Gov. Andrew Cuomo Sunday, March 21, announced new guidance has been rolled out allowing pharmacies to vaccinate New Yorkers with comorbidities. Pharmacies were previously able to vaccinate New Yorkers over the age of 60 and teachers. New Yorkers with comorbidities or underlying health ...

New York state dropped the vaccine eligibility age by a decade Monday, and now anyone over 50 years old is able to get their shot at a point-of-distribution location or clinic. “We’re ecstatic,” Essex County Public Health Director Linda Beers said. “We want it open. Our job is to ...

LAKE PLACID — For now, two major races are still on the calendar in this village for 2021, the Ironman Lake Placid triathlon on July 25 and the Lake Placid Marathon and Half on Sept. 12. The same race director for both events says if state health officials allow Ironman to be held here, he ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Travelers to New York from other U.S. states will no longer be required to quarantine starting April 1, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced March 11. Cuomo, who has been easing coronavirus restrictions amid calls for his resignation over sexual harassment allegations, said the ...

Another Essex County resident has died after contracting COVID-19. The resident, whose death was confirmed by the Essex County Health Department on Friday, March 12, was the second county resident to die after contracting COVID-19 last week. The health department did not provide details ...

SARANAC LAKE — The last year of Adirondack Health CEO and President Sylvia Getman’s 30-year career has been marked by the largest health care emergency in decades. The COVID-19 pandemic increased the importance of the health care organization’s role in the community, and at the same ...