pandemic

Several weeks ago, when national surveys suggested that a sizable portion of the U.S. population had no intention of getting vaccinated against COVID-...

BELMONT — A new milestone was hit Friday as the 3,000th COVID-19 case was reported in Allegany County. County health officials reported five new cases...

BUFFALO — In marking Red Cross Month, the American Red Cross is asking Americans to continue to address the needs of those reeling from the coronaviru...

NEW YORK (TNS)— Johnson & Johnson’s coronavirus vaccine was cleared for use in the U.S., making a third shot available that could plug gaps in the nat...

WASHINGTON — The nation is poised to get a third vaccine against COVID-19, but because at first glance the Johnson & Johnson shot may not be seen as e...

ALBANY — New York state’s overall single-day percentage of people testing positive for COVID-19 fell to 2.85% on Tuesday, its lowest level since Nov. ...

Throughout the pandemic, the press has been excoriatingly harsh on a governor who was slow to act, unnecessarily endangered the lives of the elderly, ...

Over the past year, the world has become firmly acquainted with terms including social distancing, incubation period, flattening the curve, quarantine...

My car was smothered in snow when I woke up Tuesday, the streets were drowning in slush, and when I glanced out my living room window, I instantly kne...

It wasn’t so long ago that the big public health crisis facing the nation was opioid abuse and the overdose deaths that were so frequently its result....

ALBANY — A Democratic lawmaker says Gov. Andrew Cuomo vowed to “destroy” him during a private phone call last week for criticizing his handling of COV...

ALBANY (TNS) — New York will follow updated guidance from the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention on quarantines for fully vaccinated individuals...

UTICA (TNS) — Sales of germ-killing products like bleach, Lysol and hand sanitizer shot up in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic. So did suspecte...

Allegany County reported only four new cases of COVID-19 on Monday, the lowest number for a single day since Dec. 28, when six were reported. The coun...

Within hours of taking office, President Joe Biden announced a resumption of funding for the World Health Organization as well as participation in the...

I have vaccine envy. There. I’ve confessed it. The thought of getting a COVID-19 vaccine makes me impatient, greedy, needy. I yearn for a vaccine the ...

Unsurprisingly, road traffic in 2020 was significantly depressed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, as Americans around the country sheltered at home to so...

ROCHESTER (AP) — Gov. Andrew Cuomo urged worshipers at three churches serving largely Black congregations to get vaccinated against COVID-19 as soon a...