Health

With a shortage of health care workers before the COVID-19 pandemic hit, things have gone from bad to worse. URMC said the have loss about 300 employees across the board due to New York State’s vaccine mandate. With some hospitals are running anywhere from 20 to 35% vacancy rates. Some believe Even if Gov. Kathy Hochul lifted […]

There’s been a recall on Dole’s Garden packaged salad that’s linked to 2 deaths and at least 17 people ending up in the hospital due to listeria according to the CDC. The terminated salads have been linked across 13 States, the CDC is recommending that everyone to throw  away the salads immediately. Reports that the salads were […]

The Rochester city school district Under the New York State public high school athletic association. The two schools within the  district that will have the girl’s flag football team will be James Monroe Upper school and Edison Career Technology school. Girls flag football will kick off this April. To Read More Click Here. Source: WHEC-TV

Local school districts in Western New York are now asking Governor Kathy Hochul to ‘back off’ when it comes to COVID rules. The head of 13 districts signed and sent to Governor Hochul saying that they respect her leadership and willingness to listen to concerns from people across the state, and they ask her to […]

A new study has shown that college students who “excessively” use social media had higher blood protein levels that indicate chronic inflammation. The study examined 251 undergraduate students between the ages of 18 and 24. The participants who frequented social media more had higher C-reactive protein (CRP) levels. CRP can be used to predict cancer, diabetes, […]

In a COVID-19 briefing yesterday afternoon, Governor Kathy Hochul says she will reassess the mask mandate that is still in place in New York every two weeks. This announcement was made at the upcoming “end” of the mandate, which was February 10th. When asked what is the likelihood the mandate will be removed before the […]

Monroe County has announced some news for families to that receive some form of childcare assistance. County Executive Adam Bello says the county’s child care subsidy programs that will make child care more accessible and affordable for residents while also helping providers survive the pandemic. “Right here in New York State, the annual cost of […]

Want to donate blood? Saturday January 29th from 10 AM to 3 PM at Rochester Academy of Medicine located at 1441 East Ave, There will be a sickle cell awareness blood drive. About 1 in 13 African Americans carry the sickle cell trait, Estimated 100,000 in the US have Sickle Cell Disease, and approximately 2,000 […]

Local health leaders are concerned about the shortage of blood donations and are asking for donors to help. The reason for the low blood supply is there are fewer donors and due to the pandemic there have not been as many blood drives held. The American Red Cross is encouraging people to donate blood by […]

At the last home Buffalo Bills game for the season, a West Seneca couple has been accused of using fake COVID-19 vaccination cards to attend the playoff game. According to Erie County District Attorney John Flynn, 34-year-old Michael Naab and 37-year-old Amber Naab presented falsified vaccine cards at Highmark Stadium. Since October 31st, proof of […]