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Sempolinski Opposes COVID-19 Vaccine For School Attendance

A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advisory committee last week voted that the agency should update its recommended immunization schedules to add the COVID-19 vaccine, including to the schedule for children, something Rep. Joe Sempolinski opposes. On Wednesday Sempolinski, a Republican who was elected in August and is not running for re-election in November, held his weekly press conference with members of the media from the 23rd Congressional District, including The Post-Journal and OBSERVER. “The concern that I’ve had expressed to me by a variety of people as I’ve ...

Test Scores Show Historic COVID Setbacks For Kids Across US

WASHINGTON (AP) — The COVID-19 pandemic spared no state or region as it caused historic learning setbacks for America's children, erasing decades of academic progress and widening racial disparities, according to results of a national test that provide the sharpest look yet at the scale of ...

Online School Put US Kids Behind. Some Adults Have Regrets

BOSTON (AP) — Vivian Kargbo thought her daughter's Boston school district was doing the right thing when officials kept classrooms closed for most students for more than a year. Kargbo, a caregiver for hospice patients, didn't want to risk them getting COVID-19. And extending pandemic ...

4.4M Americans Roll Up Sleeves For Omicron-Targeted Boosters

U.S. health officials say 4.4 million Americans have rolled up their sleeves for the updated COVID-19 booster shot. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention posted the count Thursday as public health experts bemoaned President Joe Biden's recent remark that "the pandemic is over." The ...

Health Officials Discuss Concerns About Polio, Monkeypox

MAYVILLE – Vaccine hesitancy remains an issue locally as well as nationally. And it’s not just the COVID-19 vaccine either. During the recent Chautauqua County Board of Health meeting, board members discussed about the need of vaccine for things like polio and monkeypox. In Rockland ...

New York Drops Mask Requirement On Public Transportation

NEW YORK (AP) — New York state is dropping its mask requirement on public transportation thanks in part to the availability of new booster shots targeting the most common strain of COVID-19, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Wednesday. Masks will be encouraged but not required on buses and trains including the New York City subway system, Hochul said. "We'll be talking about a new normal starting today," the Democratic governor said. "Basically, we're going from mandatory to optional." Face coverings had been required on public transportation statewide since April 2020 when New York ...