vaccination

There will be a mass vaccination site coming in the next few weeks in Rochester. Governor Andrew Cuomo announced Wednesday there will be multiple pop-up sites across the state. There will also be four mass vaccination sites that will be run jointly with FEMA next month across the state. There will be a location in […]

As phase 1B of the vaccination approaches, the Monroe County Department of Public Health is gearing up for the most efficient distribution possible. This week, essential workers will become eligible for the vaccine. As soon as the County receives the first shipment, a scheduling link will be posted here. The link will schedule a total […]

Officials at Rochester Regional Health are trying to increase the number of vaccinations of the staff at hospitals where COVID-19 is being treated. At this point, 74% of hospital workers in New York have been vaccinated. According to Dr. Robert Mayo, Rochester General Hospital only has 64% of its workers vaccinated and he’d like to […]

According to the latest study from Johns Hopkins that was released on Thursday, new coronavirus cases have dropped overall by 35% since their peak on January 11. Daily cases have also gone down to around 260,000 from 250,000 and hospitalization numbers are looking good as well. The COVID Tracking Project reported Wednesday that the hospitalization […]

A vaccination station in rural Georgia was suspended the other day because they vaccinated people who weren’t part of the current phase. On Tuesday, the Georgia Department Of Public Health discovered that the Medical Center of Elberton vaccinated several Elbert County School District Staff Members who didn’t qualify for the Phase 1A distribution. According to […]

In only 10 days, Strong Memorial Hospital has given over 4,000 coronavirus vaccinations to its employees from both Pfizer and Moderna. Without skipping a beat, shots were administered on Christmas Day – “you get in, you get your shot, and back to work you go.” Kathy Parrinello, Chief Operating Officer has the place running like […]

On Monday, residents and staff at local senior homes were among the first in our community to get the vaccine administered. Becky Cavellier, a Physical Therapy Clinical Coordinator at the Jewish Senior Life home in Brighton had this to say: It was pretty easy, filled out paperwork the shot took like 5 seconds, it didn’t […]

Since the coronavirus vaccine arrived in the US, talks have shifted from when will it get here? To who will get it first? Everyone agreed that first responders should be first in line, as they are closest to the virus and have the most exposure to it – but who should get it second? Democratic […]

Talk about staying woke there is a new bill that if passed will mandate the COVID-19 vaccine in New York. New York State Assemblywoman Linda Rosenthal introduced the new bill to Senate on December 4th. The bill would require everyone that can receive the vaccine in a clinically safe manner to get the vaccine. The […]

President Elect Joe Biden has announced his three step approach to try and shut down the coronavirus pandemic. The spearhead of the campaign lies in 100 million vaccinations in his first 100 days in office. He also pledged to sign a bill making face masks mandatory and coming up with an idea to get kids […]