The post-holiday surge of COVID-19 cases in Franklin and Essex counties has been on the decline recently, but both counties are still seeing higher numbers of new cases of the illness each day than in earlier in the pandemic. In the past month, there have been five new COVID-related deaths ...

NEW YORK (AP) — When New York City’s COVID-19 rates spiked last December due to the emerging omicron variant, humans weren’t the only mammals affected. The highly infectious variant also hit the white-tailed deer population on Staten Island, the most suburban of the city’s five ...

Researchers from the state Department of Health will focus on studying COVID-19’s lasting effects on a person’s health after recovery to assist medical experts across the globe as the virus emerges with potential to impact multiple organ systems. People infected with COVID-19 have reported ...

Late-night partying at clubs. Elbow-to-elbow seating in movie theaters. Going without masks in public, especially in Europe and North America: Step by step, many countries are easing their COVID-19 restrictions amid hopes the omicron wave may have passed its peak. The early moves to relax ...

NEW YORK — Gov. Kathy Hochul will not make a decision about rescinding the statewide mask or COVID-19 vaccine mandate to enter a New York business set to expire later this month without consulting national health experts, school superintendents and business owners over the next 10 days, she ...

NEW YORK (AP) — New York state’s mask mandate that requires face coverings in all indoor public places unless the businesses or venues require COVID-19 vaccinations will be extended until at least Feb. 10, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Friday. “We’ll have a temporary extension of our ...