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Essex County launches opioid overdose prevention program

ELIZABETHTOWN — The Essex County Health Department is now registered as an overdose prevention program through the New York State Department of Health. The focus of ECHD’s Community Opioid Overdose Prevention Program is to train community members to recognize and respond to an overdose and ...

US approves updated vaccines to rev up protection this fall

WASHINGTON — The U.S. approved updated COVID-19 vaccines Monday, hoping to rev up protection against the latest coronavirus strains and blunt any surge this fall and winter. The Food and Drug Administration decision opens the newest shots from Moderna and Pfizer and its partner BioNTech to ...

Updated COVID-19 shots coming

WASHINGTON — Updated COVID-19 vaccines are coming soon, just in time to pair them with flu shots. And this fall, the first vaccines for another scary virus called RSV are rolling out to older adults and pregnant women. Doctors hope enough people get vaccinated to help avert another ...

RSV vaccines available locally

SARANAC LAKE — Kinney Drugs has opened RSV vaccination appointments for those age 60 and older at all 96 locations in New York and Vermont. Respiratory Syncytial Virus, or RSV, is a common, highly contagious respiratory virus that typically causes mild, cold-like symptoms. In older ...

Lake Placid emergency room to close Aug. 20

LAKE PLACID — Lake Placid's part-time emergency room will close on Aug. 20. The final closure date was announced on Monday evening by Adirondack Health, which operates the emergency room at the Lake Placid Health and Medical Fitness Center as well as facilities in Saranac Lake, Tupper ...