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With the surge in COVID-19, as well as the new omicron variant, health officials are hoping for last year’s mild flu season. According to health officials, last year flu season was unusually quiet as many people stayed home. However, this year as some people ditch their masks and gather for the holidays, there is concern […]

After a long wait of COVID tests being available, as well as being in the midst of a state of emergency and a surge of COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations, prevention is key in stopping the spread of the virus over the holidays. In order to help stop the spread, Monroe County has purchased 750,000 at-home […]

Amazon was hit with a major outage Tuesday. The outage affected universities, governments, and companies including those that use their cloud service. People that use money apps, streaming services, And restaurant apps are also affected by the outage. Amazon customers on the East Coast With the only ones experiencing the outage. Click Here To Read More. Source: BBC

National chain store, Ashley HomeStore, has teamed up with local nonprofit Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Rochester to spread holiday gift-giving cheer to local youth. Next week Wednesday, December 15th from 3 to 9 pm, Ashley HomeStore will be collecting new holiday gifts for the nonprofit. To give back to those who donate, Ashley […]

We have some real wacky people in this world. Nicholas Mitchell was sentenced to 4 years and 9 months to federal prison after he pleaded guilty back in June with 2 counts of tampering with consumer products. Nicholas Mitchell is accused of putting razor blades and screws in pizza dough sold in supermarkets. The man was arrested back […]

Yesterday, Governor Kathy Hochul l provided a report on New York State’s progress in combating COVID-19. Governor Hochul stated: “With a new variant circulating in New York, the best way to stay safe this holiday season is by getting vaccinated and boosted. With holiday gatherings just weeks away, you can protect yourself and your loved […]

As of yesterday, there are now nine confirmed omicron cases in five states. A couple of days ago, health officials from Colorado, Hawaii, Minnesota, and New York all reported new cases of the variant strain of COVID-19, just one day after the first case of the variant was discovered in California. Health Director Dr. Elizabeth […]

As of yesterday, New York’s State of emergency entered into effect as the National Guard moved in. Now that the National Guard has arrived, hospitals can pause elective surgeries to make room for an influx of COVID patients. Starting today, National Guard members will be stationed at Monroe Community Hospital. In a statement, Monroe County […]

With all the COVID-19 numbers going back up and a new variant I see a lot more countries doing what Germany just did to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Germany just locks down all unvaccinated people and bans them from public places such as bars and shops. The German government could be trying to enforce this lockdown […]

Only just a few weeks ago, researchers in Botswana and South Africa have discovered a new COVID-19, omicron. Now, just weeks later it has hit us in New York. Scientists are now asking, will vaccines protect against omicron? Well, many scientists are predicting that the efficacy of the vaccines will likely take a hit, probably […]