NY to monitor mosquitoes for possible Zika virus
New York health officials say the mosquito linked to Zika is not in New York, but they will test related mosquitoes in New York City Long Island and the lower Hudson Valley this spring. Nine cases have been confirmed in New York with Wadsworth Center testing blood and urine. No isolation or quarantine is needed. symptoms are mild. Zika is not spread by casual contact but may be sexually transmitted. travelers from Brazil and other regions are affected. The main vector is not here but a cousin mosquito is present, so officials will monitor developments.
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Wadsworth Center
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Americas
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Centers For Disease Control
West Africa
WHO
Uganda
Michael Osterholm
University of Minnesota
Whitworth
Deaths Natoli Carol A Funeral details released
Carol A Natoli died January 29, 2016. Funeral services are at 10 a.m. Thursday at St. Joseph's Church. Calling hours are 4 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at Dowdle Funeral Home in Oswego.
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Police Blotter Records Multiple DWI and Drug Violations
Fulton based state police charged Trequait Stackhouse 38 of Rochester with driving while intoxicated and operating a motor vehicle with a blood alcohol content of .08 percent or greater and unlawful possession of marijuana in Granby. Other cases include Cathleen Hari lint 58 of Pulaski with DWI in the village of Pulaski, Donald Dobson 58 of Pulaski with DWI and BAC .08 in Pulaski village, Leonardo Pareti 28 of Oswego with aggravated unlicensed operation and suspended registration in Scriba, Andrew Ives 55 of Mexico with trespassing in New Haven, Harold Chaplin Jr. 31 of Troy on a family court warrant in Palermo, Michael Warner 25 of Fulton with unlawful possession of marijuana in Volney, Corey Plante 25 of Pennellville with seventh degree criminal possession of a controlled substance and possession of a hypodermic instrument, Plante also tied to a county court warrant, Shawn Merrill 23 of Fulton with third degree criminal mischief in Volney, and Oswego city police reporting Matthew Jones 23 and Mercedes Vazquez 22 for public urination in late January.
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Rochester
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Cathleen M Hari Lint
Pulaski
Leonardo D. Pareti
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Scriba
Corey A
Plante
Pennellville
WHO declares global emergency over Zika virus spread
The World Health Organization issued a global emergency over the Zika outbreak, calling it an extraordinary event and public health threat with links to microcephaly in Brazil. The move seeks rapid action though definitive causal proof remains incomplete, with warnings about travel and delays for pregnant women and ongoing research.
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World Health Organization
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Brazil
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WHO
Margaret Chan
West Africa
Chan
Judge rejects challenge to Finger Lakes casino approval
A New York judge refused a challenge from Casino Free Tyre to the Lago Resort and Casino environmental ruling in Tyre. The decision upholds the license awarded in December to Lago, one of three upstate casinos, with opening anticipated next year. Lago officials hailed continued construction momentum as opponents offered no proof to overturn the local decision.
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Schenectady
Lago Resort & Casino
Thomas C. Wilmot, Sr
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