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• Roswell asking for plasma from coronavirus survivors

  14-04-2020 23:46 via wivb.com
  The Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center has started building a collection of convalescent plasma to help patients who are critically ill with the coronavirus. The idea, according to medical experts, is that convalescent plasma could be a possible treatment for folks with severe coronavirus, because the blood contains antibodies  Roswell’s doctor George Chen says there’s […]
  
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• Coronavirus spreading to our clothes and shoes; what health officials are saying

  14-04-2020 23:43 via wivb.com
  
  ELMIRA, N.Y. (WETM) – In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, people around the world are practicing social distancing and keeping up with their cleanliness and health. One surface that some don’t think about are their clothes, and how the virus can live on them. According to the World Health Organization, studies suggest the coronavirus […]
  
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• NFTA Transit police show thanks for supplies on Twitter

  14-04-2020 23:29 via wivb.com
  
  (WIVB)–Members of the Transit Police are showing their gratitude to the NFTA for helping them to do their jobs more safely. The police tweeted pictures Tuesday afternoon showing the company, SCE Environmental Group disinfecting their patrol cars. Thank you to SCE Environmental Group for disinfecting our patrol cars, a big thank you to the NFTA […]
  
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• Roswell doing in-house coronavirus testing for patients and staff

  14-04-2020 23:26 via wivb.com
  
  The Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center has been performing in-house testing on their staff and patients to help protect them against the coronavirus. “When you have cancer, and depending on the kind of cancer it is, are in you the middle of active therapy, your immune response can be very suppressed, so you’re more susceptible […]
  
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• Health care workers are 10%-20% of US coronavirus cases

  14-04-2020 23:22 via wivb.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Between 10% and 20% of U.S. coronavirus cases are health care workers, though they tended to be hospitalized at lower rates than other patients, officials reported Tuesday. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported the first national data on how the pandemic is hitting doctors, nurses and other health care […]
  
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• Galbani donates cheese sticks to hospital patients and staff

  14-04-2020 23:13 via wivb.com
  
  (WIVB)– A special donation from one of Western New York’s biggest food companies.Galbani Cheese donated 34 cases of string cheese to the nurses and staff at Oishei Children’s Hospital They also donated more than 200 cases of Galbani Ricotta and 100 cases mozzarella shredded cheese to Stock the Freezer, which makes ready-to-go meals. Those meals […]
  
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• Google ‘Doodles’ honor all on the front line of coronavirus pandemic

  14-04-2020 23:08 via wivb.com
  
  Google Doodles are recognizing all of those on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic.
  
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• 4 Buffalo Police officers and 12 firefighters test positive for COVID-19

  14-04-2020 23:06 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)–During a City of Buffalo coronavirus briefing Tuesday, Mayor Byron Brown provided an update on the members of the Buffalo Fire and Police Department dealing with the virus. As of now, four police officers tested positive while 20 remain on administrative leave for precautionary reasons. Mayor Brown says 19 returned to duty. For […]
  
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• Sabres captain Jack Eichel donates medical supplies to ECMC

  14-04-2020 23:00 via wivb.com
  
  (WIVB)-Buffalo Sabres Captain Jack Eichel is helping in the fight against coronavirus once again. The face of the franchise teamed up with equipment company Bauer to donate 13-hundred face shields to health care workers at Erie County Medical Center. Officials at the hospital said they’re extremely grateful for his kind gesture, but this isn’t the […]
  
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• Pegula Sports & Entertainment announces 21 layoffs, 104 furloughs and temporary pay cuts due to COVID

  14-04-2020 22:55 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)–Pegula Sports & Entertainment announced furloughs, executive pay reductions, and layoffs Tuesday due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The decision comes after the scheduled regular season for the Buffalo Sabres ended last weekend. Officials say the executive salary reductions are temporary, and there will be 21 layoffs and 104 furloughs among PSE’s 3,000 employees. […]
  
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• Coronavirus: Optometrists say it’s OK to wear contact lenses

  14-04-2020 22:41 via wivb.com
  
  KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — The COVID-19 pandemic has brought new questions for healthcare workers every day. One common questions optometrists have been getting — is it safe to wear my contacts? Contact lenses are mostly made of plastics. In a recent study, it was found that COVID-19 tends to live longer on plastic than other […]
  
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• Eight confirmed positive cases of COVID-19 at Absolut at Aurora Park facility

  14-04-2020 22:26 via wivb.com
  
  EAST AURORA, N.Y. (WIVB)–RCA Healthcare Management is confirming eight positive COVID-19 cases at its Absolut at Aurora Park facility. Officials tell News 4 there are no confirmed cases in the company’s other facilities. This includes Absolut at Orchard Brooke and Absolut Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation at Allegany, Three Rivers, Gasport, and Westfield. According to […]
  
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• Comptroller says Erie County will short-term borrow to pay bills amid COVID pandemic

  14-04-2020 21:57 via wivb.com
  
  ERIE COUNTY, N.Y. (WIVB)–Erie County Comptroller Stefan Mychajliw says the county will engage in short-term borrowing to pay its bills. According to the Comptroller’s Office, the Legislature’s vote authorizing this move comes after concerns regarding anticipated losses in sales tax revenue due to the pandemic. “We did not panic.  In times of crisis, taxpayers deserve […]
  
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• Hyundai donates $100k and 10,000 test kits to Detroit

  14-04-2020 21:48 via wivb.com
  
  "Children diagnosed with and being treated for pediatric cancer are at a higher risk for COVID-19, and their health and safety has always been our priority"
  
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• Company lies about family dying from COVID-19 in Facebook ad to sell face masks

  14-04-2020 21:46 via wivb.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (CNN, KCAL) — A mother claims that a company falsely advertised that four members of her family died fighting COVID-19 just to sell face masks on Facebook. It’s a story that tugs at your heart strings — An entire family killed by COVID-19, except for a young boy. The problem? None of it […]
  
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• Sumitomo Rubber reports its first positive coronavirus case

  14-04-2020 21:33 via wivb.com
  
  Sumitomo Rubber in Tonawanda reported its first case of the coronavirus, while 54 employees have been placed in quarantine as a precaution.
  
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• McGuire Group releases further details on positive cases in facilities

  14-04-2020 21:31 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)–Last Thursday, the McGuire Group confirmed to News 4 there were positive cases of COVID-19 in its Garden Gate Health Care Facility, Harris Hill Nursing Facility, and Seneca Health Care Center. As of today, there are 42 positive cases in-house at Garden Gate, 46 at Harris Hill, and 23 at Seneca. McGuire Group […]
  
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• Washington state sues Greyhound over immigration searches

  14-04-2020 20:09 via wivb.com
  
  SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — The state of Washington sued Greyhound Lines Inc. for letting U.S. immigration agents board buses in Spokane, Washington, in search of people who are in the U.S. illegally.
  
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• Buffalo woman charged with spitting on postal worker, saying she has coronavirus

  14-04-2020 20:02 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) The U.S. Attorney announced Tuesday that charges are being brought against a Buffalo woman for claiming she had COVID-19 and spitting on a postal worker. Cheektowaga Police say on March 19, a male postal worker was collecting mail at the Cheektowaga Post Office when 39-year-old Melissa Daniels- Johnson entered the parking lot […]
  
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• Buffalo woman charged with spitting on postal worker, saying she had coronavirus

  14-04-2020 20:02 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) The U.S. Attorney announced Tuesday that charges are being brought against a Buffalo woman for claiming she had COVID-19 and spitting on a postal worker. Authorities say on March 19, a male postal worker was collecting mail at the Cheektowaga Post Office when 39-year-old Melissa Daniels- Johnson entered the parking lot the […]
  
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• LIVE NOW: Battle over when to reopen US escalates

  14-04-2020 19:57 via wivb.com
  
  For most people, the coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever and cough that clear up in two to three weeks.
  
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• Battle over when to reopen US escalates

  14-04-2020 19:57 via wivb.com
  
  For most people, the coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever and cough that clear up in two to three weeks.
  
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• COVID-19 Testing Offered at GBUHN

  14-04-2020 19:52 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)– A coronavirus testing site is up and running at GBAUHN on Niagara Street in Buffalo. Testing will also be offered on the city’s East Side on Wednesday, April 14. Erie County Health Officials say they are working to make testing more available in hard-hit areas. That includes Buffalo’s 14215 zip code where […]
  
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• ALERT: FBI warns of fraud and other crimes related to COVID-19 pandemic

  14-04-2020 19:08 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Cyber criminals don’t take time off during pandemics. And neither are federal agents whose mission is to protect the public from fraud and exploitation, among other things. Like most of us, the Buffalo FBI field office is also adapting to the coronavirus crisis. These days crimefighting continues, but it’s being done […]
  
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• Hairstylists wish you’d stop asking them to break the law and cut your hair

  14-04-2020 17:14 via wivb.com
  
  KANSAS CITY, Mo. (WDAF) – In just the latest peculiar twist to our lives in the days of the coronavirus quarantine, hairstylists are urging people to stop asking them to risk their license by cutting customers’ hair. “If I go cut someone else’s hair, someplace that I’m not registered to do business at — that’s […]
  
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• WATCH: Gov. Cuomo provides an update on coronavirus cases in NY

  14-04-2020 17:12 via wivb.com
  
  Watch on News 4 and WIVB.com.
  
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• Gov. Cuomo says Pres. Trump won’t “have a fight” with him

  14-04-2020 17:12 via wivb.com
  
  "Day 44, but who's counting? Every day is Groundhog Day," Gov. Andrew Cuomo said, starting off his daily briefing on Tuesday.
  
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• Lockport Fire Department enacts measures to prevent coronavirus spread

  14-04-2020 17:11 via wivb.com
  
  LOCKPORT, N.Y. (WIVB)- The Lockport Fire Department is taking steps to protect staff during the COVID-19 pandemic. To help with social distancing, they split on-duty staff and sent some of them to a secondary location, a building supplied by the South Lockport Fire Company. The department will also station one apparatus at the South Lockport […]
  
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• Pennsylvania 93-year-old with ‘I need more beer’ sign gets her wish

  14-04-2020 16:31 via wivb.com
  
  PITTSBURGH (NEXSTAR) – A 93-year-old woman whose plea for more beer went viral got an ice cold shipment of Coors Light Monday afternoon. Olive Veronesi, who has been self-isolating amid the coronavirus pandemic, was photographed last week holding a dry erase board in the window with the message “I need more beer!!” KDKA reports. Molson Coors took […]
  
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• Trump rages at criticism while governors craft their own plans to reopen the economy

  14-04-2020 16:07 via wivb.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump claimed the “total” authority to decide how and when to reopen the economy after weeks of tough social distancing guidelines aimed at fighting the new coronavirus. But governors from both parties were quick to push back, noting they have primary responsibility for ensuring public safety in their states and would decide when […]
  
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• Tonawanda resumes recycling after complaint

  14-04-2020 15:46 via wivb.com
  
  The Town of Tonawanda resumed recycling services Monday after residents complained to state environmental regulators that sanitation employees disposed of recyclable items in the garbage truck. Tonawanda Highway Superintendent Thomas C. Jones said his workforce is a third of what it normally would be, so he made the decision to scrap recycling during the coronavirus […]
  
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• Roswell Park to offer plasma for people with severe cases of COVID-19

  14-04-2020 13:45 via wivb.com
  
  This is being done through an expanded access program authorized by the FDA.
  
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• Jack Eichel, Bauer Hockey donate 1,300 face shields to ECMC

  14-04-2020 12:56 via wivb.com
  
  Eichel and the hockey equipment company donated 1,300 face shields that will be given to health care workers who are caring for patients during the pandemic.
  
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• How the COVID crisis is impacting the dairy industry

  14-04-2020 04:50 via wivb.com
  
  CATTARAUGUS COUNTY, N.Y. (WIVB)–While some stores are still limiting customers to two gallons of milk, some dairy farmers have had to waste excess milk before it even leaves the farm. One local dairy farmer wants to get a message out. At Elton Crest Dairy Farm in the Cattaraugus County Town of Freedom, Dustin Bliss has […]
  
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• Hospital Chaplain says he’s come to appreciate cell phones more during pandemic

  14-04-2020 03:54 via wivb.com
  
  These have been heart-wrenching days in hospitals. We sat down with a hospital Chaplain who tries to bridge the gap for dying COVID patients who cannot be with their loved ones in their final hours. In his 43 years of ministering to the sick and the dying at Buffalo General Medical Center, Father Richard Augustyn […]
  
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• Watch: Trump, top officials debate when to reopen the economy

  14-04-2020 02:15 via wivb.com
  
  As the U.S. nears 600,000 coronavirus cases, our team in Washington, D.C. is examining the issues that likely won’t be featured tonight during primetime cable news — including the debate to reopen the economy and concerns about misinformation coming from China. You can watch their original reporting in the video above. President Donald Trump claimed […]
  
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• Watch Live: Trump, top officials debate when to reopen the economy

  14-04-2020 02:15 via wivb.com
  
  As the U.S. nears 600,000 coronavirus cases, our team in Washington, D.C. is examining the issues that likely won’t be featured tonight during primetime cable news — including the debate to reopen the economy and concerns about misinformation coming from China. You can watch their original reporting in a livestream tomight at 9/8c. President Donald […]
  
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• Trump, top officials debate when to reopen the economy

  14-04-2020 02:15 via wivb.com
  
  As the U.S. nears 700,000 coronavirus cases, our team in Washington, D.C. is examining the issues that likely won’t be featured tonight during primetime cable news — including the debate to reopen the economy and concerns about misinformation coming from China. You can watch their original reporting in a livestream tomight at 9/8c. President Donald […]
  
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• Shopping patterns continue to change during COVID-19 pandemic

  14-04-2020 01:01 via wivb.com
  
  Our shopping patterns have come in waves during the pandemic – first there was a run on toilet paper and hand sanitizer, but what’s next? From toilet paper and hand sanitizer to puzzles and games, hair products are now expected to be in short supply. Nielsen data shows sales of hair clippers jumped 168% last […]
  
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• Reed prefers regional approach to economic reopening

  14-04-2020 00:36 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Rep. Tom Reed, R-Corning, says any decision about reopening the economy must include the perspective of the evolving coronavirus. “One of the things that is a top priority for me is to make sure when we go forward that we’re keeping an eye on the virus and we’re also focusing on […]
  
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• Local CAO Head Start programs using social media to bring the lessons straight to the students

  14-04-2020 00:01 via wivb.com
  
  School has been out of session for weeks because of the coronavirus pandemic, but it has been in session for some area Head Start students who are getting their classes via social media. “We are trying to assist our families and support our families during this time of social distancing,” said Eivory Eison, education manager […]
  
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