COVID

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 […]

New York State assemblyman Demond Meeks along with Monroe County executive Adam Bello and City of Rochester Mayor Malik Evans and Pastor Warren Meeks Jr. will be giving away free at home rapid COVID test kits. This is a free event to the community and it’ll be happening from 3pm – 5 PM at Rochester […]

After reporting earlier this week that the 2022 Grammy awards may be postponed, the Recording Academy has officially postponed the show due to COVID-related concerns. The Recording Academy stated: “The health and safety of those in our music community, the live audiences, and the hundreds of people who work tirelessly to produce our show remains […]

You may be wondering what’s up with the new CDC guidance when it comes to isolation protocol, I know I am. So I did a little bit of research and found an article 13WHAM.com that might explain the change. According to the news report, the CDC guidance came a few days after Delta Air Lines […]

The airline industry owes customers more than $20 billion in refunds. The US Department of Transportation was hit with over 90,000 complaints about refunds from different airline companies for flight cancelations, reports say that’s up 5,000%. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/airlines-owe-billions-refunds-cancelled-flights-2020/

With Pfizer’s FDA approval for children to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. The mission now is to get as many children as possible vaccinated. A pharmacy in Virginia that participated in a state vaccine program gave over one hundred children between the ages of 5 and 11 the wrong doses of the COVID vaccine. The report said […]

Time to pick out the costumes and stock up on the candy, Halloween is just around the corner. Unlike last year where trick-or-treating was technically canceled, this year according to the nation’s top infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci, we have the go-ahead to celebrate Halloween. The go-ahead was given since many adults as well […]

Don’t have your COVID vaccination cards on you? Well, it’s coming to smarts phones soon. Apple’s Wallet app would be able to carry your COVID vaccination cards. Demonstrating proof of vaccination through their iPhones and Apple Watches. The vaccination cards could be used by businesses or venues as a form of verification, similar to how you […]