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COVID-19 Coverage

FDA Panel Backs Pfizer’s Low-Dose COVID-19 Vaccine For Kids

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. moved a step closer to expanding COVID-19 vaccinations for millions more children as government advisers on Tuesday endorsed kid-size doses of Pfizer's shots for 5- to 11-year-olds. A Food and Drug Administration advisory panel voted unanimously, with one ...

County Surpasses 13K Cases Of COVID-19 To Date

The county Health Department reported 288 new cases of COVID-19, along with six new virus-related deaths, for the week ending Oct. 23. The new cases pushes the county's total past 13,000 to date. There have been 13,129 confirmed cases as well as 12,671 total recoveries and 206 deaths. There ...

Researchers Worry About Census’ Gap In 2020 Survey Data

Researchers are worried about coronavirus-related disruptions to one of the U.S. Census Bureau's most important surveys about how Americans live, saying a gap in the 2020 data will make it more difficult to understand the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and measure year-to-year changes. The ...

Exacerbated By Pandemic, Child Care Crisis Hampers Economy

SEATTLE (AP) — After Bryan Kang's son was born in July, the occupational therapist and his wife, a teacher, started looking for child care in the Los Angeles area. The couple called eight day care centers: Some didn't have spots for months; others stopped taking their calls and some never ...

NYS Attorney General Delivers $2.5M In County Visit

Chautauqua County has received just over $2.5 million to combat, treat and prevent opioid addiction — directly from the hands of New York State Attorney General Letitia James. On Monday afternoon, James visited UPMC Chautauqua’s residential substance use disorder treatment program at ...

FDA Advisers Review Pfizer’s COVID-19 Vaccine For Kids

WASHINGTON (AP) — Kid-size doses of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine may be getting closer as government advisers on Tuesday began deliberating whether there's enough evidence that the shots are safe and effective for 5- to 11-year-olds. A study of elementary schoolchildren found the Pfizer shots ...