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Monroe County received funding from a CARES Act program to help officials distribute over a million masks to area residents. Any resident of Monroe County can receive a free face mask between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. on Saturday, May 9, and Wednesday, May 13, at the following locations: – Brighton: 2300 Elmwood Avenue (Town […]
As previously reported, the pandemic has adversely impacted members of the Black community at a disproportionately higher level than any other community. Yet, there hasn’t been enough data to fully study the impact until recently. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention previously released early data from states, but approximately 78 percent of it failed […]
Gov. Cuomo has repeatedly mentioned the key to reopening New York is tracing and testing. Bill Gates said “Normalcy only returns when we’ve largely vaccinated the entire global population.” Soon Rochester, NY will be among four U.S. cities that have both the tests and vaccines. URMC was recently hired by Pfizer to test vaccines in […]
Here we are in the first week of May and I’m about to lose my mind. Schools are closed for the rest of the year and we have no idea when we will be able to go back to work. I called in a psychologist to help us all manage the stress of the “new […]
The Knowles Family is helping with people get tested for COVID-19. Beyoncé, and her mother Tina Knowles Lawson are encouraging the black community in Houston Texas, with the new initiative entitled #IDIDMYPART. Knowles-Lawson and is working with Queen B’s “BeyGOOD”organization. The goal, offering coronavirus testing for 500 people each day this weekend. Friday and Saturday […]
It’s okay to have an opinion on anything in life and feel how you feel from your perspective. What is not okay is when you get in someones face violating their space yelling what you think and how you feel. This reporter in Columbus, Ohio experienced just that. A women felt it was okay to […]
Many Rochester businesses are keen to re-open and start serving the residents of Rochester again after being forced to close by the state’s pause for nonessential businesses. As this pause is set to expire, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced a four-step plan to gradually re-open businesses in New York. Cuomo announced construction and manufacturing would be […]
On Sunday 3rd May, Trump predicted the death toll of the COVID-19 pandemic could be as high as 100,000 in the United States alone. Despite this seemingly shocking figure, he has begun to pressure states to start re-opening public places and businesses. Speaking to Fox News, Trump said, “we’re going to lose anywhere from 75,800 […]
On Tuesday, April 28, one of President Donald Trump’s senior economic advisers, Kevin Hassett, informed CNN’s Poppy Harlow that he foresees a 16 to 20 per cent spike in unemployment by the start of June. This level of unemployment is equivalent to what people experienced during the Great Depression from 1929 to 1939. Countries around […]