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Infectious disease experts are now saying that Miami, Florida is the new epicenter of the coronavirus. According to the statistics, Miami is now just as bad as Wuhan, China was when the pandemic began. Wuhan detected around 50,000 cases in the months between December and April. Florida has just passed that mark with a record […]
In a letter from the Rochester City School District, Superintendent Dr. Lesli Myers-Small. At the end of last month, we shared our plan to reopen Rochester schools. Since that time, we have been deliberating the best way to ensure that all our students receive access to high-quality grade-level instruction in the safest way possible. We […]
Dr Joel Frater is President of the Rochester Jamaican Organization Inc. and Dr. Natalie Leblanc, Black Nurses Association, called into the WDKX Wake-Up Club Friday Morning to talking about the Community Health Fair Saturday, August 15th at the Boys and Girls Club 500 Genesee St. starting at 10am to 2pm.
Currently living in Brooklyn the producer and musician, Spencer. donated $10,000 to the Boys & Girls club in his home town of Rochester. He graduated from Penfield High School in 2016. His independent music label, 4AD brought in $5,000, $1,000 from his junteeth hit “I Had A dream” and the rest was from a match […]
The RCSD is holding five virtual parent sessions on the District’s Reopening Plan for the 2020-21 school year. These sessions will focus on health and safety measures in our schools and how learning will take place. Please join the district leadership for sessions beginning on Saturday, August 15 through Friday, August 21. The link to […]
Not being able to visit friends or relatives at their nursing home is a bummer, but exposing them to COVID-19 would be awful. Technology called Documentelligence is a Thermal Facial recognition Camera that can instantly check temperature, mask detection, facial recognition for contact tracing & visitor registration. Not only is this technology useful outside the […]
We need to pay more attention to where the products we buy come from, who is making them and how that company is participating globally. Because everything on this planet is connected. For example the pesticides used on cotton fields negatively contribute to the decline in pollinator health, which is harming biodiversity and our food […]
For the first time since March, there were no deaths resulting from COVID-19 reported in a 24 hour period in New York City. According to city officials, the successful results are in part due to new guidances on face masks and better testing availability. The city wants to continue this streak and will be “doubling […]
It’s the middle of August and normally I would be shopping for back-to-school clothes and supplies. Instead I am trying to decide whether or not to send my children to school. After tonight’s virtual meeting with the Brighton School District, I’m leaning towards the 100% remote option.
U.S. District Judge Glenn T. Suddaby issued a preliminary injunction this past Friday for the case involving a couple who had booked their wedding at a golf club venue in Akron, Ohio. This goes against the western New York pandemic-related restrictions. One of Cuomo’s administration spokespeople has called the decision “Irresponsible”. Source: Rochester First
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