immunology

ALBANY (TNS) —Gov.Andrew Cuomodoesn’t like when his family is compared to “The Godfather,” but he’ll gladly liken himself to the famed Mafia movies' s...

BUFFALO — December may be the season of giving, but it’s typically a challenging time to collect enough blood donations — and that is without an ongoi...

ALBANY (TNS) — New York expects its first delivery of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine on Dec. 15, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Wednesday. That’s assuming the v...

As COVID-19 infections, hospitalizations and deaths are rising daily in New York, the governor says a federal vaccination plan has “gross omissions” t...

BUFFALO — Anyone who has undergone a nasal swab or saliva test for COVID-19 knows that the virus is most easily detected in the nose and mouth. That’s...

The vaccines are coming. In the last two weeks, two major pharmaceutical companies have made announcements about their covid-19 vaccines. Pfizer’s tes...

As summer ends and the leaves start to change colors, healthcare workers are preparing for the possibility of a “twindemic” this fall and winter with ...

BUFFALO — The American Red Cross is urging healthy donors of all blood types to band together to give blood or platelets and help ensure a stable bloo...

BELMONT — The Allegany County Department of Health (ACDOH)is offering one flu-only clinic in each of the five legislative districts. Remaining clinics...

ALBANY — Cases of the coronavirus have climbed enough in New York over the last week that the state has now met the threshold officials set for inclus...

When you listen carefully enough and long enough to a variety of epidemiologists, you can start to see that their pandemic strategies are converging —...

This year, 2020, has been scary. Especially for kids. They have had school canceled, endured extreme social isolation, been told visiting their grandp...

As the weather starts to cool, we are faced with a very unique situation: the 2020-21 flu season starting in the midst of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemi...

As challenging as the pandemic made spring and summer, it promises to make flu season significantly more difficult than usual, some in the medical com...

BELMONT — The Allegany County Department of Health is offering one flu-vaccination-only clinic in each of the county’s five legislative districts. Hea...

ALBANY (TNS ) — A record number of flu shots are being manufactured as part of a dire push to immunize Americans against influenza during the COVID-19...

Since the novel coronavirus was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization in March, many questions have been on the tops of people’s minds....

The world is perilous enough for the average senior citizen without a highly contagious, potentially deadly new virus causing a global outbreak of dis...