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Due to an upcoming federal mandate, 80 million workers will be given the choice to get the COVID vaccine or get tested weekly, or if you work in healthcare there may not be a testing option. In the greater Rochester area, the mandate could affect nearly 700 businesses that employ more than 100 workers. Mary-Joy […]
Get ready for the iconic Naples Grape Festival. After last year’s hiatus due to the pandemic, this year the festival will be extra safe due to COVID. The Naples Grape Festival, which is held every September with few exceptions since 1961, brings in tens of thousands of people to the village of Naples to celebrate […]
“Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” set a record for the best Labor Day openings. The Marvel movie made an estimated $71.4 million in ticket sales. And, the numbers are only for Friday-to-Sunday gross. Marvel’s first film led by an Asian superhero, ranks as one of the best debuts of the pandemic. “Black Widow” ($80.3 […]
With the school year steadily approaching, the New York health regulators are recommending K-12 schools maintain at least three feet of distance between students as they return to the classroom. The 12-page guidance came after the Health Department had previously canceled plans that were originally supposed to release something similar in early August, amid then-Governor […]
Yesterday marked Governor Kathy Hochul’s one-week anniversary since taking office. Governor Hochul held her first coronavirus briefing with a focus on the Delta variant and announced $65 million in funding for local governments to administer booster shots. The governor made her briefing at the University of Buffalo’s Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. Governor […]
Yesterday, protesters gathered outside the University of Rochester Medical Center rallying against mandatory COVID-19 vaccines. Just last week, URMC made the announcement that all employees must receive at least one dose of the vaccine by Sept. 27, and information related to requesting an exemption would be provided to employees soon. Ashley, a nurse who was […]
During Governor Kathy Hochul’s announcement of incoming lieutenant governor, State Senator Brian Benjamin, Hochul wore a gold-colored pendant that sent a message. The nameplate necklace had a single word: “Vaxed.” According to the CDC, As of Thursday, 78.9% of New Yorkers over the age of 18 had received at least one dose of a COVID-19 […]
At the end of October, dozens of insurance companies will again require copays for Coronavirus hospital stays and testing. In the early days of the pandemic, insurers limited out-of-pocket expenses for anyone diagnosed and hospitalized with COVID through cost-sharing waivers, but this will no longer be the case, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation. According […]
New York Governor Kathy Hochul delivered another blow to what’s left of former Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s legacy by acknowledging that the state has had nearly 12,000 more deaths from COVID-19 than Cuomo told the public. Hochul made this announcement on her first day of office; “The public deserves a clear, honest picture of what’s happening. […]
Florida officials are threatening to withhold funds equal to the salaries of school board members if school districts in two counties, Broward and Alachua, don’t immediately get rid of their strict mask mandates. Currently, Florida continues to battle through high hospitalization rates. The two counties received a warning Friday from the State Board of Education […]
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