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Monroe County’s two major health systems, University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) and Rochester Regional Health (RRH), have taken steps to prepare for the expected rise of COVID-19. URMC announced that physician offices as well as surgery centers will directly contact ...

Our Lady of Mercy School is the latest local educational institution to announce that students will be taught remotely instead of attending school en masse, as a precaution against the COVID-19 virus.  Mercy’s announcement Friday afternoon said students should not ...

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Saelig Co. Inc., a Perinton firm that distributes products for test and measurement and control, has introduced a thermal camera for non-contact temperature screening. The Fotric 226B Infrared Thermal Imager is an infrared camera that uses PC software for non-contact measurement ...

  Nazareth College, St. John Fisher College and Roberts Wesleyan have joined the growing number of higher education institutions that are urging students to remain or go home and continue their courses online. A local private school also suspended in-person ...

Monroe County’s first confirmed case of the coronavirus has ramped up precautionary measures by the health department, but it is not a reason to go into hibernation, officials said at a Thursday morning news conference. Confirmation for COVID-19 in an ...

Although coronavirus, or COVID-19, had not yet made an appearance in Rochester as of Wednesday, it’s simply a matter of time before it does. And business and community leaders need to be prepared, officials say. “The most important message I ...

State University of New York colleges and the University of Rochester will close down most in-person classes and teach the rest of the semester online in an effort to reduce the possibility of spreading the COVID-19 virus, it was announced ...

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OyaGen Inc., a local biotechnology company, and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases’ Integrated Research Facility at Fort Detrick, Md., have found compound OYA1 to be antiviral for the coronavirus. SARS-CoV-2 is the leading agent for COVID-19, or coronavirus, ...

A second wave of SUNY students studying abroad in countries most affected by the coronavirus arrived overnight at the College at Brockport, this time from foreign-study programs in Japan and Korea. In an update to the Brockport community late Monday ...

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Concerns about the coronavirus (COVID-19) have prompted the Eastman School of Music and Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra to postpone all concerts at Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre through April 15. The University of Rochester plans to restrict campus events, including the ...

Two-thirds of U.S. business owners are confident their business is prepared to carry on should the coronavirus (COVID-19) become a widespread health issue, according to research from Paychex. Of the 300 randomly selected owners, 59 percent said they have a ...

After denying anything was official for hours on Friday, the SUNY College at Brockport issued a statement late in the afternoon confirming that the campus is readying itself to possibly take students returning from five coronavirus-affected countries. Brockport President Heidi ...

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A claim by a public relations firm made the rounds last week that suggested consumers are avoiding Corona beer because they’re confused about whether it’s connected to a virus with a similar name that is scaring much of the world ...

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Nazareth College has curtailed two study abroad programs as precautions in light of the global outbreaks of the coronavirus. President Daan Braveman issued a statement on Wednesday saying Nazareth would call home its students now studying in Italy, where the ...

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Monroe County is taking necessary steps to prepare for the coronavirus, but the county’s top health official said there is no reason for dramatic lifestyle changes. There have been no confirmed cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19) in New York State ...