It is up to local school districts to decide their masking policies in schools and on school buses beginning Wednesday.
Noelle E. C. Evans
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Subsidized internet program bridges digital divide
A new federal program, Emergency Broadband Benefit, will provide low-income residents with a monthly stipend to help pay for internet service.
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Highland Park’s Remember Garden blossoms
The manicured area commemorates those discovered in an unmarked mass grave at Highland Park.
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Local pediatrician advises vigilance as schools resume in-person learning
The number of COVID-19 cases has been on an upward trend among younger residents in Monroe County for the past few weeks.
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Since Daniel Prude’s death, has mental health care for people of color changed?
Prude’s death reignited an already active movement for racial justice, this time with emphasis on mental health and policing.
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Rochester’s Burmese residents protest Myanmar military coup
Myanmar’s armed forces overthrew the government on Feb.1 claiming election fraud.
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Rochester shows love with valentines for girl pepper-sprayed by RPD
A Rochester-wide initiative to collect valentines from community members to the 9-year-old who was pepper sprayed by police is underway.
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Vaccine acceptance challenged by long history of injustice, conspiracy theories
Dr. Nancy Bennett and Wade Norwood of the Finger Lakes COVID-19 Vaccine Taskforce are navigating both healthy skepticism and toxic misinformation.
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Paramedics, EMTs begin receiving COVID-19 vaccines in Monroe County
With vaccines available, county health officials saw no reason to put off vaccinating emergency medical services workers.
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County prepares for more COVID-19 cases, possible vaccine deployment
COVID-19 cases are still climbing in Monroe County, but immunizations might not be far off.
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Local hospitals see cases tick up, await vaccine approval
Hospitalizations due to COVID-19 are rising across the Rochester region as local hospitals await vaccine approval.
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Rochester hospitals adapt to heightened demands of coronavirus surge
With the highest numbers of hospitalized COVID-19 patients since the pandemic began, Rochester-area hospitals are adapting their medical care.
