The state’s inspector general says mistakes in the rollout of vaccines earlier this year allowed the public to make appointments before they were supposed to.
Gov. Kathy Hochul says the state will appeal a “disappointing decision” by a federal judge Tuesday that forces the state to allow religious exemptions to its vaccine mandate for health care workers.
A federal judge ruled that New York must continue to allow health care workers to seek exemptions from a statewide vaccine mandate on religious grounds.
New to the role, but not the pharmacy, Kinney Drugs elects its next president. John Marraffa took the helm of the Gouverneur-based and employee-owned business last week.
People’s access to health care in the north country is improving. That’s according to an annual survey by the Fort Drum Regional Health Planning Organization.
Right now, COVID-19 vaccinations are not required for people who work in mental health facilities and some other health care situations, but the governor says that could change soon.
The order is in anticipation of a shortage of workers because of the state’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate that took effect at midnight, resulting in many losing their jobs.
September is Suicide Prevention Month. As a way to help people destress, Cornell Cooperative Extension of Jefferson County is highlighting ways to get outside.
With the deadline looming for all health care workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19, the state is making plans for dealing with any staffing shortages next week.
Dozens of demonstrators were in Potsdam Wednesday evening to protest the state's COVID-19 vaccine mandate for health care workers. They call it a violation of their rights.
Lewis County General Hospital will stop delivering babies after September 24 because too many maternity unit workers have resigned over COVID vaccination mandates.
In his most forceful pandemic actions and words, President Joe Biden on Thursday announced sweeping new federal vaccine requirements affecting as many as 100 million Americans in an all-out effort to increase COVID-19 vaccinations and curb the surging delta variant.
The delta variant is filling hospitals, sickening alarming numbers of children and driving coronavirus deaths in some places to the highest levels of the entire pandemic.