SARS-CoV-2

On Tuesday, May 5, Mayor Lovely Warren announced that the City of Rochester would see a reduction of 403 “non-essential” workers (178 furloughs, 208 job shares, and 17 separations) starting next Monday. Layoffs had been expected for some time because of the negative impact of SARS-CoV-2 on revenues, the high cost to pay employees and […]

On Monday, April 27, representatives of the New York Board of Elections announced that they had canceled the Democratic primary election scheduled originally for April 28 and then June 23 to protect the health of voters. As they explained, they “struggled” with this decision, but they also felt it was the right one given the […]

Mayor Lovely Warren will make a budget proposal announcement by May 15 to meet the City of Rochester’s June 1 budget deadline for 2021. Given the economic crisis caused by the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, Mayor Warren is expected to announce worker layoffs. Although the city normally employs approximately 3,000 workers, an unknown number of “non-essential” workers […]

This past week, Dr. Richard Levitan with Bellevue explained in an Op-Ed for The New York Times the insidious way in which SARS-CoV-2 seems to hide pneumonia symptoms from patients and doctors. Scans of emergency room patients who came into the hospital with other types of health issues, such as injuries from falls, revealed COVID-19 […]

Hospitals in New York state should soon receive the help that they need to combat SARS-CoV-2. On Wednesday, April 22, Senator Chuck Schumer announced to the public that New York State is to receive $4.3 billion out of a total of $10 billion from the portion of the CARES Act designed to help hospitals in […]

Alex Alvarado usually spends his days creating artwork for Walt Disney Animation Studios as a look development (lookdev) artist and supervisor. Recently, while furloughed during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, Alvarado decided to share on the ArtStation platform what he thought popular hip hop legends might look like if they were animated characters. So far, he has […]

On Tuesday, April 21, preliminary results from the largest study to date about the benefits and detriments of using the antimalarial and immunomodulatory drug hydroxychloroquine with or without the antibiotic azithromycin was published online before review by other scientists. Paid for by the National Institutes of Health and the University of Virginia, the results submitted […]

A study released last week out of China revealed what many ER doctors have already noticed: Patients who test positive for SARS-CoV-2 sometimes experience neurological symptoms as a result of the infection. Some patients around the world have complained about experiencing days of severe headaches or buzzing, fizzing, tingling and painful burning sensations. Coronaviruses, in […]

On Friday, April 17, the University of Rochester Medical Center announced its plans to follow-up with people who had been previously infected with SARS-CoV-2 to check for reinfection. The focus of the research is to specifically understand the spread of the virus and determine the length of time, if possible, that a person might be […]

On Friday, April 10, Walmart’s CEO Doug McMillon told hosts on the “Today Show” that Americans are increasingly purchasing beard trimmers and hair clippers. They’re also panic-buying hair dye in bulk. Over the past several weeks, people have been stocking up on overall groceries, baking supplies, hand sanitizer, disinfectants and toilet paper: “People are starting […]