Health

Yesterday, the CDC announced the authorization of adolescents ages 12-17 to receive a Pfizer-BioNTech booster shot five months after their initial series of immunizations. This decision comes from just hours after a panel of CDC advisers voted 13-1 in favor of the recommendation. Currently, the Pfizer vaccine is the only approved vaccine for these ages. […]

Due to the rise of recent COVID-19 cases across the country, the 64th annual Grammy’s has been postponed. The 64th annual Grammys was supposed to take place in Los Angeles at the Crypto.com arena on January 31st. This is the 2nd year in a row the grammys have been postponed. Last year the award show […]

There was an investigation in New York State after 1,500 inmates were wrongly accused and punished for using drugs after the Department of Corrections tested them. According to reports the drug test kits gave inaccurate test results. Click Here To Read More. Source: WHEC-TV

In Oregon the popular travel rental company Airbnb will no longer post the full names of guest that try to reserve a place to stay to avoid discrimination against black renters. This a 2 year experiment and starts at the end of January. Landlords of the Airbnb won’t see guests full names only their initials once the […]

Earlier this week, Dr. Fauci spoke out on the possibility of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention adding a negative COVID test as part of their isolation requirements after receiving backlash from the public. Despite the backlash, the CDC stated that they are not adding a testing requirement to its isolation guidelines for people […]

After Gov. Kathy Hochul said that KN-95 masks are more effective at stopping the spread of the omicron variant of COVID-19. The state is distributing KN95 masks to counties, and will be holding distribution events. The Greater Rochester Chamber of Commerce will provide local businesses with KN95 masks and rapid test kits during a drive-through giveaway on […]

Are you ready to head back to the office? You are not alone, a new One Poll survey revealed that nearly 9 out of 10 Americans are thrilled to return to work in 2022. 87% of the 803 polled are prepared to work full-time again in person and no longer want virtual meetings. Sixty percent want […]

The FDA announced that they’ve approved Pfizer’s COVID-19 booster shots For kids between the ages of 12 and 15 years old. The FDA also approved the third PfizerCOVID-19 booster shot For children that have compromised immune systems between the ages of 5 and 11 years. Click Here To Read More. Source: NPR

In Mayor Malik Evans’s first few days of serving as the city’s mayor, Evans started his first full day in the office dealing with the deaths of two of his city’s youngest citizens; Derrick Watson and Julius Greer Jr. On Friday, Watson, age 17, died of COVID-19, and just two days later, Greer, age 14, […]

If you are looking to get into nursing or further your education there are scholarships available in New York State. There are up to 1,000 scholarships available for people under the “Nurses For Our Future Scholarship”. You can earn an Associates’ Degree in Nursing or you can get your Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing. This […]