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Monroe County could be short on coronavirus tests as schools prepare to reopen

Monroe County needs more coronavirus testing capacity to prepare for the start of the school year, county public health commissioner Dr. Michael Mendoza...
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Fri, 08/28/2020 - 3:44pm
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Coronavirus vaccine researchers are trying to recruit people of color for tests. It’s not easy.

Dr. Ann Falsey, one of the principal investigators of the vaccine treatment and evaluation unit at the University of Rochester, sees a consistent...
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Fri, 08/28/2020 - 8:38am
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Monroe County stops reporting some COVID-19 data

The Monroe County public health department has stopped publishing county-level COVID-19 hospitalization statistics daily. The county health department...
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Wed, 08/26/2020 - 7:49pm
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Monroe County COVID-19 ICU cases back in double digits

The number of people in intensive care units for COVID-19 treatment in Monroe County reached its highest point in almost two months on Thursday,...
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Thu, 08/20/2020 - 5:28pm
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Ontario County health department finds ‘small cluster’ of COVID-19 cases at Tim Hortons

The Ontario County public health department said Tuesday that it found a “small cluster” of three people with COVID-19 at a Tim Hortons in Canandaigua....
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Tue, 08/11/2020 - 10:51am
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Local school districts say they shouldn’t be on state list of districts with no reopening plan

School districts in the Rochester area said Monday that they should not appear on a list, published by Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s office, of districts that...
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Mon, 08/10/2020 - 1:03pm
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Health department warns of COVID-19 exposure at Henrietta restaurant

The Monroe County public health department said Friday that it believes a COVID-19 exposure is connected to a restaurant in Henrietta. The department...
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Fri, 08/07/2020 - 3:29pm
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‘It’s not just dying’: Doctors warn some COVID-19 survivors face dangerous complications

The vast majority of people who are diagnosed with COVID-19 have survived the disease, but a growing body of evidence is finding that survival does not...
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Fri, 08/07/2020 - 5:05am
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Coronavirus vaccine enters final phase of testing at URMC, Rochester Regional Health

Four people in the Rochester area became the first in the country to receive an experimental novel coronavirus vaccine this week. The vaccine, developed...
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Wed, 07/29/2020 - 9:00pm
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Monroe County COVID-19 hospitalizations drop to lowest number since March

The number of people in hospitals for COVID-19 treatment in Monroe County dropped below 40 on Wednesday, according to data from the county public health...
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Wed, 07/29/2020 - 2:56pm
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