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3 additional deaths and 102 additional COVID-19 related lab-confirmed positives reported over the weekend

Change in booster guidelines could help immunocompromised people get fourth dose

Source: Change in booster guidelines could help immunocompromised people get fourth dose

Health aides keep people in their homes. But low pay means there aren’t enough of them | NCPR News

Source: Health aides keep people in their homes. But low pay means there aren’t enough of them | NCPR News

99 additional COVID-19 lab-confirmed positives reported today

The worker shortage is affecting Lake Placid. And tourists are noticing | NCPR News

Source: The worker shortage is affecting Lake Placid. And tourists are noticing | NCPR News

Business booming, yet not enough staff: Old Forge’s worker shortage conundrum | NCPR News

Source: Business booming, yet not enough staff: Old Forge’s worker shortage conundrum | NCPR News

SUNY testing site updates hours | Sun Community News PLATTSBURGH| The SUNY Plattsburgh Community Testing Site which opened Jan. 7 will have new hours starting Monday, Feb. 7.

Source: SUNY testing site updates hours | Sun Community News PLATTSBURGH| The SUNY Plattsburgh Community Testing Site which opened Jan. 7 will have new hours starting Monday, Feb. 7.

1 additional COVID-19 related death and 88 additional lab-confirmed positives reported Thursday

Paramedic career paths offer lucrative opportunity | Sun Community News ELIZABETHTOWN | 

Source: Paramedic career paths offer lucrative opportunity | Sun Community News ELIZABETHTOWN | Historically, running ambulance calls has been considered more hobby than vocation, a cog in the network of volunteer first responders that has served much of the natio

Cancer patients called cured a decade after gene therapy – syracuse.com

Source: Cancer patients called cured a decade after gene therapy – syracuse.com

These Covid rapid tests could give false results, FDA says: Stop using them – syracuse.com

Source: These Covid rapid tests could give false results, FDA says: Stop using them – syracuse.com

What are people who quit during the pandemic doing now? This woman started her own tattoo studio | NCPR News

Source: What are people who quit during the pandemic doing now? This woman started her own tattoo studio | NCPR News

‘Coming Soon’ Trudeau House museum under construction | Sun Community News SARANAC LAKE | First floor to interpret broad history of Saranac Lakes region

Source: ‘Coming Soon’ Trudeau House museum under construction | Sun Community News SARANAC LAKE | First floor to interpret broad history of Saranac Lakes region

1 additional Covid-19 related death and 89 additional lab-confirmed positives

Towns grapple with cannabis law; Jay, Wilmington to vote in November | Sun Community News AU SABLE FORKS | 

Source: Towns grapple with cannabis law; Jay, Wilmington to vote in November | Sun Community News AU SABLE FORKS | The Town of Jay announced Thursday, Jan. 27, that it has received enough certified signatures to put the sale of cannabis up to a vote next November.

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Adirondack Regional Blood Center Drives Announced Including Feb 21 in Peru

CVPH program supplies blood, blood products to hospitals across our region   PLATTSBURGH, NY (02/01/2022) –The Adirondack Regional Blood Center, a program of the University of Vermont Health Network – Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital (CVPH), is conducting several blood drives open to the community this month and asks all eligible donors to consider donating. Here […]

FEMA helps with funeral expenses for COVID-related deaths | Sun Community News WASHINGTON, D.C. | Deaths must be attributable to COVID-19 either directly or indirectly.

Source: FEMA helps with funeral expenses for COVID-related deaths | Sun Community News WASHINGTON, D.C. | Deaths must be attributable to COVID-19 either directly or indirectly.

Turnover, competition, and dissatisfaction push North Country healthcare vacancies to new highs | NCPR News

“Like hospitals across the region, CVPH is dramatically short of workers across a range of specialties. That comes as patient volume hit historically high levels, a combination of COVID-19 related illness and more run of the mill procedures that were put off over two years of global disruption. Workers like CVPH lab technician Sally Osborne […]

Post weekend Covid-19 report: 273 additional lab-confirmed positives

Canadian truckers protest vaccine mandate

Source: Canadian truckers protest vaccine mandate

N.Y. mask mandate continued through Feb. 10 | Sun Community News ALBANY | 

Source: N.Y. mask mandate continued through Feb. 10 | Sun Community News ALBANY | As the state Appellate Court began hearing arguments on the legality of Gov. Kathy Hochul’s emergency public-mask order, the state’s top exec announced the measure would be extended

209 additional lab-confirmed COVID-19 positives reported

CVPH Earns National Recognition for Efforts to Improve Stroke Treatment

PLATTSBURGH, NY (1/27/2022) – The University of Vermont Health Network-Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital (CVPH) has received the American Heart Association’s Silver Get With The Guidelines®-Stroke Quality Achievement Award for its commitment to ensuring stroke patients receive the most appropriate treatment according to nationally recognized, research-based guidelines. Stroke is the fifth-highest cause of death and a […]

191 additional lab-confirmed COVID-19 positives