pandemic

After a judge overturned a CDC mandate that U.S. airlines require passengers to wear masks on airplanes, the TSA immediately stopped enforcing masking...

A recent survey of New York State-licensed healthcare professionals found half believed the COVID-19 pandemic effected “no noticeable change” on their...

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DETROIT (TNS) — When the first COVID-19 mandates were issued in hopes of turning back a mysterious pandemic, there wasn’t enough science or data avail...

A study from researchers at Johns Hopkins University found that extended shutdowns had almost no effect on public health, while coming at tremendous c...

ALBANY (TNS) — A few days ago, we witnessed the latest episode of a long-running series we could call “Parents Behaving Badly.” After a state Supreme ...

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FORT WORTH, Texas (TNS) — The other morning, a friend from Washington, D.C., sent me an exasperated text with a link to the new vaccine passport requi...

The fullness of time, and now the omicron wave, have made it obvious how preposterous the chief lines of criticism against Donald Trump were during th...

ALBANY (TNS) — The second year of COVID-19 started on a high note: vaccines were rolling out and people looked forward to a summer free from illness. ...

Twelve months ago, Americans could indulge in optimism. For a bright, shining moment, 2021 promised to be a year of recovery. The first vaccines for C...

Washington, D.C., is now the epicenter of the pandemic. As of Dec. 23, it had 158 COVID-19 cases per 100,000 residents, a 541% growth in cases over th...

ALBANY (TNS) — In July 2020, Maria and Jayson Loushin finally made a change they’d been talking about for years. They sold their furniture, packed up ...

ALBANY — It’s now against the law in New York state to use a fake vaccination card, according to a new bill signed by Gov. Kathy Hochul late Wednesday...

BRADFORD, Pa. — The Save Our Hospital group says that Kaleida Health’s decision to add 10 hospital beds back to Bradford Regional Medical Center, with...

OLEAN — With seven COVID-19 deaths reported, Monday was one of the deadliest days of the coronavirus pandemic in Cattaraugus County. The COVID-19 deat...

Last Halloween, I gathered up a lawn chair and an enormous bowl of candy and sat on my front steps, not quite sure what to expect. Weeks earlier, the ...

ALBANY (TNS) — New Yorkers have become less optimistic in recent months about whether the worst of the coronavirus pandemic is behind them, a new poll...