Adults who were obese as children have an increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes and suffering a heart attack in their 30s and 40s, regardless of their weight as adults.
“This is a momentous day and we deserve it,” Gov. Cuomo said as he announced that all of New York’s COVID-19 restrictions are lifted, “effective immediately.”
Samaritan Medical Center Foundation’s 24th annual Thousand Islands Golf Classic is happening this year, but with a few changes because of the pandemic.
New York state is asking the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention if there’s any reason it shouldn’t relax its mask mandate for schools. That move could happen as early as next week.
Leaders of group homes say New York failed to provide desperately needed protective gear, testing, and help with staffing at homes serving New Yorkers with developmental and intellectual disabilities at the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Nursing homes across the country are still reporting scattered COVID-19 outbreaks and COVID-associated deaths, albeit at much smaller rates than during the height of the pandemic.
County administrator Robert Hagemann announced the results Tuesday afternoon, calling them “one of the most encouraging weekend updates that we’ve generated in quite some time.”
As we head into Memorial Day, the unofficial start of summer, and a busy time for celebrations, the COVID-19 positivity rate in New York continues to trend downward.
Republicans in the New York State legislature called on Governor Cuomo Monday to repeal a mandate requiring children as young as two to wear masks at daycare facilities.
With the state’s positivity rates on the decline and as more people get vaccinated, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said it’s likely schools will be able to have in-classroom learning full time in the fall.