WASHINGTON — Federal health officials on Wednesday authorized a new COVID-19 antibody drug for people with serious health problems or allergies who can’t get adequate protection from vaccination. Antibody drugs have been a standard treatment for treating COVID-19 infections for over a ...

SARANAC LAKE— The Trudeau Institute elected Kip Testwuide, an investment banker and managing member of High Peaks Advisors LLC, as its new board chairman. Testwuide, of Lake Placid, fills the position left by Dr. Dorothy Federman, who retired as chair in August after serving on Trudeau’s ...

SARANAC LAKE — There’s a lot of reasons for Adirondack Health’s new president and CEO, Aaron Kramer, to feel stressed. Since he was appointed as the new president and CEO on Sept. 1, he’s been navigating the coronavirus pandemic, staffing shortages, vaccine mandates, thin financial ...

The level of coronavirus spread within Franklin and Essex counties remains high heading into the holiday season, with the number of new cases reported each day several times higher this year than at this time last year. The Essex County Health Department on Thursday reported 55 new cases ...

TUPPER LAKE — After a second round of mass-testing at the Mercy Living Center nursing home, Adirondack Health says only one new resident tested positive with COVID-19. Adirondack Health spokesman Matt Scollin said 16 of Mercy’s 51 residents and eight of its staff members had tested ...

WASHINGTON — The U.S. government on Friday moved to open up COVID-19 booster shots to all adults, expanding efforts to get ahead of rising coronavirus cases that experts fear could snowball into a winter surge as millions of Americans travel for the holidays. The Food and Drug ...