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Giant tech company Microsoft plans to lay off around 10,000 employees after revenue growth slows down and has been the slowest since 2016. One of the issues Microsoft is facing is the slow sales of their PC’s Compared to the height of a Coronavirus pandemic when companies and schools bought everything from laptops and desktop […]
Just to keep you in the loop with some stuff going on around the world China is struggling with COVID cases. China recently reversed it’s Zero-Covid policy and opened it’s boarders for international travel. The increase in Covid cases now has hospitals in China overwhelmed. NBC News reported some hospitals have told families to bring […]
Should school districts reinforce mask mandates? Due to the rising numbers of COVID-19, RSV, and other viruses 2 New Jersey school districts are reinforcing mask mandates again. The policy goes into effect when students return back to school from winter break the mandate is planned to stay in place until at least mid January. In Monroe […]
‘Tis the season of allergies, colds, the flu, covid, and all of the in-betweens. Now, local doctors say they’re seeing a rise in respiratory illnesses in children — and it’s happening earlier than usual this year. Doctors say a lack of masking is a contributing factor. Dr. Colleen Markevicz, a pediatric emergency medicine specialist with […]
RTS has some changes going into effect immediately for customers and employees when it comes to wearing face masks. The decision comes after Governor Kathy Hochul made the announcement public transportation no longer has the mandate. Employees and customers that feel sick are encouraged to stay home. RTS adjusts masking policy after Gov. Hochul lifts […]
Dr. Michael Mendoza is getting a second six year term as the County’s public health commissioner. Dr. Mendoza played a big role in the County’s response effort to COVID. Administering more than one million vaccinations under his watch. Monroe County Executive Adam Bello said, “Throughout the greatest health crisis our community has seen in more […]
in six years the president spoke. President Joe Biden spoke to the crowd, joking about the criticism he has faced in his first 15 months in power, and the press, the opposition, and Trump. President Joe Biden stated: “Just imagine if my predecessor came to this dinner this year. Now that would really have been […]
While some may have celebrated as a federal judge lifted the mask mandate on public transportation, Governor Kathy Hochul has stepped in to say that this is not true for New York. In yesterday’s press conference, Governor Hochul announced that masks will be required “for the short term” on public transit such as airports and […]
Yesterday, U.S. District Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle overturned the federal government’s transportation mask mandate that was just recently extended. According to Judge Mizelle, she claimed she could overturn the mandate on her interpretation of the term “sanitation.” In the 1944 Public Health Service Act, it states that if the government is trying to prevent the […]
In a new clinical trial announced yesterday, Pfizer and BioNTech have begun a clinical trial to evaluate a new, omicron-specific vaccine for COVID-19. Even though people who are vaccinated and boosted appear to be better protected against severe COVID symptoms and hospitalization from omicron, the new highly contagious variant has still led to breakthrough cases […]
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