Helen Merrill, a resident at The Village in Gerry, celebrated two very memorable milestones: her 101st birthday and being one of the first Heritage residents to receive the COVID-19 vaccination. Due to current COVID-19 restrictions, a traditional party was not possible, but The Village staff ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. employers shed jobs last month for the first time since April, cutting 140,000 positions, clear evidence that the economy is faltering as the viral pandemic tightens its grip on consumers and businesses. At the same time, the unemployment rate stayed at 6.7%, the ...
Amid a major increase in positive COVID-19 cases at the Chautauqua Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Dunkirk, officials at the facility announced Friday it will offer monoclonal antibody infusions for the treatment of high-risk COVID-19 patients. It is the same treatment that was given to ...
Chautauqua County reported 266 new cases of the coronavirus on Thursday, according to numbers released on Friday afternoon. The new caseload is the largest single-day increase of COVID-19 infections in the county since a global pandemic was declared in March. There are now 722 active cases in the county - another high. Hospitalizations, meanwhile, decreased by one over the last day to 42. Over 2,000 are now in quarantine. The county reported 82 new cases in Jamestown, 57 in Dunkirk, 27 in Fredonia and 10 each in Silver Creek and Frewsburg. Jamestown now has 213 active cases and ...
ALBANY (AP) — Faced with mounting criticism over the slow pace of the coronavirus vaccine rollout, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Friday that, starting next week, New York would allow a much wider swath of the public to get inoculated, including anyone age 75 or older. The governor warned ...
COVID-19 numbers are beginning to become alarming at the Chautauqua Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Dunkirk. According to a spokeswoman for the location, there have been 34 positive tests involving employees while 40 of the residents are also battling the infection over the last two ...
