COVID-19: CDC Unveils New Strategy Allowing Communities To Ease Masking, Social Distancing COVID-19: CDC Unveils New Strategy Allowing Communities To Ease Masking, Social Distancing
Covid-19: CDC Unveils New Strategy Allowing Communities To Ease Masking, Social Distancing The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has updated its guidance to permit most healthy Americans to ditch their masks indoors, including students. On Friday, Feb. 25, the CDC announced it was altering its metrics that are used to determine which communities can begin lifting their mask mandates with a focus less on positive test results and more on virus-related hospitalization numbers. Previously, the CDC’s prevention guidance for local communities focused on the rate of new COVID-19 cases and the seven-day average positive infection rate; however, as the ongoing fight aga…
COVID-19: NY Sees Surge In Hospitalizations, But Fewer Are In ICUs COVID-19: NY Sees Surge In Hospitalizations, But Fewer Are In ICUs
Covid-19: NY Sees Surge In Hospitalizations, But Fewer Are In ICUs New York has seen a spike in post-holiday COVID-19 hospitalizations, though patients being treated have largely avoided serious illness as more and more become fully vaccinated. The number of New Yorkers being treated for COVID has been surging, though fewer people are ending up in intensive care compared to previous waves of the virus, according to the Department of Public Health. In its latest update, the Department of Health was reporting 11,184 New Yorkers who were hospitalized with COVID-19, though only 1,404 were in ICU, a shift from previous waves of the virus. Over the past seven d…
COVID-19: Link Shown Between Severity, Death From Virus And Smoking, New Study Reveals COVID-19: Link Shown Between Severity, Death From Virus And Smoking, New Study Reveals
Covid-19: Link Shown Between Severity, Death From Virus And Smoking, New Study Reveals A new study has found a strong link between smoking cigarettes and severe outcomes from COVID-19 infection. According to a report from News Medical, researchers for the UK Biobank study looked at "primary care records, COVID-19 test results, hospital admissions data and death certificates" to search for associations between smoking and hospitalizations and death from COVID-19.  The news site reported that 59 percent of participants have never smoked, 37 percent were former smokers and 4 percent were smokers.  The study found that current smokers were 80 percent more likely to be …
COVID-19: Hudson Valley Sees Infection-Rate Uptick; New Rundown Of Cases By Community COVID-19: Hudson Valley Sees Infection-Rate Uptick; New Rundown Of Cases By Community
Covid-19: Hudson Valley Sees Infection-Rate Uptick; New Rundown Of Cases By Community One new COVID-19-related was reported in the Hudson Valley as the region saw a slight rise in its positive infection rate for those tested. The average seven-day positive COVID-19 infection rate in the Hudson Valley tested for the virus climbed to 2,50 in the latest update from the state Department of Health, up from 2.49 percent the previous day. Statewide, the positive infection rate continues to rise, up to 2.52 percent on Monday, Oct. 11, up for the fourth straight day. According to the latest update from the Department of Health, 35 new deaths were reported statewide, including one in…
ID Released For Tour Bus Driver From Hudson Valley In Crash Hospitalizing 57 ID Released For Tour Bus Driver From Hudson Valley In Crash Hospitalizing 57
ID Released For Tour Bus Driver From Hudson Valley In Crash Hospitalizing 57 The identity has been released of the driver of a tour bus headed from the Hudson Valley that crashed on the New York Thruway about 25 miles west of Syracuse, sending 57 people to the hospital. The crash happened Saturday afternoon, Aug. 14 on westbound I-90 near Exit 40 (Weedsport) in Cayuga County when it exited the roadway for an unknown reason and rolled over onto the grassy shoulder, according to New York State Police. All 57 occupants, including the driver, were transported for injuries ranging from minor to serious.   The bus had departed from the Poughkeepsie area on Satu…
COVID-19: NY Pledges $15M To Help Boost Vaccination Rates In Lagging Areas COVID-19: NY Pledges $15M To Help Boost Vaccination Rates In Lagging Areas
Covid-19: NY Pledges $15M To Help Boost Vaccination Rates In Lagging Areas With the more transmissible Delta COVID-19 variant spreading rapidly across the country, state health officials are urging New Yorkers to ignore the rhetoric and go get the vaccine. During a COVID-19 briefing this week, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced that nearly 75 percent of New Yorkers had been vaccinated, however, approximately 3.5 million people remain unvaccinated as the state contends with vaccine hesitancy among some communities. “Those who are vaccinated reduce the risk of hospitalization by 94 percent, so if you're vaccinated, you’re much less likely to get COVID to begin with, and i…
Person Injured After Being Trapped In Area House Fire Person Injured After Being Trapped In Area House Fire
Person Injured After Being Trapped In Area House Fire A man was hospitalized after becoming trapped in a quick-moving two-alarm house fire following his rescue by first responders in the area. Fire crews from multiple departments were dispatched to the Orange County home, located in Monroe, on Merriewold Lane, at approximately 4:30 a.m. on Monday, July 12, where there were reports of a person trapped inside the residence after the blaze broke out. Officials said that fire crews were able to quickly knock down the flames and make the save, with the fire under control within an hour. The trapped man was treated and transported to an area hospi…
13 Hospitalized After Apartment Fire Breaks Out In Westchester 13 Hospitalized After Apartment Fire Breaks Out In Westchester
13 Hospitalized After Apartment Fire Breaks Out In Westchester More than a dozen people were hospitalized after an apartment fire broke out overnight in Westchester. The blaze broke out around 2:15 a.m. Saturday, June 5 in New Rochelle in a first-floor apartment fire at 75 Centre Ave. There was heavy smoke upon arrival by firefighters, with several people at windows in front of the building, and on fire escapes, New Rochelle FD Chief Andy Sandor said. Flames were also found coming out of windows in the back left corner apartment in the building, down a narrow alleyway. Firefighters rescued several people down fire escapes,  with all residen…
Five Found Unconscious On Northern Westchester Lawn From Drinking Too Much, Police Say Five Found Unconscious On Northern Westchester Lawn From Drinking Too Much, Police Say
Five Found Unconscious On Northern Westchester Lawn From Drinking Too Much, Police Say Five people in their early 20s were hospitalized and treated by EMS after being found unconscious on the lawn of a residence in Northern Westchester. The incident took place around 8:18 a.m., Tuesday, May 18, when New York State Police responded to a residence in Lincolndale, a hamlet of Somers, said Trooper AJ Hicks. When state police arrived, all five were passed out on the lawn of the residence, according to Hicks.  The group had apparently consumed too much alcohol, Hicks said. All are expected to survive, he said.
Two Hospitalized, One Critical, After Crashing Stolen Car During Chase, State Police Say Two Hospitalized, One Critical, After Crashing Stolen Car During Chase, State Police Say
Two Hospitalized, One Critical, After Crashing Stolen Car During Chase, State Police Say Two men were hospitalized, one in critical condition, after fleeing from New York State Police troopers in an allegedly stolen vehicle before crashing in the area. Troopers on patrol at approximately 2 a.m. on Friday, May 7 on Route 9W in Ulster County in the Town of Lloyd attempted to stop the driver of a 2005 Nissan Sentra after he committed a traffic violation. The troopers initiated a traffic stop, police said, but as they approached the Nissan, the driver - later identified as 20-year-old Poughkeepsie resident Anthony Ermo sped away from the scene, prompting a pursuit. Police said tha…
COVID-19: Hudson Valley Sees New Infection-Rate Decline; Here's Latest Data COVID-19: Hudson Valley Sees New Infection-Rate Decline; Here's Latest Data
Covid-19: Hudson Valley Sees New Infection-Rate Decline; Here's Latest Data The positive infection rate in the Hudson Valley continues to decline down to near 2 percent as New York sees improved COVID-19 numbers across the board as the number of vaccinated residents keeps increasing. Statewide, the one-day COVID-19 positivity rate was 1.76 percent, the lowest since Nov. 3, while the seven-day 1.93 percent average is the lowest since Nov. 6 and has been dropping for 25 straight days. The 2,837 COVID-19 patients hospitalized in New York are the fewest since mid-November, down hundreds from a week ago, while the 666 ICU and 423 intubated are the lowest since the holi…
COVID-19: NY Seven-Day Infection Rate Now At Lowest Level In Months; Latest From Hudson Valley COVID-19: NY Seven-Day Infection Rate Now At Lowest Level In Months; Latest From Hudson Valley
Covid-19: NY Seven-Day Infection Rate Now At Lowest Level In Months; Latest From Hudson Valley The seven-day rolling positive infection rate for New Yorkers being tested for COVID-19 is at its lowest in several months as the state, and Hudson Valley, continue recovering from the holiday wave of new infections. Statewide, the positive infection rate is at 2.80 percent, the lowest since mid-November, while there are 823 COVID-19 patients in ICU, and 504 intubated with the virus, both the lowest in New York since early December. In the Hudson Valley, the positivity rate continues to drop, down to 3.19 percent on Monday, April 19 after peaking above 4.5 percent less than a week ago. Less…