COVID-19 vaccine

While plans for the new Decker College of Nursing and Health Sciences facility pre-date the pandemic by several years, its opening comes at a time when many hospitals face nursing shortages.

Workers who are represented by one of 14 collective bargaining contracts can still opt for weekly testing in lieu of a vaccine.

“It’s going to be very, very difficult to provide the same level of healthcare if we are, all of a sudden, starting to see people walk off the job and leave the healthcare industry.”

New York is using those funds to target 117 zip codes from around the state with lower-than-average vaccination rates, though nearly 80% of those neighborhoods are in New York City or on Long Island.

Broome County’s declaration will expire at 3:30 p.m., after 457 days in effect.

Elmira commemorated the 20th anniversary of the first Juneteenth event in the city at Ernie Davis park.

“That’s a personal decision, but it’s my job as a teacher to provide you with the information so you can look up the specifics, or we can look them up together."

"I’m surprised they’re not sending vans to weigh stations or rest areas and putting up signs to say, ‘Truck drivers, stop here and get your one-shot vaccine. One-shot and go.'”

"This early in the process of vaccine administration, to have difficulty filling appointments is concerning."

“We don’t have the availability of doses like the state does that we can swap what we had today with a different type of vaccine."