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 ...
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 are currently 252 active cases of COVID-19 in the county, 21 people with the virus in the hospital, 540 in the hospital and a seven-day positivity rate of 5.8%. The CDC level of community transmission remains "high." The weekly total represents a slight bump from the week ending Oct. 16, when ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Just two reporters were allowed inside a Georgia courtroom to serve as the eyes and ears of the public when jury selection began for the men charged with murdering Ahmaud Arbery. Pandemic restrictions also kept reporters and the public out of the courtroom during the sex-trafficking trial of ...
