Four Questions
Delivering food to the front lines
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A group of health care industry professionals is raising funds to provide meals to oncology clinics, emergency departments and first responders.
GUEST OPINION
Learning from the coronavirus crisis
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Once the immediate COVID-19 threat has passed, what understanding will local leaders have gained about the functioning of key parts of government?
Economy & Business
Rochester’s unemployment outbreak
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The number of initial claims for benefits since the coronavirus lockdown began now tops 67,000—and the jobless rate has likely hit nearly 20 percent.
Community
A new risk for the homeless
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Those housed in area shelters are particularly vulnerable to COVID-19. And providers working to protect residents face their own challenges.
Innovation
Face shield effort gains steam
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Volunteers with fast-growing Face Shields Roc are making the personal protective equipment at home on 3-D printers.
Technology
The cost of digital disparity in a pandemic
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In the midst of the coronavirus outbreak, those without broadband service face an even tougher struggle. The RCSD and others are are facing the challenge directly.
Health & Science
What shapes your response to coronavirus
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How we handle the pandemic owes much to attachment style, a way of responding to stress, threats to health, and separation from loved ones, that is fixed from earliest childhood.
GUEST OPINION
Reinventing education amid a crisis
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The coronavirus pandemic has forced Uncommon Schools to embrace remote learning, and it has opened the platform to other educators.
Four Questions
Helping cancer patients amid the COVID-19 pandemic
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GRYT Health, led by a two-time cancer survivor and oncology researcher, has launched the free online Cancer and COVID Live Interactive Series.
Culture
Recipes for survival
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Local restaurants are shifting business models overnight to stay alive. Says one owner: “There’s no precedent for what we’re witnessing right now.”