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Deaths of 3 Syracuse firefighters spark mass cancer screening in city fire department
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Syracuse firefighters put out a blaze on the corner of Fitch and Geddes streets in Syracuse on Feb. 19. Dennis Nett | dnett@syracuse.com
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Syracuse, N.Y. – Firefighters didn’t worry about getting cancer when Tim Downes joined the Syracuse Fire Department in 1985.
He’d wear a helmet and other gear caked in soot, carbon and other toxic residue from fires and think nothing of it. “You were supposed to be salty,” he says.
But in 2008 Downes was diagnosed with stage 4 lymphoma, a cancer of the lymphatic system, part of the body’s germ fighting network. He suspects all the toxic chemicals he was exposed to in the line of duty may have caused his cancer. Downes went through 2 ½ years of treatment and is cancer-free today.
April starting off better than last few months of new COVID-19 cases.
April starting off better than last few months of new COVID-19 cases in Woodbridge; Earth Day celebration May 1
WOODBRIDGE – The township reported 160 new COVID-19 cases over a four-day period, which brings the total number of cases to 10,388, according to Mayor John McCormac in his coronavirus report on April 5.
Forty-nine new cases of COVID-19 were reported for April 1, 48 new cases were reported for April 2, 36 new cases were reported for April 3, and 27 new cases were reported for April 4.
The number of COVID-19 cases include East Jersey State Prison and a number of related state facilities in the Avenel section of the township. The state reported zero new cases from their facilities over the four-day period. The total number of cases at the facilities remain at 840.
Woodbridge new COVID-19 cases slightly trickling down
WOODBRIDGE – The township reported 155 new COVID-19 cases over a three-day period, which brings the total number of cases to 10,228, according to Mayor John McCormac in his coronavirus report on April 1.
Forty-one new cases of COVID-19 were reported for March 29, 65 new cases were reported for March 30 and 49 new cases were reported for March 31.
“They are still higher than what we experienced back in February and early March, but very much below the numbers from the last two weeks so maybe we are getting back on the right track,” McCormac said. “Let’s hope so.”