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On Thursday, April 16, the Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation announced that it’s providing an additional $500,000 to Rochester hospitals and community organizations out of a $1.5 million donation to 18 separate facilities. Rochester Regional Health and the University of Rochester Medical Center are on the recipient’s list. The foundation will distribute the rest of […]
A lot of people are searching for silver linings during the SARS-CoV-2 crisis. This earth day, one silver lining that everyone can appreciate is the air and sky quality changes. With fewer cars on the road and fewer factories pumping out the byproducts of fossil fuels and other pollutants, people in many areas of the […]
On Tuesday, April 7, Mayor Lovely Warren announced via a press release that Rochester citizens have another COVID-19 financial resource available to them within the community. The Financial Empowerment Center has developed plans to help members of the community navigate their financial difficulties during this pandemic. Anyone who reaches out to the FEC can receive […]
The Better Business Bureau has revealed that hackers can use social media posts about graduating from high school or other academic institutions to gain access to people’s various online accounts. Schools throughout the country have closed to stop the spread of SARS-CoV-2, resulting in many students who were supposed to graduate this year posting their […]
On Tuesday, April 14, organizers of the San Francisco Pride announced that the COVID-19 pandemic and associated social distancing forced them to cancel the 50th Anniversary SF Pride that had the theme Generations of Hope. Although organizers initially hoped to merely suspend the event until later this year, there is still so much unknown about […]
At the top of the year, I promised myself to be more focused and disciplined because I find myself getting easily distracted hopping from one thing to another. Then boom CORONAVIRUS. It has been a true test of discipline for me over the last month. Working from home plus the world is shut down? I […]
Anecdotal reports that African Americans are being infected by COVID-19 and dying from the virus in disproportionate numbers have been circulating for over a week. As data accumulates, proof for this claim is forthcoming and adding weight to calls for congressional intervention. According to Chicago’s WBEZ radio channel’s initial analysis of early data, 29 percent […]
On Monday, April 6, a local Rochester member of the community and registered nurse, Olivia Goodwin, started orientation for her new role treating COVID-19 positive patients who require long-term care in Milford, New Jersey. Goodwin has been a registered nurse for the last four years in primarily operating environments. She previously worked at Rochester General […]
Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced on Monday that the 2020 June Regents exams will be canceled due to the COVID-19 outbreak. The decision was made during this month’s Board of Regents meeting, according to Regents Chancellor Betty Rosa. “I know that most of you have noticed that during our COVID-19 regulations, we did not address the […]
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