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Gov. Hochul Friday signed an executive order ensuring continued access to COVID-19 vaccines in New York after Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. took steps to limit availability of the shots. The ...

Seemingly expired COVID test kits continued to prove useful as health officials advised New Yorkers to check for extended expiration dates on the at-home respiratory virus fighting tool. The COVID ...

Researchers have devised a new tool for discerning between naturally occurring viral outbreaks and those resulting from lab ...

This photo, provided by the Bronx Zoo's parent company, shows a Malayan tiger. One of the zoo's tigers has tested positive for COVID-19. creativeContent NEW YORK CITY -- Weeks after a tiger at the ...

Less than half of New York's nearly 100,000 largely elderly and disabled nursing home residents are up to date on their COVID-19 vaccinations, according to the state Health Department, which is urging ...

Wednesday marks six years since the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic. COVID might not be top of mind for most people right now, but it's still out there. March 11, 2020 ...

The long-term decline in the number of individuals in state prisons has led to a demographic shift toward an older incarcerated population and necessitates increased attention to policies and costs ...

This photo, provided by the Bronx Zoo's parent company, shows a Malayan tiger. One of the zoo's tigers has tested positive for COVID-19. creativeContent NEW YORK CITY -- Weeks after a tiger at the ...