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US approves updated vaccines to rev up protection this fall

WASHINGTON — The U.S. approved updated COVID-19 vaccines Monday, hoping to rev up protection against the latest coronavirus strains and blunt any surge this fall and winter. The Food and Drug Administration decision opens the newest shots from Moderna and Pfizer and its partner BioNTech to ...

Updated COVID-19 shots coming

WASHINGTON — Updated COVID-19 vaccines are coming soon, just in time to pair them with flu shots. And this fall, the first vaccines for another scary virus called RSV are rolling out to older adults and pregnant women. Doctors hope enough people get vaccinated to help avert another ...

RSV vaccines available locally

SARANAC LAKE — Kinney Drugs has opened RSV vaccination appointments for those age 60 and older at all 96 locations in New York and Vermont. Respiratory Syncytial Virus, or RSV, is a common, highly contagious respiratory virus that typically causes mild, cold-like symptoms. In older ...

Lake Placid emergency room to close Aug. 20

LAKE PLACID — Lake Placid's part-time emergency room will close on Aug. 20. The final closure date was announced on Monday evening by Adirondack Health, which operates the emergency room at the Lake Placid Health and Medical Fitness Center as well as facilities in Saranac Lake, Tupper ...

Race officials monitor air so athletes don’t breathe smoke

LAKE PLACID — Ironman Lake Placid officials are closely monitoring the Air Quality Index for the triathlon on Sunday, especially after the haze from Canadian wildfires caused the cancellation of Ironman’s 70.3 race in Mont-Tremblant, Quebec, four weeks ago. “As long as the wind ...

Lake Placid ER will not expand hours for race

LAKE PLACID — The emergency room at the Lake Placid Health and Medical Fitness Center will not operate expanded hours during the Ironman triathlon this Sunday. Typically, the part-time Lake Placid ER stays open extra hours — sometimes 24 hours a day — when the annual triathlon ...