NEW YORK — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention eased its guidelines Tuesday on the wearing of masks outdoors, saying fully vaccinated Americans don't need to cover their faces anymore unless they are in a big crowd of strangers. And those who are unvaccinated can go outside ...

SARANAC LAKE — Franklin County Public Health will hold a COVID-19 vaccination clinic at the Saranac Lake Free Library on Thursday for all who are 18 or older and live, work or study in New York state. One hundred Moderna vaccine will be available. The clinic is scheduled from 11 a.m. to 4 ...

MALONE — Driven by vaccine distributions and a decline in COVID-19 positivity rates, state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision officials said prison visitations will resume, beginning April 28 in maximum security facilities, and all other locations May 1. “This schedule ...

ALBANY — Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s office said it won’t reveal what it told the U.S. Justice Department about COVID-19 outbreaks in nursing homes, partly because doing so would be an “invasion of personal privacy.” The Justice Department last year asked the governors of several ...

U.S. health officials lifted an 11-day pause on COVID-19 vaccinations using Johnson & Johnson's single-dose shot on Friday, after scientific advisers decided its benefits outweigh a rare risk of blood clot. The government uncovered 15 vaccine recipients who developed a highly unusual ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Appointments are no longer mandatory at any of the coronavirus vaccination sites run by New York City, including its newest and maybe coolest location: beneath the giant blue whale at the Museum of Natural History. Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Friday that the city will ...