The ninth annual Long Beach International Film Festival is back again one year after being canceled due to the pandemic. Movie lovers grabbed their beach chairs, put their toes in the sand and were set to watch some films. Friday’s film... Read More
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Google is postponing a return to the office for most workers until mid-October and rolling out a policy that will eventually require everyone to be vaccinated once its sprawling campuses are fully reopened. The more highly contagious delta variant... Read More
Frontline healthcare workers at New York State-run hospitals will have to get vaccinated against COVID-19 by Labor Day and won’t have the option to get tested weekly instead, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced during a Zoom webinar Wednesday, July... Read More
Minnesota Vikings assistant coach Rick Dennison will remain with the team, contrary to a report last Friday (July 23) that he was fired for refusing the COVID-19 vaccine. Pro Football Talk reports both sides reached an agreement to keep... Read More
While efforts to get more Blacks and Hispanics inoculated with the COVID-19 vaccines are bearing some fruit, a new Kaiser Family Foundation report finds that continued lower vaccination rates put these minority groups at a greater... Read More
The NFL has laid out its strongest incentive yet for players to get the vaccine. The league has mandated that a game cannot be rescheduled due to a COVID-19 outbreak among unvaccinated players — and that team will be forced to forfeit, resulting... Read More
College students held a rally Monday in Suffolk to protest mandatory COVID-19 vaccines for the fall semester. The group protested near Stony Brook University calling for ‘no forced vax.’ The students say college-age people are the... Read More
I’m proud to share that that 80% of adult residents (18+) in Nassau County have received at least one COVID-19 vaccine dose, the highest percentage among large Counties in New York State and well above the national average. Across the board, Nassau... Read More
Faced with declining demand for vaccinations, New York State is shutting down three mass vaccination sites, including one at Suffolk County Community College in Brentwood, the Javits Center in Manhattan, as well as one in upstate Ulster. The... Read More
New York City is opening most of its businesses at full capacity starting Wednesday, taking its biggest step toward post-pandemic normalcy more than a year after coronavirus shutdowns ravaged the city that never sleeps, The New York Times... Read More
The CDC announced on Thursday that fully vaccinated people will no longer be advised to wear masks or physically distance while indoors. “Anyone who is fully vaccinated can participate in indoor and outdoor activities, large or small, without... Read More
New York has dramatically expanded eligibility for the COVID-19 vaccine. Beginning today, March 30, adults aged 30 and older are eligible. Beginning April 6, individuals aged 16 and older are eligible. Be sure to check local eligibility... Read More
Experts advise not to post festive self-portraits with a CDC vaccination card as vaccination eligibility expands on across the country for people over the age of 16. The Better Business Bureau and AARP said the card contains personal information... Read More
Yesterday, the UK authorized the COVID-19 vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford. Amidst the coronavirus chaos in the UK (they have a new variant and it’s more infectious than regular COVID), 2 different vaccines are... Read More
In the bubble at Walt Disney World last season, the NBA managed to avoid a single Covid case for over three months. This season, they lasted . . . one day. Yesterday, the league cancelled the game between the Houston Rockets and Oklahoma City... Read More