Health

New York State & California are really feeling the hike of gas prices. Experts are predicting that gas could go up as $7 a gallon in some states. In California the average price of gas is at $5.18 and New York State stands at about $4.14, the highest price in New York State was at […]

It seems as though life is slowly going back to the pre-pandemic days. Wegmans announced a new update for Wegmans employees that allows for their workers to go maskless at work if they choose to do so. However, this does not apply if masks are mandated at the state or local level. Employees and shoppers […]

Here’s an odd story a woman from California reportedly became pregnant twice while already being pregnant. Report says the woman conceived the 2nd baby just 5 days after the 1st and both children were born the same day but are not labeled twins. The woman named Odalis Martinez had suffered a miscarriage a few months […]

According to a new study drinking wine at meals, may lower your type 2 diabetes risk. The study of over 300,000 adults for an average of 11 years didn’t find benefits of beer or liquor. Drinking with meals, as opposed to without food, was associated with a 14% lower risk of type 2 diabetes. That […]

Strong Memorial Hospital is expanding visitation. The hospital will start allowing two designated visitors per an inpatient’s stay, with only one visitor permitted per day, and Strong and Highland are both suspending their four-hour limit for visits. The Emergency Department will permit one visitor per patient when capacity allows for adequate social distancing. URMC is […]

Over this past weekend, New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced that a dramatic drop in covid numbers could lead to the lifting of vaccine mandates on restaurants, bars, and theaters as soon as March 7th. Mayor Adams announcement came shortly after Governor Kathy Hochul announced the mask mandate being lifted for schools. Mayor Adams […]

It’s official, today the mask mandate has become officially optional for students and staff. Governor Kathy Hochul left the mask decisions up to the counties, and Monroe, Livingston, and Ontario County leaders have all announced they will not mandate masks in their local districts. Dr. Mike Mendoza, Monroe County Health Commissioner, spoke out on the […]

Starting Wednesday, the New York State school mask mandate, as well as the children 2 years and older in childcare facilities, will officially be lifted. This announcement from Governor Kathy Hochul comes from just 2 days after ​​the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) outlined new guidance for areas that aren’t experiencing high transmission […]

The FDA-recommended mask, N95s, seemed to be impossible to find for weeks, just like toilet paper at the beginning of the pandemic. Well now, finally, the search for N95s has become easier than we thought. Free N95 masks are being given out at Wegmans, as part of a federal initiative. Each person is limited to […]

While many across the United States have been patiently waiting for FDA’s approval for the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for young children ages 6 months through 4 years of age, it looks like we will have to wait a bit longer. It is unclear how long this will be postponed, but the FDA said that Pfizer […]