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New York Governor Kathy Hochul delivered another blow to what’s left of former Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s legacy by acknowledging that the state has had nearly 12,000 more deaths from COVID-19 than Cuomo told the public. Hochul made this announcement on her first day of office; “The public deserves a clear, honest picture of what’s happening. […]
Rev. Jesse Jackson has been hospitalized after testing positive for COVID-19. The civil rights icon and his wife Jacqueline are both being treated at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago. According to the Rainbow PUSH website, Jackson was first vaccinated against coronavirus in January and at the time praised Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett on her work at the […]
The Food and Drug Administration, FDA, has formally approved Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine making the Pfizer vaccine the first COVID-19 vaccine to be subject to a full review and to get an approval that puts the vaccine on par with other marketed vaccines. With this approval, the vaccine developed by Pfizer and its partner BioNTech could […]
Florida officials are threatening to withhold funds equal to the salaries of school board members if school districts in two counties, Broward and Alachua, don’t immediately get rid of their strict mask mandates. Currently, Florida continues to battle through high hospitalization rates. The two counties received a warning Friday from the State Board of Education […]
Local researchers who tracking vaccination data find having one-on-one conversations with people who are hesitant about the vaccine is effective in convincing them to get the vaccine. Over this past weekend, local Larry Pearsall Sr. considered himself hesitant until he spoke with one of the county employees working a pop-up vaccine clinic at the Puerto […]
In September, health officials are preparing to roll out COVID-19 booster shots in the United States. Based on a plan from the Press Briefing by White House COVID-19 Response Team and Public Health Officials that was announced yesterday, all U.S. adults who received a two-dose vaccine would be eligible for an additional jab of the […]
As the school year is approaching, the debate over mask mandates in schools continues to be a hot topic at some board of education meetings, and one, in particular, has made the news. At the Webster Board of Education meeting, where one current and two former students praised the district’s masking mandate, was interrupted by […]
Rochester’s own NBA Basketball Stars Isaiah Stewart (Detroit Pistons); Nahziah Carter (Atlanta Hawks); Anthony Lamb (Houston Rockets); Quinton Rose (NY Knicks) are working Rochester Mayor Lovely A. Warren for a special “Shot for a Shot!” vaccination event. It will take place, Tuesday, August 24th 2–5 p.m.at the Lightfoot R-Center at 271 Flint St. The event is […]
Even though the current Texan Governor Greg Abbott has tested positive for COVID-19, the governor is strongly against the mask mandate and does not require it for the state. To get around Abbott’s mask ban, the Paris Independent School District in Texas will now require students to wear masks as part of its dress code. […]
Yesterday, the Rochester City School District employees were informed that they must be vaccinated or undergo weekly COVID testing, making the RSCD the first local district to require this policy. Employees who don’t submit to testing will not be allowed to return to work and will be placed on unpaid leave and testing must be […]
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