Samaritan Medical Center has been recognized for providing high-quality, cost-effective maternity care.

Each of the north country’s five prisons have at least one inmate who has tested positive for COVID-19.

In a Facebook post early Wednesday, school officials said, “we are back today for in-person instruction with a few modifications.”

Lewis County General is one hospital likely to lose at least some of its vaccine doses.

Officials in Jefferson County say vaccinating everyone for COVID-19 is going to be a lengthy process.

New York state’s distribution system will soon outpace the supply of COVID-19 vaccines it’s receiving from the federal government.

Students were being released at 11 a.m.

A seventh person has died of COVID-19 at United Helpers Rehabilitation and Senior Care in Canton.

Children are not escaping the latest coronavirus surge in the U.S.

At a news conference Monday, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said some hospitals have used only 15 percent of what they’ve been allocated in the past three weeks, while others have used almost all of it.

United Helpers Rehabilitation and Senior Care facilities in Ogdensburg and Canton each report an additional COVID-19 death since last week.

These are the north country's COVID-19 stats for January 3, 2021.

As a more infectious strain increases the coronavirus’ deadly threat, federal leaders are sticking to their formula for distributing vaccines in short supply.

You’ve got COVID-19, and you have symptoms. Your symptoms aren’t too bad so you don’t need to go to the hospital. But what’s the best way to take care of yourself at home? Some of the answers might sound familiar.

These are the north country's COVID-19 stats for January 2, 2021.

Tribal officials say they have a total of 14 active cases and blame the surge on community members leaving their guard down.

St. Lawrence County officials are asking for volunteers to help administer COVID-19 vaccinations.

A lot of people will be making New Year’s resolutions to make healthy changes. Here are some tips to be successful at keeping them.

Many people think about their fitness and improving their health as they head into a new year.

Two more people have died from COVID-19 at United Helpers Rehabilitation and Senior Care in Canton

Much of the focus of health care professionals during the pandemic has been on treating COVID-19 patients, but others have been working in the background researching the illness.

Asymptomatic individuals who are exposed to COVID-19 can now end their quarantine after 10 days in New York under new guidance the governor announced Tuesday.

Staff at Carthage Area Hospital are rolling up their sleeves for a COVID-19 shot.

The American Academy of Pediatrics is out with a new policy statement on antibiotics.

It protects tenants impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic from being evicted.

United Helpers reported on Monday that three people have died from COVID-19 at its Rehabilitation and Care Center in Canton.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo said the state’s overall positivity rate went from a seven-day average of 5.9 percent to 8.33 percent on Sunday.

These are the north country's COVID-19 stats for Dec. 27, 2020

As numbers from the last couple days roll in, COVID-19 numbers climb in the north country.

The U.S.- Canadian border is closed to most people, and now, the Province of Ontario will enter a hard lockdown starting Saturday.

Two more COVID-19 deaths have been reported at United Helpers Rehabilitation and Senior Care in Ogdensburg.

The state has a big challenge ahead, one that Gov. Andrew Cuomo says he plans to address in his State of the State message next month.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo is renewing his call for the federal government to take action to halt the spread of a new strain of the coronavirus.

It’s hard to stay healthy during the holidays.

Hundreds of firefighters and EMTs in Jefferson County will be able to get vaccinated against COVID-19 next week.

A positive case of COVID-19 has temporarily closed one of St. Lawrence County’s Department of Motor Vehicles offices.

Lewis County set a single day record for increased COVID cases in the county Tuesday, reporting 26 new cases, while St. Lawrence County added one new death to the toll COVID has taken, and Jefferson County added 57 more cases.

Health care workers at Samaritan Medical Center in Watertown are the first in Jefferson County to be vaccinated for COVID-19.

State health officials are going on an aggressive hunt for any sign that the COVID-19 variant found in the United Kingdom has made it to New York.

The doses come 280 days after the Akwesasne community declared a state of emergency because of the pandemic.

Excessive screen time for children tops the list of parents’ concerns during the pandemic.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo is asking airlines to require passengers coming to New York to be tested for COVID-19.

The COVID=19 death toll at United Helpers Rehabilitation and Senior Care in Ogdensburg has reached 20.

A St. Lawrence County government building will be closed for a week after a report of a positive case of COVID-19.

Hundreds of doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have arrived at Watertown’s Samaritan Medical Center.

Three more deaths have been reported in the tri-county region as officials update us on the latest COVID-19 numbers.

Over 3,000 people are asked to stay home in the tri-county region as public health departments report their latest COVID-19 numbers

Gov. Andrew Cuomo says the state needs a new mantra to get through the pandemic, especially during the holiday season: “slow the spread, stop the shutdowns.”

Employees at United Helpers Rehabilitation and Senior Care in Ogdensburg got a hand from Ogdensburg city employee unions.

The Lewis County Department of Motor Vehicles is reopening for in-person transactions Monday after being closed for nearly two weeks because of a case of COVID-19.

That’s one more than was reported on Wednesday.

United Helpers Rehabilitation and Senior Care in Canton will receive its first shipment of a COVID-19 vaccine in two weeks.

The first doses of the highly anticipated COVID-19 vaccine are expected arrive at Lewis County Health System late next week.

Fitness expert Jamie Kalk shows us more exercises for the core that you can do inside.

A group of anti-tobacco and public health organizations is pushing for higher taxes on cigarettes in New York.

As coronavirus cases continue to rise, “hospitals have to shift to crisis management mode,” Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Wednesday.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo says it would be a mistake to increase taxes to close the state’s budget gap before President-elect Joe Biden takes office.

Another person has died from COVID-19 at United Helpers Rehabilitation and Senior Care in Ogdensburg.