Health & Wellness
By MARNIQUE OLIVIERI-PANEPENTO
February 6, 2022
The Cattaraugus County Health Department has not posted daily charts detailing COVID-19 cases in the county since Wednesday. A TAPinto Greater Olean check of the New York State site, Positive Tests Over Time, by Region and County, posted at 2 p.m. Sunday, showed that on Saturday, the daily ...
The Cattaraugus County Health Department did not post on its website daily charts detailing COVID-19 cases in the county on Friday or Saturday. A TAPinto Greater Olean check of the New York State site, Positive Tests Over Time, by Region and County, posted at 2:51 p.m. Saturday, showed that on ...
The Cattaraugus County Health Department did not release a daily chart detailing COVID-19 cases in the county on Thursday. A TAPinto Greater Olean check of the New York State Positive Tests Over Time, by Region and County showed that Cattaraugus County on Wednesday had an 10.8% daily positivity ...
On Wednesday, the Cattaraugus County Health Department reported 90 new cases of COVID-19. By the second day of February, the county had recorded 190 cases. January had 4,739 cases, more than twice the highest total for a full month since the pandemic began: 1,978 in November ...
Rep. Tom Reed on Wednesday encouraged destigmatization, awareness and federal participation to address the increase in mental health and substance abuse issues across the nation. “Our country faces a mental health and substance abuse crisis that has only been made worse by the COVID-19 ...
ST. BONAVENTURE, NY — St. Bonaventure women’s basketball will take on the Richmond Spiders for their annual Pink Game on Saturday at 1 p.m. in the Reilly Center. The game helps raise funds for persons with breast cancer and will be hosted by the Olean General Hospital Foundation. Proceeds will ...
On Tuesday, the first day of February, the Cattaraugus County Health Department reported 100 new cases of COVID-19 and that an 80-year-old woman had become the 235th county resident to die from complications related to the disease. The month of January had 4,739 cases, which was more than twice ...
On Monday, the Cattaraugus County Health Department reported 111 new cases of COVID-19 and the 234th death of a county resident from complications related to the virus. Those new cases brought the count for January to 4,739, more than twice the highest total for a full month since the pandemic ...
The Cattaraugus County Health Department did not release a daily chart detailing COVID-19 cases in the county on Sunday. A TAPinto Greater Olean check of the New York State Positive Tests Over Time, by Region and County showed that Cattaraugus County on Saturday had an 8% daily positivity rate, ...
A TAPinto Greater Olean check of the New York State Positive Tests Over Time, by Region and County showed that for Cattaraugus County on Friday, an 11.1% daily positivity rate, which was 3.6% lower than Thursday's rate of 14.9%, and a 13.1% seven-day positivity rate, which was 0.9% lower than ...
ALLEGANY, NY — The Allegany-Limestone Central School District has postponed its winter dance, which was scheduled for Saturday night. "After reviewing and carefully considering this morning's current COVID quarantine numbers and possible exposures within the student body, we are postponing out ...
The Cattaraugus County Health Department reported 120 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday. Those new cases bring the count for the first 28 days of January to 4,507, more than twice the highest total for a full month since the pandemic began, which was 1,978 in November 2021. Friday’s chart showed a ...
The Upper Allegheny Health System will begin using sotrovimab as an antibody treatment for high risk patients, Jill Owens, the organization’s chief medical officer, announced in a news release Friday. “Sotrovimab does have some efficacy against omicron and is recommended when available,” Owens ...
On Thursday, the Cattaraugus County Health Department reported 148 new cases of COVID-19 and issued a mortality report about a 55-year-old male county resident and a 78-year-old male county resident whose deaths were the 232nd and 233rd attributed to complications from COVID-19 since the start of ...
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ — Rutgers researchers have developed a rapid test that detects all known COVID-19 variants, including the highly transmissible omicron variant. The test, which can be performed at laboratories experienced in COVID-19 testing, can quickly detect clinical samples that contain the ...
On Wednesday, the Cattaraugus County Health Department reported 145 new cases of COVID-19 and issued a mortality report about a 99-year-old female county resident and a 61-year-old male county resident whose deaths were the 230th and 231st attributed to complications from COVID-19 since the start ...
On Tuesday, the Cattaraugus County Health Department issued a mortality report about a 37-year-old male county resident whose death was the 229th attributed to complications from COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic. The health department did not issue its usual daily chart ...
On Monday, the Cattaraugus County Health Department reported 134 new cases of COVID-19 and the 228th death of a county resident from complications related to the virus. Those new cases bring the count for the first 24 days of January to 3,915, well exceeding the highest total for a full month ...
ALLEGANY, NY — The Allegany-Limestone Central School District will resume in-person instruction Monday. Because of a staffing shortage, classes for students in grades 7 through 12 were conducted remotely on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. According to a notice posted on the district ...
On Sunday, the Cattaraugus County Health Department reported 79 new cases of COVID-19. Those new cases bring the count for the first 23 days of January to 3,781, well exceeding the highest total for a full month since the pandemic began, which was 1,978 in November 2021. The health ...
On Saturday, the Cattaraugus County Health Department reported 153 new cases of COVID-19. Those new cases bring the count for the first 21 days of January to 3,702, well exceeding the highest total for a full month since the pandemic began, which was 1,978 in November 2021. Saturday’s chart ...
Almost 334,000 pacifiers are being recalled because they pose a choking hazard, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. The Mushie & Co FRIGG silicone pacifiers came in two designs, the Classic and the Daisy, and each design came in two sizes: 0-6 months and 6-18 ...
On Friday, the Cattaraugus County Health Department reported 212 new cases of COVID-19 and the 226th and 227th deaths of county residents from complications related to the virus. Those new cases bring the count for the first 21 days of January to 3,549, well exceeding the highest total for a ...
On Thursday, the Cattaraugus County Health Department reported 163 new cases of COVID-19, 122 less than Wednesday’s caseload. Those new cases bring the count for the first 20 days of January to 3,337, well exceeding the highest total for a full month since the pandemic began, which was 1,978 in ...
Registered nurses Frances Perez and Carley Frisina received the fourth-quarter Nightingale Awards, respectively, at Olean General Hospital and at Bradford Regional Medical Center. The awards, according to a press release from the Upper Allegheny Health System, are quarterly recognitions of ...
Junel Lapp, an administrative assistant at Olean General Hospital, and Kim Murphey, an administrative assistant at Bradford Regional Medical Center, received the December Star Awards from their respective hospitals. The Star Awards are presented monthly to one OGH employee and one BRMC ...
The Cattaraugus County Health Department, on Wednesday, reported its highest daily total of COVID-19 cases since the start of the pandemic: 285. Those new cases bring the count for the first 19 days of January to 3,174, well exceeding the highest total for a full month since the pandemic began, ...
The Cattaraugus County Health Department, on Tuesday, reported 265 new cases of COVID-19, the second-highest daily total since the start of the pandemic, and one death related to the virus. The new cases bring the count for the first 18 days of January to 2,889, exceeding the highest total for a ...
Because of a staffing shortage, classes for students in grades 7 through 12 in the Allegany-Limestone Central School District will be conducted remotely on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, Superintendent Anthony Giannicchi announced Tuesday. Students in pre-K through grade 6 will continue to ...
On Monday, the Cattaraugus County Health Department reported 194 new cases of COVID-19 among residents. The caseload for the first 17 days of January is 2,624, more than the highest total for a full month since the pandemic began. The previous highest monthly total was 1,978 in November ...