care, 53 […]

Ever hurt yourself or someone hurt you and you pretend like everything is fine,when you’re really in a lot of pain? Just about everyone has done it, even comedian and actor Kevin Hart. During a recent interview, the Hollywood heavy weight said he kept his pain from the 2019 car accident from his doctors. On […]

During this time of great difficulty, the Indian community in Rochester has come together to provide vital services and raise money for Rochesterians affected by COVID-19. Named the COVID-19: Rochester Indian-American Community Fund, in just 10 days the fund has raised over $32,000 to support pandemic-related services. The team behind the fund has delivered 100 […]

Governor Andrew Cuomo started off the holiday weekend by reminding everyone of the importance of wearing face masks. His statement was designed to both emphasize the need during the holiday and also serve as a general reminder. New York state is still in the process of entering various re-opening phases. Since the Rochester and Finger […]

Despite encouragement from Ford officials to wear a face mask, Trump refused to wear a mask on his visit to Ford in Michigan. Trump was visiting Ford to view new ventilators, after nationwide outrage at the shortage of ventilators to treat COVD-19 patients. It was later revealed by the Ford company, however, that Trump “wore […]

During his daily briefing on Wednesday, May 20, Governor Andrew Cuomo noted that recent antibody tests conducted in New York City revealed that minority and low-income communities are still struggling with the spread of SARS-CoV-2. Faith-based groups that helped officials with acquiring samples found that 27 percent of approximately 8,000 tested people had been previously […]

Governor Andrew Cuomo recently announced that New York officials worked with faith-based groups to try to bring back certain religious services after the pandemic resulted in the shut-down of all social gatherings. Religious institutions weren’t originally supposed to re-open until Phase 4. Drive-in and parking lot services restarted on Thursday along with religious gatherings of […]

Blood transfusions are often needed during surgeries. As elective surgeries have started up again throughout the country, a new crisis is unfolding within healthcare systems, especially across New York State and our local Rochester hospitals. According to The American Red Cross, people who would normally donate blood have stayed away from blood donation centers because […]

Over the weekend, a Rochester non-profit organization, Common Ground Health, opened SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) early-detection clinics throughout Monroe County in Black and Brown communities. The screening sites are open to everyone, but they were specifically placed in these communities because of the disproportionate negative impact that the pandemic is having on minorities. When screeners believe that […]