SARS-CoV-2

After Rochester’s City Hall closed because of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, many couples were forced to put their wedding plans on hold to stay safe. Over the weekend, the City Clerk’s Office revealed that it has transitioned to online processes for marriage licenses and ceremony services. Governor Andrew Cuomo gave the City Clerk the authority to […]

Officials with the Department of Environmental Services for the City of Rochester have announced that they will restart bulk trash collection on Monday, May 18. Bulk trash is any item that a resident can’t place in standard refuse or recycling collection totes, such as landscaping debris and furniture. City workers initially had concerns about being […]

As previously reported, the Black community has been disproportionately and adversely impacted healthcare-wise during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic as compared to other groups. Yet, Latinos have had to deal with quality of care problems and negative outcomes as well. Many Latinos have also dealt with a language barrier that causes diagnosis and treatment delays. As reported […]

Trillium Health has announced that it has set up a SARS-CoV-2 testing site designed specifically for walk-in patients. People who haven’t made an appointment can receive COVID-19 testing services between 9 a.m and 4 p.m. EDT in a white tent in the parking lot at the southeast side of Trillium Health’s downtown Rochester facility at […]

On Monday, May 11, the University of Rochester, in cooperation with the Cornell Cooperative Extension of Monroe County, the Dairy Farmers of America (DFA), and local dairy farmers, made refrigerated half-gallons of milk available to area residents for free between approximately 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. at the University’s River Campus Park Lot. The distribution […]

Officials with Ultimate Fighting Championship have announced that Ronaldo Souza, the 40-year-old mixed martial artist popularly known as Jacare, had been pulled from the roster after he and two of his cornermen tested positive for SARS-CoV-2. Souza was originally scheduled to fight Uriah Hall live on pay-per-view without an audience during UFC 249 on Saturday […]

Manhattan U.S. District Judge Analisa Torres has ruled that the New York Democratic presidential primary must occur as originally planned on June 23 and that cancelling it was unconstitutional. A lawsuit had been brought before her by lawyers representing Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders and businessman Andrew Yang. As Judge Torres pointed out, no other state […]

As previously reported, the pandemic has adversely impacted members of the Black community at a disproportionately higher level than any other community. Yet, there hasn’t been enough data to fully study the impact until recently. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention previously released early data from states, but approximately 78 percent of it failed […]

Paychex, Inc., which has its headquarters in Rochester and employs approximately 5,000 local workers, announced that it plans to donate $1 million to the United Way through its Paychex Charitable Foundation to aid people in the City of Rochester and 10 other local communities. The United Way of Greater Rochester will receive $750,000 of the […]

The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic is changing the world, especially the job market. Industries that revolve around a high amount of face-to-face traffic and can’t adapt to change are going bankrupt. As reported by CNN on Tuesday, May 5, Airbnb is just one of the most recent companies forced to cut their workforce because of revenue losses […]