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Businesses Encourage Patience Over Supply Chain Issues

Supply chain issues are reaching just about all corners of the globe — including some businesses in Chautauqua County. Area business owners spoke with The Post-Journal regarding how these issues are impacting their stock as well as their business in general. As it stands, the supply chain ...

County Opposes Vaccine Mandate For Health Care Workers

MAYVILLE — Chautauqua County is calling on the state to permit unvaccinated employees in the health industry to keep their jobs as long as they get regularly tested. During this week’s Chautauqua County Legislature meeting, lawmakers voted 17-2 for a motion calling on elected officials of ...

NYC Braces For Fewer Cops, More Trash As Vax Deadline Looms

NEW YORK (AP) — Mounting trash. Closed firehouses. Fewer police and ambulances on the street. That's the possibility New York City is bracing for come Monday as a COVID-19 vaccine mandate looms and thousands of municipal workers remain unwilling to get the shots. Police officers, ...

FDA Paves Way For Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccinations In Young Kids

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration on Friday paved the way for children ages 5 to 11 to get Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine. The FDA cleared kid-size doses — just a third of the amount given to teens and adults — for emergency use, and up to 28 million more American children ...

Bill Requiring COVID Vaccine To Attend School Introduced

Pending federal approval, a new bill in the state Legislature adds a COVID-19 vaccination to those required for children to attend public and private schools. Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz, D-Bronx, has introduced A.8378 in the state Assembly requiring the state Health Commissioner to develop ...

Judge Won’t Stop Vaccine Mandate For NYC Cops, Other Workers

NEW YORK (AP) — A New York judge on Wednesday refused to pause a COVID-19 vaccine mandate set to begin Friday for the city's municipal workforce, denying a police union's request for a temporary restraining order. Judge Lizette Colon said the mandate can take effect as scheduled while also ...