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American Airlines, Alaska Airlines, and Jet Blue will now be joining the club, alongside United, in requiring their employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19. This announcement goes along with the Biden administration’s pressure on major US carriers to require the shots. Employees can seek waivers from the vaccines on medical or religious exemptions. American Airlines […]
Today marks the day for Governor Kathy Hochul’s vaccine mandate for healthcare workers. While the majority of healthcare workers are vaccinated in New York State, thousands across New York who chose not to get the vaccine have lost their jobs. However, healthcare workers who are unvaccinated and claiming a religious exemption are still in the […]
The Monroe County Public Health Department has now opened two booster covid shot clinics in Chili and downtown Rochester. The two locations are the Fleet Center and MCC’s downtown campus. Monrow County Public Health Planner Michael Sayers says that the county plans to open a clinic on the east side, one on the west side, […]
Yesterday, California Governor Gavin Newsom announced that California will be requiring that all elementary through high school students get the COVID-19 shot once the vaccine gains final approval from the US government for different age groups. As it currently stands, the government has fully approved the COVID-19 vaccine for those 16 and over and only […]
NBA players who do not comply with local vaccination requirements will not be paid for the games that they miss due to their status. This is according to NBA spokesperson Mike Bass. The policy would impact players with the Warriors, Nets and Knicks. All three teams play in areas in which local jurisdictions are requiring people […]
Yesterday, the mega video sharing platform Youtube announced on their blog that the company will be cracking down on the spread of misinformation by banning misleading and inaccurate content about vaccines. According to the blog post, YouTube explains that its current community guidelines, which already prohibit the sharing of medical misinformation, have been extended to […]
Wednesday marked National Coffee Day, and to celebrate America’s favorite coffee chain had a big celebration. Dunkin’ celebrated its “day” by donating nearly 300 pounds of coffee to Foodlink. The big donation from Dunkin’ stems from the “Runs for Coffee” initiative between Dunkin’ and the Rochester Red Wings. In this initiative, Dunkin’ pledges to donate […]
Yesterday, New York State Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie paid a visit to Rochester. Heastie joined Assemblymember Sarah Clark for a tour of the Lexington Community Farm in Rochester, stating: “Sarah wanted to bring me here to look at this wonderful garden and explore all the possibilities that can come from this, simply educating our children […]
After a federal appeals panel decision yesterday, the three-judge panel of the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan issued an order that allows NYC to impose a vaccine mandate on teachers, a mandate that some were seeking to appeal last Friday. NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio announced back in August that about 148,000 […]
Wegmans is now offering Pfizer/BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine booster shots for people who are 65 and older, individuals 50-64 with underlying conditions, those 18-49 with underlying conditions based on personal benefits and risk, and people 18-64 at increased risk of COVID due to institutional/occupational settings. The booster shots are available via appointment only, and only available […]