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Yesterday, Monroe County announced the installation of naloxone cabinets to make the medication more available and help prevent overdose deaths. The generic form of Narcan, naloxone rapidly reverses overdoses by blocking the effects of opioids on the brain and restoring normal breathing. In addition to the accessible medication, Monroe County is also launching a new […]

Amazon is about to acquire the primary care organization One Medical for around $3.9 billion. This will be one of Amazon’s largest acquisitions and it will increase the company’s presence in the healthcare field. The reason Amazon said it is expanding in the medical field is to reinvent the experience in healthcare. The areas they […]

City of Rochester Mayor Malik Evans has declared a State of Emergency due to gun violence on Thursday. The proclamation comes after five people were shot in two separate shootings earlier this week. The shootings were within hours of each other and resulted in Rochester’s 40th and 41st homicides of 2022. Both shootings took place […]

Prior to his passing, did you know that Lizzo and Prince almost worked on an EP together? Lizzo recently spoke out on this in an interview with The Breakfast Club. Lizzo stated: “God it makes me so sad thinking and talking about it…I got invited to Paisley Park last minute to see Prince perform on […]

Earlier this week, seventeen members of Congress were among those arrested during an abortion rights demonstration outside the Supreme Court. According to the U.S. Capitol Police, they made a total of 35 arrests for crowding, obstructing, or incommoding. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Representative Carolyn Maloney were among those arrested. Rep. Carolyn Maloney stated: “There is […]

The event that brought many Rochesterians to shut down at the Main Street Armory is now, unfortunately, being held at Cornerstone Church in Batavia. The event was just canceled earlier this week, announced by the Armory owners after months of people boycotting the event space, as well as well-known acts canceling gigs. Many protested that […]

So it looks like we will be getting yet another Superintendent of the Rochester City School District. In the Democrat & Chronicle on Wednesday it was reported that the RCSD School Board wants to negotiate for Dr. Lesli Myers-Small exit. Dr. Myers-Small currently has a four year year contract which ends in 2024. The RSCD […]

While they didn’t officially announce their change in pronouns, Rapper Lil Uzi Vert has seemingly changed their pronouns to they/them in their Instagram bio. According to Entertainment Tonight, the timing of their pronoun change appeared around International Non-Binary People’s Day on July 14. Lil Uzi Vet has not announced anything to their fans, they recently […]

Yesterday, New York State announced the launch of a new hotline, 1-800-HARASS-3 (1-800-427-2773), for issues of workplace sexual harassment. This confidential hotline will be operated by the New York State Division of Human Rights and will connect workers who have faced sexual harassment with experienced pro-bono attorneys to advise them. Governor Kathy Hochul stated: “Every […]

Yesterday, New York State announced that they will be awarding grants totaling $12 million through February 28, 2026, to fund family opportunity centers, which are community-based or school-based programs that provide services that strengthen families and improve safety and wellbeing of children and families. This initiative is a collaboration between the New York State Office […]