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Legislature Rejects Grant For Vaccine Hesitancy

Chautauqua County officials decided they’re not interested in addressing vaccine hesitancy. During Wednesday’s county Legislature meeting, lawmakers voted 6-12 against a resolution that would have allowed the county Health Department to receive a $75,000 grant to address vaccine hesitancy, with the aim being to increase vaccination among children as well as other minority groups. Voting against the resolution were Bob Bankoski, D-Dunkirk; John Davis, R-Frewsburg; Jay Gould, R-Ashville; Ken Lawton, R-Lakewood; John Penhollow, R-Stockton; Marty Proctor, R-Mina; Bob Scudder, ...

FDA Sets June Meetings On COVID Vaccines For Youngest Kids

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration on Friday set tentative dates in June to publicly review COVID-19 vaccines for the youngest American children, typically the final step before authorizing the shots. The meeting announcement follows months of frustration from families ...

CDC Estimates 3 In 4 Kids Have Had Coronavirus Infections

NEW YORK (AP) — Three out of every four U.S. children have been infected with the coronavirus and more than half of all Americans had signs of previous infections, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention researchers estimated in a report Tuesday. The researchers examined blood samples ...

Fauci: ‘Pandemic Phase’ Over For US, But COVID-19 Still Here

Dr. Anthony Fauci has given an upbeat assessment of the current state of the coronavirus in the United States, saying the country is "out of the pandemic phase" when it comes to new infections, hospitalizations and deaths, but that it appears to be making a transition to COVID-19 becoming an ...

Vaccine Hesitancy Grant Gets Boost Of Scrutiny

The Chautauqua County Health Department is looking to accept a grant to address vaccine hesitancy while one county legislator seemed unsure about accepting the funding. During a meeting of the legislature’s Audit and Control Committee, members were asked to amend the Health and Human Services adopted budget to accept a $75,000 grant from the National Association of County and City Health Officials Vaccine Information Equity and Demand Creation Project Funding. In the resolution, it states the purpose is to address vaccine hesitancy in Chautauqua County subgroups, the aim being to ...

Justice Dept. To Appeal Order Voiding Travel Mask Mandate

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department is filing an appeal seeking to overturn a judge's order that voided the federal mask mandate on planes and trains and in travel hubs, officials said. The notice came minutes after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention asked the Justice Department to appeal the decision handed down by a federal judge in Florida earlier this week. A notice of appeal was filed Wednesday in federal court in Tampa. The CDC said in a statement that it is its "continuing assessment that at this time an order requiring masking in the indoor ...