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New York AG: Report Illegal Price Gouging On COVID-19 Test Kits

The New York state Attorney General's office is asking the public to be aware of potential price gouging of over-the-counter coronavirus test kits. In a news release, Attorney General Letitia James said that her office has received complaints of COVID-19 testing products being sold at double ...

State Reverses Course, Backs Test-To-Stay Protocols For Schools

After an initially lukewarm response from the state Health Department, Gov. Kathy Hochul is backing the use of COVID-19 test-to-stay protocols for schools. “Let me repeat that — we are keeping schools open because we’re dealing with a very different variant at this time,” Hochul said ...

In Tough Labor Market, Heritage Finding A Way

Despite Heritage Ministries estimating it would lose about 10% of its staff due to a state vaccine mandate for workers at health care facilities, the organization continues to accept new admissions and remains “fully open” in Chautauqua County. Efforts to attract new workers and retain ...

Berke: ‘We Are At War’ In COVID Fight

County physician Dr. Robert Berke has been a public health officer for several decades and on three different continents. On Monday to encourage people to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, Berke posted a video on the Chautauqua County Health Department’s Facebook page titled “This is ...

Feeling Powerless, Families Bring Elderly Home In Pandemic

ROTTERDAM JUNCTION, N.Y. (AP) — Pushed up to the breakfast table, Betty Bednarowski folds and refolds her napkin with studied intensity, softly singing "Winter Wonderland" without the words, the same as she did in March and July and September. Dessert today is a tiny cup of pudding, like ...

State Offers Counties Reimbursement For Mask Mandate Enforcement

Nearly all staffed acute care beds in Chautauqua County hospitals are occupied as of Sunday, according to information provided by hospitals to the state Health Department. UPMC Chautauqua had all 82 of its staffed acute care beds occupied through Sunday, with 27 of those patients ...