WASHINGTON — What if the real “invisible enemy” is the enemy from within — America’s very institutions? When the coronavirus pandemic came from distant lands to the United States, it was met with cascading failures and incompetencies by a system that exists to prepare, protect, ...
SARANAC LAKE — Although the Saranac Village at Will Rogers elder residence has no confirmed cases of COVID-19 in its staff or residents, the facility issued a shelter-in-place order for the senior citizens it houses on Wednesday, as a precautionary measure. Jamie Whidden, Will Rogers’ ...
Local hospitals say they are hemorrhaging revenue as the coronavirus pandemic stretches on. As hospital administrators continue to sound the alarm and underscore what they describe as a critical need for federal aid, U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik is calling for funding allocated by Congress to ...
ELIZABETHTOWN — Elizabethtown Community Hospital will offer a by-appointment COVID-19 testing service at its Elizabethtown and Ticonderoga campuses, thanks to a new shipment of testing kits Essex County received from the state. Appointments for the testing service will be available ...
NEW YORK (AP) — More evidence is emerging that far more New Yorkers have had the coronavirus than the number confirmed by lab tests, officials said Thursday. A state survey of about 3,000 people found that nearly 14% had antibodies, suggesting they had been exposed to the virus, Gov. ...
ALBANY — With New York nursing homes reporting more than 3,500 COVID-19-related deaths over the past six weeks, several lawmakers are calling for a full reversal of a Cuomo administration policy that requires the facilities to accept patients who have tested positive for the ...