COVID-19 variants from the United Kingdom and California have been identified in a limited number of cases in Monroe County.
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County and city partner with URMC for pop-up vaccine clinics in minority communities
The additional vaccination hubs — dubbed ‘equity pods’ — are designed to target city residents who can’t access larger vaccination sites.
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Assembly’s choice of impeachment firm faces criticism
The law firm hired to help look into multiple allegations of sexual harassment against Cuomo has some associations that could call its objectivity into question, critics say.
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Low-income neighborhood groups asked to spread word about COVID vaccines
As low-income neighborhoods lag behind the rest of the county in vaccination rates, Rochester Area Community Foundation is launching a community vaccine education program.
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Pandemic and racial reckonings fuel Black artists
Amidst a paralyzing pandemic and tumultuous social protests, Rochester’s Black artists kept creating.
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RoCo’s latest exhibit is a real artpocalypse
Rochester Contemporary’s ‘Last Year On Earth’ showcases creative responses to the events of 2020.
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Women have been hit hardest by the pandemic’s job losses
Some have taken to calling the economic fallout from the pandemic the first female recession, or the catchier “she-cession.”
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Cinema Theater operators closing the movie house
Operators of the 1914 movie house say they haven’t been able to generate much income in the past year.
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A new COVID-19 mass vaccination site is coming to Rochester
Gov. Cuomo has announced that one of four new federally-run sites will begin providing COVID-19 vaccinations in Rochester in early March.
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New York state to receive another boost in vaccine doses, Cuomo says
Over the next three weeks, New York state is expected to receive a five-percent increase in its supply of COVID-19 vaccine.
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Geva retools its 2021-22 schedule in these ‘absolutely, might’ times
As the arts attempt to emerge from the pandemic shutdown, Geva Theatre Center has a gradual seven-step plan to return to live performances.
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The F Word: Local musicians eye return to live shows as COVID numbers decrease
As COVID-19 numbers decrease, bands such as Televisionaries and Anonymous Willpower are staying busy, anticipating a return to live shows.
