Tracking of HABs, the opening reception for The Smithy Gallery's "Music and Movement" exhibit, Friday's Sixth Ward Shindig and a grant received by the Oneonta Community Concert Band are among the topics covered in this week's news briefs.…
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Onondaga County Health Commissioner Dr. Kathryn Anderson announced on Wednesday, July 16 that the first human case of West Nile virus infection since 2019 has been reported in an elderly adult residing in the Town of Cicero.…
State Agriculture Commissioner Richard A. Ball urged New York horse owners to vaccinate their animals against Eastern Equine Encephalitis and West Nile Virus, both of which are spread by mosquitoes. This year, cases of EEE have been found in Clinton, Franklin, St. Lawrence, Washington, Madison, Oneida, Orange, Ulster, Cayuga and Wayne counties. There has been one confirmed equine case of WNV in Oswego County.…
Column by Dr. Richard Sternberg West Nile Virus To add to all the other viruses that we have had to think about, COVID, monkeypox, polio, we can add West Nile Virus (WNV) which is now endemic in the New York City area. This is not yet affecting us in Otsego County and surrounding areas and probably won’t. While it is transmitted to humans by mosquitos, the reservoir, the source and reproduction site for the virus is various bird species. There…
THIS WEEK’S NEWSPAPERS The Freeman’s Journal • Hometown Oneonta September 1, 2022 PHOTO OF THE WEEK FRONT PAGE Wildlife Rescue Rehabilitation Center Gets Calls 24/7 Weekly Medical News: 09-01-22 Inside The Paper Fernleigh Foundation Provides Grant to SUNY Oneonta Biological Field Station The Grand and Glorious Fall Fair Moves to Neahwa Park Helios Care Receives $1,200 Donation $82 Million Grant Will Improve Access to Care, Increase Key Investments in Bassett Staff September Is National Preparedness Month Drnek: We’re All in…
