Tag: COVID-19

Two booster vaccine clinics for the COVID-19 vaccine are coming up and being held by the Tompkins County Health Department. The clinics will be held in the Ithaca Mall at the Cayuga Health … more: Tompkins County Health Department will hold two Pfizer booster clinics

One expert shares that the United States needs to use this pandemic as a lesson and get ready for the next one. Dr. Scott Gottlieb, the former commissioner of the FDA, spoke … more: Is the United States ready for the next pandemic or coronavirus?

Four new deaths related to COVID-19 have been reported in Steuben County, bringing the total to 214. A female resident from the Town of Bath who was 75, a male resident … more: Steuben County reports 4 additional COVID-19 deaths, bringing total to 214

U.S. Rep. Brian Higgins is pushing the Biden administration to reopen the border to Canadians, which has remained closed since March of 2020. The closure was supposed to be temporary, and Canada has … more: Officials push for the Canadian border to reopen; demand an explanation if it’s extended past Oct. 21

On-site testing will be available soon at all Ontario County school districts. The effort is to help keep kids in school by identifying whether a student is showing symptoms from COVID-19. Parental … more: Ontario County schools will now be able to give rapid PCR tests to symptomatic students

Over 120,000 children lost a parent or grandparent during the pandemic who was their primary caregiver. Over half of the children were Black or Hispanic. While Black and Hispanic children make … more: Thousands of children lost primary caregivers due to the pandemic

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 … more: Pfizer Booster clinic in Geneva Oct. 23

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 … more: Liverpool school decides to go remote for a week as positive COVID cases and quarantines grow

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 … more: Man sentenced to federal prison for claiming he paid someone with COVID to spread it in grocery stores

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 … more: Another death reported due to COVID in Onondaga County, total death toll is 771

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 … more: Rochester Region reports a total of 257 new COVID cases Wednesday

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. … more: Southern Tier hospital reaches 100% capacity in ICU

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 … more: New drug combination may work to suppress COVID infections

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 … more: Ontario County reports 31 new cases Wednesday, one third are in people under 18

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, … more: New AstraZeneca drug shows 77% increased chance at preventing COVID-19

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 … more: New York State now offers online data report about breakthrough COVID cases in vaccinated people

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 … more: When will COVID finally end? Maybe by Thanksgiving

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 … more: Cayuga County Health Department COVID numbers for the weekend of Oct. 1-3

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 … more: Ontario County reports 35 new cases of COVID with ten being in people under the age of 18