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COVID-19: Westchester Sees Nearly 1K New Cases; Latest Breakdown By Community COVID-19: Westchester Sees Nearly 1K New Cases; Latest Breakdown By Community
Covid-19: Westchester Sees Nearly 1K New Cases; Latest Breakdown By Community Westchester saw nearly 1,000 newly confirmed COVID-19 cases in just one day, as the positive infection rate for those tested has been slowly rising State health officials reported 923 new infections reported on Wednesday, Jan. 20, as the county monitors 11,623 active cases of the virus on Thursday, Jan. 21, up more than 300 from the previous day.  Last week, there were less than 10,000 active cases under investigation. More than 1.65 million COVID-19 tests have been administered in Westchester since the beginning of the pandemic, resulting in a total of 86,646 positive cases for an ov…

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by Zak Failla
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Family Feud? Kennedys Blast RFK Jr. Over His View On Vaccines Family Feud? Kennedys Blast RFK Jr. Over His View On Vaccines
Family Feud? Kennedys Blast RFK Jr. Over His View On Vaccines Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has been taken to task by three members of his famous family for his views on vaccines, which have been debunked by health officials. Although the country is mired in one of the worst measles outbreaks in years, Kennedy, a former Bedford resident, has been known to spread conspiracy theories about vaccines causing autism and other impairments on social media, prompting his family to respond in an essay posted on Politico. The World Health Organization has reported a 300 percent increase in the number of measles cases around the world as compared to this time last year,…

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by Zak Failla