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Dr. Colleen Fogarty, the Department Chair for the University of Rochester Department of Family Medicine let WROC know that it is still very important that people keep wearing masks to reduce the COVID-19 infection rate down. She stresses that there are confirmed scientific reports that justify the use of masks and face coverings stop the […]
Parents, as your kids prepare to head back to school, it is important to make sure their vaccines are all up-to-date. New York State requires all children, even those who are distance learning, to keep up with their shots. Last year, Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a law removing non-medical exemptions from school vaccination requirements. Monroe County […]
Recently, President Donald Trump declared that a COVID-19 vaccine would be available “long before the end of the year.” On Sunday, a senior white house official would not give reporters an actual timeline for when it would be finished and distributed to the American people. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Dr. Stephen Hahn was on […]
In anticipation of forecasted temperatures exceeding 90 degrees, Mayor Lovely Warren today announced that the City of Rochester’s Cool Sweep Heat Emergency operations will be in effect on Monday thur Thursday, July 6 -10, to provide city residents with opportunities to get additional relief from the heat. Cool Sweep — presented by Avangrid Foundation and […]
Earlier this month, Walmart announced that it would require all of its customers to to wear face coverings to help stop the spread of COVID-19, unless they had a medical condition that made it impossible to do so. The multi billion dollar company is now revisiting the July 20 Mandate because its employees are afraid […]
On Friday, over 11,000 new cases of COVID-19 infections were reported in Florida, breaking every record for new cases. The new dataset brings the number of infections in the sunshine state to over 190,000 cases. 85,000 people were tested Friday and 14% of those came back positive. State officials are not optimistic about what the […]
You ever read a news story and say to yourself this just can’t be real? So, Sight posted a news story that students in Tuscaloosa, Alabama were intentionally going to parties knowing they have COVID-19. Welp! There has been a development with that story. The reason why they were attending the parties is that they […]
Just as the MLB season was set to begin, a wave of COVID-19 cases has threatened to put an end to it. The Miami Marlins have reported at least 14 cases of coronavirus after playing three games in Philadelphia this weekend. Nobody knows how the players contracted the disease, but they had played some exhibition […]
23 states are now rethinking their re opening procedures due to soaring COVID-19 infection rates. On Wednesday, there were over 50,000 new cases of the coronavirus reported across the country. This sets an all time high record that rivals the initial numbers when the pandemic began. Arizona, California, North Carolina, Tennessee and Texas have the […]
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