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A city wrestled down an addiction crisis. Then came COVID

HUNTINGTON, W. Va. — Larrecsa Cox steered past the used tire shop, where a young man collapsed a few days before, the syringe he’d used to shoot heroin still clenched in his fist. She wound toward his house in the hills outside of town. The man had been revived by paramedics, and Cox ...

Anyone 16 or older can now get vaccine

All New Yorkers age 16 and older can get the COVID-19 vaccine as of today. Vaccines are being administered across the North Country at clinics run by the state Department of Health, county health departments and hospitals. Pharmacies such as Walgreens and Kinney Drugs are also taking ...

‘He did not want to die’

POTSDAM — Mary C. Rodee is numb in her hands and feet, almost going in and out of reality this week as she looks at the house where her child is dead inside. The feeling comes after she says state troopers told her and her family their 15-year-old was lured and manipulated online past his ...

Fully vaccinated people can travel safely again within US, CDC says

NEW YORK — Add travel to the activities vaccinated Americans can safely enjoy again, according to new U.S. guidance issued Friday. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated its guidance to say fully vaccinated people can travel within the U.S. without getting tested for the ...

Vaccine clinics coming up in Saranac Lake, Malone

SARANAC LAKE — Two vaccine clinics are happening at Adirondack Medical Center in Saranac Lake next week, and one is taking place in Malone Friday. The first AMC clinic on Monday will be open, by appointment, to New Yorkers over the age of 30 and anyone else who is eligible to be ...

Pfizer says its COVID-19 vaccine protects younger teens

Pfizer announced Wednesday that its COVID-19 vaccine is safe and strongly protective in kids as young as 12, a step toward possibly beginning shots in this age group before they head back to school in the fall. Most COVID-19 vaccines being rolled out worldwide are for adults, who are at ...