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Pfizer Booster clinic in Geneva Oct. 23
A booster clinic will be held at Mount Olive Missionary Baptist Church, 70 Clark Street in Geneva. The clinic will take place on Oct. 23 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. To register click here ... more
Liverpool school decides to go remote for a week as positive COVID cases and quarantines grow
One school in Onondaga County is forced to switch to remote learning starting Friday and ending next Thursday. Elmcrest Elementary School in Liverpool will remain virtual due to the large number of positive COVID cases ... more
Man sentenced to federal prison for claiming he paid someone with COVID to spread it in grocery stores
A San Antonio man will spend the next 15 months in federal prison and pay $1,000 for claiming a person was paid to spread COVID at grocery stores in Texas. Christopher Charles Perez, 40, was ... more
Another death reported due to COVID in Onondaga County, total death toll is 771
A male Onondaga County in his 50s resident died of COVID Wednesday, raising the total to 771. Hospitalizations have risen to 86 on Wednesday. They were 82 on Tuesday. ICU patients dropped from 26 to ... more
Rochester Region reports a total of 257 new COVID cases Wednesday
Monroe County updated its COVID numbers Wednesday sharing 1,410 people in total have died from the virus and a total of 78,352 cases have been reported. 257 new cases were reported Wednesday alone. 3.7% remains ... more
Southern Tier hospital reaches 100% capacity in ICU
80 workers at Arnot Health who have not been vaccinated have been laid off. My Twin Tiers reports that Arnot Health said 97% of their employees have at least one dose. Last Friday 84% of ... more
New drug combination may work to suppress COVID infections
A new drug combination has proven promising against serious symptoms of COVID. The combination is nafamostat and Pegasys already meets availability and efficacy requirements. The drugs seems to stop COVID infections before they spread in ... more
Ontario County reports 31 new cases Wednesday, one third are in people under 18
31 new cases of COVID-19 were reported Wednesday in Ontario County. Ten of the cases are in people under the age of 18. 24 recoveries were also reported. Ontario County is still considered a high ... more
New AstraZeneca drug shows 77% increased chance at preventing COVID-19
AstraZeneca has created an antibody treatment to prevent COVID-19 and is seeking FDA approval. The treatment us called AZD7442 and works as a long-acting antibody combination. If the authorization is granted, it can be used ... more
New York State now offers online data report about breakthrough COVID cases in vaccinated people
The New York State Department of Health will now share data pertaining to breakthrough cases to aid in showing the effectiveness of vaccines. The website gives an overview, findings, rates of cases with hospitalizations, and ... more
When will COVID finally end? Maybe by Thanksgiving
One expert believes that by Thanksgiving, almost 90% of the U.S. population will have some sort of immunity against COVID-19, according to the Deseret News. Dr. Scott Gottlieb, the former commissioner of the Food and ... more
Cayuga County Health Department COVID numbers for the weekend of Oct. 1-3
Cayuga County is continuing to see a decline according to data released by the Cayuga County Health Department on Oct. 4. Over the weekend there were 35 new cases reported from Friday through Sunday, with ... more
Ontario County reports 35 new cases of COVID with ten being in people under the age of 18
On Oct. 4 the Ontario County Public Health Department reported 35 new cases of COVID-19. Ten are in people under the age of 18. There were 33 recoveries reported. Booster shots are available Wednesday for ... more
Pfizer booster clinic to be held in Ontario County Wednesday
A COVID booster shot clinic is being held in Ontario County this Wednesday. The Ontario County Highway Office in Canandaigua will offer third Pfizer doses from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. Only those who have ... more
Statewide COVID positivity rates drop; in upstate regions, they continue to rise
New York State saw a drop in new weekly COVID cases by 11% last week. The prior week had 35,000 newly reported cases, and last week was around 31,000, according to the Daily Messenger. For ... more
CDC posts tips for family gatherings during the holidays, but deleted them to update over weekend
Over the weekend the CDC had posted tips on how to have safe gatherings during the holidays, but recently deleted them. According to News 10, the post was made in error and the content is ... more
This is how to stop the COVID variants
One expert says COVID and its variants will only continue to thrive and mutate until the entire world is vaccinated. Dr. Vidya Mony, the pediatric infectious diseases specialist at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center in ... more
What happens if you only got one dose of the vaccine and missed the second one?
Many people got their first dose of the vaccine, and for one reason or another missed their second dose. In that case, what do they do? For Moderna there's a 28 day waiting period before ... more
New England area has high vaccine rates, yet still sees a surge in positive COVID cases
Hospitals in the New England area are seeing a surge in COVID, and it's causing full ICUs amid staff shortages. Despite New England having the highest vaccine rate in the entire country, the numbers for ... more
A Silent Killer at Elm Manor: COVID-19 Inside a New York Nursing Home
It's 2021 and the coronavirus pandemic is still an ongoing public health emergency in New York and elsewhere for that matter. Nursing homes were hit the hardest during a time of chaos and crisis. Last ... more
Alaska has three hospitals rationing healthcare to patients amid COVID surge
There are now three hospitals in Alaska that have instituted crisis protocols as their healthcare system struggles to handle the COVID surge they currently face. Crisis protocols allow facilities to ration care if it becomes ... more
