Category: Featured News, Health
Will You Get Your Vaccine in Time for Memorial Day?
Apr 09, 2021
Patti Singerpattisinger@minorityreporter.net Memorial Day is about seven weeks away, which means if you get vaccinated now you can be...
Hotline Connects City Residents to Vaccine Appointments
Apr 06, 2021
Staff reports No internet? No problem for city residents who want to make an appointment for a COVID-19 vaccine at designated sites in each...
Person in Crisis Team Underscores General Lack of Mental Health Resources
Apr 02, 2021
Patti Singerpattisinger@minorityreporter.net The Person in Crisis team, which started in late January with seven teams of two mental health...
COVID-19 Vaccine Clinics Come to Each of City’s Quadrants
Apr 01, 2021
Patti Singerpattisinger@minorityreporter.net Residents in city ZIP codes where COVID-19 vaccination lags behind the rest of the county will...
Legislation or Education: Which Fixes Quality of Life Issues?
Mar 25, 2021
Patti Singerpattisinger@minorityreporter.net As temperatures warm and daylight extends into evening, quality of life issues take on more...
Minorities Well-Represented in AstraZeneca Vaccine Study at URMC
Mar 22, 2021
Patti Singerpattisinger@minorityreporter.net Approximately 20% of the volunteers in the AstraZeneca COVID-19 study conducted at the...
African American, Latino Health Coalitions Suggest Ways Cuomo Can Achieve Vaccine Equity
Mar 22, 2021
Patti Singerpattisinger@minorityreporter.net The rate at which vaccines are administered in communities of color continue to show the...
Alzheimer’s Association Hosts 10th Annual Health Symposium to Help Black and African Americans Age in Good Health and With Dignity
Mar 18, 2021
Alzheimer’s disease disproportionately affects people in Black and Hispanic communities, and older Black Americans are twice as likely as...
Mayor Recalls Grief at Mother’s Passing from COVID-19
Mar 15, 2021
Patti Singerpattisinger@minorityreporter.net Mayor Lovely Warren remembered her mother and the more than 1,100 other residents who died...
Technology Gap Keeping Eligible Rochesterians From Getting COVID-19 Vaccine
Mar 10, 2021
Organizations across Rochester, NY are aiming to help those struggling to sign up for COVID-19 vaccinations due to gaps in accessibility....