COVID-19

Canada will not renew its last COVID-19 border restrictions when they expire at the end of this week, meaning visitors will soon be able to enter the country without showing proof of vaccination.

Gov. Kathy Hochul doesn’t plan to renew a set of emergency powers granted to her office through executive order that have allowed her administration to waive certain spending oversight procedures during the COVID-19 pandemic.

New York state is dropping its mask requirement on public transportation thanks in part to the availability of new booster shots targeting the most common strain of COVID-19, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Wednesday.

Gov. Kathy Hochul said Monday that COVID-19 rules will be eased for New York’s schoolchildren this year, and masks and social distancing will no longer be required.

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.