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Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is doing whatever he can to undermine public health. Last week, he ordered his department to...

When we talk about catching waves over the summer, this is not the kind of wave we mean. Because as summer winds down, it’s not ocean waves many of us...

A new COVID-19 variant called XBB.1.5 is driving a new wave of infections. But susceptibility to it is not, as some contend, being fueled by vaccines....

The ways we think about the COVID-19 pandemic have evolved with the virus: In 2020, it was a potentially deadly threat we could avoid by being careful...

Fewer than half of eligible Americans have received a third COVID vaccine shot despite clear evidence of its benefit. That booster shot improves your ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul made the right decision in letting the state’s temporary indoor mask mandate expire last Thursday. The Covid-19 omicron wave is rece...

There’s a lot to be learned about the omicron coronavirus variant, but scientists already know enough to prescribe a rational response to the threat. ...

With COVID-19 cases surging in Europe and the possibility of a new late-year wave in the U.S., it is becoming clear that vaccination alone will not re...

BELMONT — The Allegany County Department of Health, with the help of the board of legislators and several organizations across the county, is taking s...

With the emergence of new COVID-19 variants like the delta, as well as the lambda and B1-621 — both of which have been previously seen in parts of Cen...

Smoking tobacco damages the lungs, but when you quit, you give your lungs a chance to recover. When you quit, your lungs will improve in several ways:...

SYRACUSE (TNS) — New guidance from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is recommending people who are vaccinated against Covid-19 star...

ALBANY — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is allowing more people inside museums, movie theaters and indoor sports arenas as the latest data suggests the st...

Vaccine shortages and precious doses wasted. Unnavigable systems for making appointments. A racial and economic divide in distribution. Scary virus mu...

ALBANY — New York is set to let amusement parks open in early April and overnight camps open this summer as long as they submit reopening plans to the...

Allegany County health officials reported 47 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, while its most recently listed one-day positive testing rate was nearly 14%...

The prospect of a vaccine for COVID-19 reaching the Twin Tiers area is closer and closer. A U.S. government advisory panel endorsed widespread use of ...

Concerns about COVID-19, of course, dominate the daily narrative about health — but it’s also influenza season. So, at a time when a budding sniffle o...