COVID-19

The United Kingdom has released a study that shows there are very few deaths or hospitalizations among breakthrough COVID cases, but there were groups at higher risk than others. A tool called QCOVID was created ... more

Since school began, some local pediatricians are reporting an increase in COVID cases among kids. Dr. Robert Dracker, the medical director at Summerwood Pediatrics, said they have seen an uptick. He explained that they've seen ... more

Trials have been going on for the new pill that's supposed to treat and prevent COVID-19, and Merck is saying theirs reduced hospitalizations and deaths by half. They are soon planning to ask for authorization ... more

Merck has been working hard to create a pill to prevent and treat COVID, and they are now saying it's effective against variants. Head of infectious disease and vaccines Jay Grobler says it works the ... more

Across the country COVID cases have fallen by 25% in the last two weeks. There are now an average of 114,000 newly reported cases per day in the country. While still high, it's significantly less ... more

There's yet another mutated variant of COVID-19, this one called R.1. The CDC has identified this one as having multiple spike protein mutations. These mutations make it less susceptible to vaccines, according to Dr. Joe ... more

No new cases of the Mu strain of COVID have been reported recently, something scientists worried about months ago when they flagged the mutation to keep an eye on it. The strain was expected to ... more

A viral load is what allows a sickness like COVID to spread from one person to another. The load is how much of the virus a person gets from someone else's infection and what they ... more

Local pediatricians say they are seeing a large increase in COVID testing at their offices, sometimes resulting in working longer hours. One doctor told NewsChannel 9 that they did over 100 tests Monday and needed ... more

There were 20 new COVID-19 cases reported by Ontario County Public Health on Wednesday. 17 cases are in the community and 3 are within long-term care. The individuals ages range from 5 years old to ... more

A fifth grade child from Suffolk Virginia died of COVID-19. Teresa Sperry was ten years old and passed away Monday. She attended Hillpoint Elementary where the district has reported 60 new positive cases during the ... more

The CDC is urging women to get the COVID-19 vaccine if they are pregnant, recently pregnant, or trying to become pregnant. The suggestion is to get it before or during pregnancy because the benefits outweigh ... more

Now that the COVID vaccine mandate has gone through for healthcare workers, Governor Kathy Hochul has signed an executive order to create a 24/7 Operations Center led by the State Department of Health. The center ... more

Another death has been reported in Steuben County, bringing the total number of COVID related deaths within the county to 204. The individual was a woman living in the Town of Bath and 65 years ... more

The Kaiser Family Foundation has shared an interesting piece of data from a survey about COVID: 71% of Americans who remain unvaccinated say a booster is proof the vaccine doesn't work, while 80% of vaccinated ... more

Dr. Scott Gottlieb believes that 90% of Americans will be, to some level, immune to COVID-19 after the Delta wave finally ends. Gottlieb is the former FDA commissioner and explained that reaching that level of ... more

Trials for a pill that would eliminate COVID-19 symptoms in an infected person are currently happening. The pill is an oral antiviral treatment and would work similarly to Tamiflu, which works to stop symptoms from ... more

A study was recently published by scientists from China and Australia that studied the immune system's reaction to COVID-19 inside bats. Bats are able to contract the virus that's proven to be deadly to humans, ... more

It feels as if vaccinated people are contracting COVID-19 more often, but is that the case? Yes- and experts expect them to become even more common. Experts believe that thousands of vaccinated people will contract ... more

Southern states where positive COVID rates run high is seeing an increase in stillbirths among women who have the virus. Dr. Tiffany Wells, OBGYN from Baptist Health, says they are seeing the numbers higher in ... more

Researchers believe that one specific protein in a person is what determines the severity of the virus when they contract COVID-19. It appears that individuals with higher levels of the CD47 protein present on the ... more