The Tompkins County Health Department announced a potential COVID-19 exposure after an employee at Texas Roadhouse in Ithaca worked two shifts during their infectious period.?
ITHACA, NY -- After a recent surge in cases in Tompkins County, Cornell University has moved to COVID Alert Level Yellow. Part of the rise in cases is due to a cluster at Cornell, specifically within the Greek like community, according to the Tompkins County Health Department.
ITHACA, NY -- The Tompkins County Health Department announced a potential COVID-19 exposure at the Target in Lansing, while active case numbers have hit triple digits.
ITHACA, NY -- Starting Feb. 8, 2021, Ithaca College will be offering remote, in-person and hybrid format learning options. The college will remain fully remote from Jan. 25-Feb. 5.?
ITHACA, NY -- An individual who worked at the Dryden VFW during their infectious period has tested positive for COVID-19, according to the Tompkins County Health Department.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo?today announced that Arizona and?Maryland?have been added to New York's COVID-19 travel advisory. No areas have been removed.?The advisory requires individuals who have traveled to New York from areas with significant community spread to quarantine for 14 days. The quaranti…
ITHACA, N.Y. -- One Kendal at Ithaca resident and three employees have tested positive for COVID-19, leadership at the retirement community announced on Tuesday, Oct.12. The staff that tested positive work in the health center but are not direct care staff.
ITHACA, N.Y. -- The first Tompkins County resident has died from COVID-19 since the onset of the pandemic. The patient was considered high-risk at 95 years old, and was being treated at Cayuga Medical Center since Oct. 6. The patient died on Oct. 12. The Health Department will not be releasi…
This article was originally published by the Cornell Chronicle on Oct. 7.
ITHACA, N.Y. -- Mayor Svante Myrick is in a precautionary quarantine after attending an event with Binghamton mayor Rich David, who tested positive for the coronavirus on Wednesday.
ITHACA -- An employee at GreenStar Food Co-op at the 770 Cascadilla Street location has tested positive for COVID-19 and is currently in isolation. The Health Department has identified and contacted those who had close contact with this employee, and the protocols for essential workers are b…
Cornell University has returned to alert level green after 13 straight days at level yellow. The change comes just after Cornell’s total "cases by week" had broken 50 cases over the week, and 60 in the week prior.?
Governor Andrew Cuomo announced Wednesday that six?states?have been removed from New York State's COVID-19 travel advisory— California, Hawaii, Maryland, Minnesota, Nevada?and?Ohio.
My son went to college with merely two suitcases and a backpack in tow, following Cornell’s creative Coronavirus packing policy. The limited load was so that he could move himself into his room alone to?quarantine once he took a COVID test. We said goodbye briefly in a car pool line to keep …
The Coronavirus has upended many of the tried and true practices of just about everyone on our planet…and, of course, has significantly affected restaurateurs and diners everywhere.? If you spend time with owners and managers of restaurants in the Greater Ithaca Area, you might share my admi…
UPDATE | Tompkins Cortland Community College announced its intention to extend its move to remote instruction for the week of Sept. 8-11 in order on Sept. 6. The college said that it is working with the Tompkins County Health Department to conduct thorough contact tracing after new COVID cas…
Cornell University announced that it has moved to alert level yellow in its COVID-19 tracking dashboard, following a week-long rise in positive test results among its students, meaning that the university considers the potential of obtaining the virus low, but indicators show increased or po…
A Boatyard Grill employee has tested positive for COVID-19 possibly exposing the public to the virus, according to Tompkins County Health Department.
The Aurora Streatery experiment could last longer than initially thought if several restaurants decide they’ll be able to successfully install heat lamps in their allotted outdoor areas to combat the changing weather.?
The Tompkins County Department of Health issued an alert that an employee at Simeon's American Bistro, located at 224 E. State St. on the Commons, tested positive for COVID-19. The health department says that the employee worked several shifts before learning their status.
Commented