(The following information was provided by New York state online at https://covid19vaccine.health.ny.gov.) New York state will distribute the COVID-19 vaccine in phases based on need and risk. We are currently in Phase 1A. Eligible New Yorkers in Phase 1A are: - High-risk hospital ...

As New York schools returned to session Monday, Jan. 4 after winter break, the state has a new rule for staying open during COVID-19: Schools in counties with a positivity level over 9% must remain below their communities’ positivity level to stay open for in-person instruction. This will ...

SARANAC LAKE — Adirondack Medical Center was highlighted on Monday, Jan. 4 as one of the highest-performing hospitals in the state for distributing vaccines. Less than two weeks after the hospital received its first shipment of coronavirus vaccines on Dec. 23, about 87% of its vaccine ...

ELIZABETHTOWN — For a moment, her office was quiet. With just one full day left before the start of the New Year, Essex County Health Department Director Linda Beers sat down in her Elizabethtown office and looked at a timeline of the county’s coronavirus pandemic laid out before ...

KEENE VALLEY — The High Peaks Education Foundation recently donated $15,000 worth of air purifiers to Keene Central School, and while they were not mandated by the state for in-person education during the pandemic, school officials say they offer another layer of protection for everyone in ...

PLATTSBURGH — Karen O’Connor, an intensive care nurse at Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital in Plattsburgh, became the first person in the North Country region to receive the new Pfizer coronavirus vaccine on Tuesday, Dec. 15. O’Connor, 72, of Chazy, was the first to be vaccinated at ...