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Coronavirus

Adirondack Health ends mask rule at most facilities

SARANAC LAKE — Effective Monday, April 3, masks were no longer required for healthy individuals at Adirondack Health campuses — with the exception of the Mercy Living Center nursing home in Tupper Lake, where the masking requirement will remain in place. Also, as of April 3, drive-up ...

Adirondack Medical Center ends mask rule

SARANAC LAKE — Effective Monday, April 3, masks will no longer be required for healthy individuals at Adirondack Health campuses — with the exception of the Mercy Living Center nursing home in Tupper Lake, where the masking requirement will remain in place, according to a March 31 press ...

Officials report low COVID risk ahead of 2023 Games

SARANAC LAKE — Local health officials are optimistic about the currently low level of COVID-19 cases in Essex County — as well as a downward trend in flu and RSV cases after an early onset of the respiratory illnesses — ahead the Lake Placid 2023 FISU Winter World University Games, which ...

Canada dropping COVID border rules Saturday

Starting Saturday, Oct. 1, people entering Canada by plane, train or automobile will no longer face COVID-19 testing or vaccination requirements or restrictions. The Canadian government officially announced on Monday, Sept. 26 that it would drop all COVID-19-related border crossing ...

New COVID boosters arrive for Essex County’s Monday clinics

The Essex County Health Department is offering upgraded booster shots for the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines at the department’s vaccine clinics starting on Monday, Sept. 12. The updated boosters, called “bivalent boosters,” add components of recent variants of the ...

New COVID boosters arrive at Essex County clinic today

The Essex County Health Department is offering upgraded booster shots for the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines at the department’s vaccine clinics starting on Monday, Sept. 12. The updated boosters, called “bivalent boosters,” add components of recent variants of the ...