Omicron, the highly contagious coronavirus variant sweeping across the country, is driving the daily American death toll higher than during last fall’s delta wave, with deaths likely to keep rising for days or even weeks. The seven-day rolling average for daily new COVID-19 deaths in the ...

WASHINGTON — The government’s main health agency is failing to meet its responsibilities for leading the national response to public health emergencies including the coronavirus pandemic, extreme weather disasters and even potential bioterrorist attacks, a federal watchdog said ...

A New York appeals judge left the state's indoor mask mandate in place Tuesday while Gov. Kathy Hochul's administration appeals a lower court's decision to overturn it. Judge Robert Miller granted the state's request for a stay of a Long Island judge's ruling Monday that the governor and ...

MINEOLA (AP) — A New York judge ruled Monday that the state's mask mandate can't be enforced, after it was reinstituted by Gov. Kathy Hochul over concerns about a winter surge of coronavirus cases. State Supreme Court Judge Thomas Rademaker said in his decision that the state Department of ...

In the past week there have been four new deaths from COVID-19 in Franklin and Essex counties. The Essex County Health Department reported two deaths on Tuesday. The state Department of Health reported two new COVID-19 fatalities in Franklin County over the weekend. Neither department ...

The Essex County Health Department reported two COVID-19 related deaths on Friday. ECHD said the two people who died were 55 and 60 years old. Neither were vaccinated and both were hospitalized with severe illness before dying. In total, 58 Essex County residents have died from COVID-19 ...