COVID-19

Gov. Kathy Hochul said masks will not be required in schools this year, but New York is stockpiling rapid tests and personal protective equipment in anticipation of yet another potential surge of COVID-19 as the fall gets under way.

Often people who use home test kits don't report a COVID-19 positivity, making official database numbers less reliable than when all testing was reported. Testing sewer wastewater is giving numbers for the virus and for medications used to treat COVID.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said Wednesday that she and state health officials are confronting the ongoing outbreaks of two diseases, COVID-19 and monkeypox.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said Wednesday that the state is prepping for a possible new surge of COVID-19 this fall, but she said no rules like indoor masking are anticipated right now.

Erie County has moved back into the "medium" risk category for COVID-19, down from the "high" risk level it had been, according to the Centers for Disease Control.

Even the supply of books to public libraries are subject to the vagaries of the supply chain across the world.

The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that people in 46 of New York’s 62 counties wear masks in public indoor settings because omicron variants are surging. You can check your county here.

The new COVID-19 variants that have been originating in South Africa are all directly linked to the omicron variant. Scientists are calling them sub-lineages.

Michael Naab, 34, and Amber Naab, 37, of West Seneca have been sentenced to a conditional discharge, provided they perform 100 hours of community service.