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State Takes Baby Step Toward Reducing School COVID Quarantines

The state Health Department is allowing local health departments to make decisions allowing parents to avoid 10-day COVID-19 quarantines. The Health Department published a memo addressing “test-to-stay” guidelines that would allow children to return to school after COVID-19 symptoms have subsided, allowing children to test out of quarantine and creating an exemption to weekly testing for unvaccinated staff or teacher testing for recently recovered COVID-19 cases. Test-to-stay would allow students who are a close contact of someone with COVID-19 to remain in school as long as they ...

As Rules Ease, Travelers Head To US For Emotional Reunions

CHARLES DE GAULLE AIRPORT, France (AP) — The U.S. lifted restrictions Monday on travel from a long list of countries including Mexico, Canada and most of Europe, setting the stage for emotional reunions nearly two years in the making and providing a boost for the airline and tourism ...

Many Parents Look Forward To Vaccinating Children

UPMC is ready to provide vaccines to some of its youngest patients, according to a panel of doctors who presented during a press conference in Pittsburgh. And many local parents are looking to get the vaccine for their children. Dr. Alejandro Hoberman, UPMC Children’s Community Pediatrics ...

Enrollment Below 4,000 At SUNY Fredonia

FREDONIA — Enrollment figures continue to be an issue at SUNY Fredonia — and they are affecting the finances of the campus. In fact, the school expects to run a $16.4 million deficit this year, assuming its current headcount of 3,780 students. Administrators expect to make most of it up ...

Child-Sized Doses Of Vaccine To Be Available Locally

Parents or legal guardians wishing to have their children between the ages of 5 and 11 receive a COVID-19 vaccine have some options locally. After clearing two hurdles this week, the child-sized doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine have been made available. Pfizer already has shots for ...

Pfizer Says COVID-19 Pill Cuts Hospital, Death Risk By 90%

WASHINGTON (AP) — Pfizer Inc. said Friday that its experimental antiviral pill for COVID-19 cut rates of hospitalization and death by nearly 90% in high-risk adults, as the drugmaker joins the race to bring the first easy-to-use medication against the coronavirus to the U.S. ...