Health & Wellness

NBC Sports officials say their plan of covering the Olympics from its Stamford, Conn., facility is a similar strategy used to cover the delayed 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics last year.

A legal fight appears to be brewing between Erie County and the Village of Williamsville, after the county Health Department cited the village for not enforcing mask rules.

Although New York's safe staffing law is currently on pause due to a labor shortage, nursing home workers and resident advocates are concerned with how the state plans to enforce it once it does go into effect.

The state budget proposal unveiled Tuesday morning by Gov. Kathy Hochul includes a multi-year investment aimed at rebuilding and retaining the healthcare workforce. How the state plans to carry out one of the provisions is raising early concern.

The White House's top medical adviser says the virus won't go away entirely. Instead, it should eventually hit a level where it "doesn't disrupt our normal social, economic and other interactions."

The government provided Americans with a vital financial lifeline during the pandemic, including through the Child Tax Credit. The help improved lives – but for many it still wasn't enough.

Burnout and thinning substitute teacher rolls plus the fallout of the omicron surge is pushing school leaders to the brink of desperation. Lawmakers are responding by rewriting hiring rules.

As marijuana becomes more legal in the U.S., two University at Buffalo public health researchers are stressing one of the oldest advices to purchasers: buyer beware.

Results from the governor's rapid test Tuesday morning came back negative. However, results from his PCR test came back positive, according to a statement.

Catholic Health has announced it is temporarily suspending visitations at its hospitals, with few exceptions, beginning Friday.