Health

A student at Greece Arcadia High School tested positive for coronavirus on Sunday, according to the Monroe County Department of Public Health. According to reports, the last time the student was on campus was Tuesday, October 20. The school has been thoroughly disinfected and is expected to allow students to return to class on Monday. […]

On Saturday evening, The White House announced that Marc Short, Vice President Mike Pence’s Chief of staff had tested positive for COVID-19. Shortly after, Pence’s office confirmed that a senior political adviser to Pence, Marty Obst also tested positive. This makes 5 close associates of the vice president who have come down with the illness. […]

The director of the NIH is now saying that the COVID-19 vaccine may not be ready until 2021. During a press conference, Dr. Francis Collins of the National Institute of Health said: “I’m cautiously optimistic that by the end of 2020, there will be at least one vaccine that has reached that stage of an […]

A worker at the Genesee Brew House has tested positive for COVID-19, so the establishment has opted to close its doors for the time being. They will remain closed for a deep cleaning, but have released information that can help anyone who may have come into contact with the infected individual. The employee was working […]

Basketball legend Michael Jordan just opened up his second medical clinic in North Carolina earlier this week. It all started 3 years ago when Jordan committed $7 million to Novant Health, with the intention of providing medical care to those who needed it most. Jordan released a statement that read: “To see how this has […]

After being surrounded by a raging wildfire, twenty three hikers and three dogs were rescued by helicopter in Colorado’s San Juan Mountains earlier today. According to the county Office of Emergency Management, the The Ice Fire in San Juan County began burning Monday afternoon in the South Mineral Creek area near a trail head in […]

Due to a “Steady increase of in the number of positive COVID-19 numbers on campus,” St. John Fisher College will be transitioning to a remote learning environment for the rest of the semester. College officials released a statement that read: “In addition, our most recent wastewater surveillance results show an increase in the presence of […]

According to the Williamson Central School District Superintendent Marygrace Mazzulo, a non teaching faculty member in the district has tested positive for COVID-19. In response, staff in the District Office has been quarantined and the staff will be working remotely for the next two weeks. Mazzulo gave a statement that read concerning the small outbreak, […]

Dr. Albert Bourla, Pfizer’s chief company executive made an online announcement on Friday, saying that the vaccine they are working on will not be available for public use by the election. The pharmaceutical company should know if the vaccine is effective in the next couple weeks. If those trials are successful, the vaccine should be […]