High school graduation rates dipped in at least 20 states after the first full school year disrupted by the pandemic, suggesting the coronavirus may have ended nearly two decades of nationwide progress toward getting more students diplomas, ana analysis shows. The drops came despite at least ...
While it is unclear if there are enough votes for the Chautauqua County Legislature to pass a motion that calls on the county to use “best practices to overcome COVID-19,” the county’s Board of Health supports it. On Thursday, the Board of Health voted to unanimously support the motion, which was first introduced by Legislator Susan Parker, D-Fredonia. Legislator Elisabeth Rankin, D-Jamestown, is a member of the Board of Health. She was asked if she thought the motion might fail. “Possibly,” she said, adding that some people interpret the motion as a mandate, which she said ...
A study by UPMC and the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine found that 44% of hospitalized children who tested or were presumed positive for COVID-19 developed neurological symptoms. The most common neurologic symptoms, UPMC said Friday, were headache and altered mental status, known as acute encephalopathy. Published in Pediatric Neurology, the preliminary findings are the first insights from the pediatric arm of GCS-NeuroCOVID, an international, multi-center consortium aiming to understand how COVID-19 affects the brain and nervous system. “The SARS-CoV-2 virus can affect ...
A motion by a newly elected legislator to have Chautauqua County follow the best practices to overcome COVID-19 has brought a wide range of opinions. Last week, Legislator Susan Parker, D-Fredonia, told the OBSERVER and Post-Journal that she was prefiling a motion to encourage the county to ...
FREWSBURG — The parent of a student at Robert H. Jackson Elementary School in the Frewsburg Central School District has questioned the enforcement by teachers and administrators to make sure children are wearing their masks appropriately and when necessary. During a meeting of the ...
A study by UPMC and the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine found that 44% of hospitalized children who tested or were presumed positive for COVID-19 developed neurological symptoms. The most common neurologic symptoms, UPMC said Friday, were headache and altered mental status, known ...
