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 ...

The state of New York has launched the Excelsior Pass, a cellphone app that will give residents another way to prove they’ve been vaccinated or have recently tested negative for COVID-19. The launch of the voluntary app, which was developed in collaboration with IBM, was announced by Gov. ...

ALBANY (AP) -- New York state residents over 30 will be eligible for COVID-19 vaccinations starting Tuesday, March 30, and everyone over 16 will be eligible starting April 6, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Monday, March 29. Vaccine eligibility had previously been restricted to people over 50, ...

LAKE PLACID — Before the Essex County Health Department began offering COVID-19 vaccination clinics in various parts of the county in January, most eligible residents had to travel to the state point-of-dispensing (POD) sites in Potsdam or Plattsburgh. The latest clinics open to the public ...

ELIZABETHTOWN — Twenty-seven roses were placed, one by one, in a vase on the steps of the old Essex County courthouse on Tuesday, March 23. Colorful mosaic pieces adorning the vase glittered in the bright spring sun. The red petals of the roses were striking against the grayish-beige ...

New York state dropped the COVID-19 vaccination eligibility age by a decade as of Tuesday, March 23, with residents 50 years or older now able to get their shot at a point-of-distribution (POD) location or clinic. “We’re ecstatic,” Essex County Public Health Director Linda Beers said. ...