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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 […]
There’s 50 states in the US and 43 states are on New York travel advisory list. Majority of Americans coming from outside of New York state Must quarantine for 14 days If they decide to come visit the Empire State. The latest affects of the second wave of the Coronavirus is even hitting neighboring states […]
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 […]
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo gave an address on Saturday where he outlined some new reopening procedures that include movie theaters. Theaters in New York State can be open at 25% capacity or 50 people per screen starting on October 23rd, as long as they are in areas that have a COVID-19 infection rate lower […]
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 […]
According to Monroe County Executive Adam Bello and Public Health Commissioner Dr. Michael Mendoza, Monroe County has the lowest rate of COVID-19 cases in the country when counting communities that have more than 500,000 people living there. “We’ve seen new cases go up recently in the past few weeks, but that’s mainly attributed to an […]
The school year for Rochester City School District started three weeks ago and is one of the few districts that has gone 100% remote learning for its K-12 programs. Some students and parents have had difficulty figuring out the new format and it’s beginning to affect attendance rates. Deasure Matthew, Wilson Foundation Academy K-8 Principal […]
The FBI has just announced that Virginia Governor Northam was also a target in the kidnapping plot of Michigan Governor Whitmer. Governor Northam was targeted because the kidnappers were angry about the lockdown order she placed during the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic according to Special FBI agent Richard Trask. Trask released a statement saying: […]