County health departments across New York’s 21st Congressional District share many of the same problems. Access to testing materials such as swabs and chemicals, the need to expand contact tracing to keep tabs on people who are tested and investigate other potential exposures, and ...

LAKE PLACID — Elderwood of Uihlein has confirmed one resident of the nursing home has tested positive for COVID-19. Chuck Hayes, vice president of marketing and communications for the Elderwood chain of elder-care facilities, said the company has isolated the resident and reported the ...

Gov. Andew Cuomo laid out the requirements for reopening regions of New York Monday at his coronavirus briefing. Cuomo’s PAUSE order, which put a freeze on many businesses and told residents to stay at home, expires on May 15, and Cuomo said regions could start choosing to reopen that ...

NEW YORK — New York is banding together with six nearby states to purchase equipment and supplies that sometimes have been hard to come by during the coronavirus pandemic, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Sunday. Meanwhile, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is praising residents for mostly ...

SARANAC LAKE — Local hospitals and clinics are gradually opening COVID-19 testing to more groups of people. While local hospitals have restricted testing to specific criteria, Mountain Medical Urgent Care — which has offices in Saranac Lake, Massena and Malone — is testing ...

ALBANY — New York’s schools and colleges will remain shut through the end of the academic year because of the coronavirus pandemic, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Friday. The order, which applies to 4.2 million students statewide, continues a shutdown that had been set to expire May 15. The ...