What to know about the updated COVID vaccines coming this fall

Updated COVID-19 vaccines are expected to be rolled out in August or September. Here's everything you need to know about the shots. Read More

COVID-19 Vaccine News

NYC VACCINE TRACKER: Where you can get the COVID-19 shot in New York City Trying to find a vaccine available to you? This searchable tool helps you find locations with available doses in New York ... Read More

Strict mask, vaccine rules could have saved lives, says new study

Stricter COVID-19 restrictions could have saved hundreds of thousands of lives in the states that refused to institute them, though efforts to close nursing homes and schools likely caused more ... Read More

Long Island hospital 1 of 3 in U.S. running nasal COVID vaccine trials

NYU Langone Hospital-Long Island in Mineola has started signing up eligible adults for the trial, sponsored by the National Institutes of Health. Read More

Vaccines Significantly Reduce the Risk of Long Covid, Study Finds

In the first two years of the pandemic, the rate of long Covid was starkly lower among people who were vaccinated, researchers reported. Read More

Health News

ill-equipped warehouse has pleaded no contest to 15 criminal counts Donald Trump’s campaign released an update on the former president’s health Saturday, one week after he survived an ... Read More

New York Health Care News

The Business Journals' Book of Lists provides you with more than 1,000 of the hottest area companies in their fields, by ranking. Lazear Capital Partners, a leading investment banking firm, is ... Read More

Revisiting tips to prevent COVID-19 infection as Long Island cases rise

The CDC has long recommended vaccination against the virus as the best way to prevent serious illness from COVID-19. Vaccination also provides some protection from initial infection. Avoiding close ... Read More

Vaccines News

July 19, 2024 — New research reveals a promising approach to developing a universal influenza vaccine -- a so-called 'one and done' vaccine that confers lifetime immunity against an evolving virus. Read More

Health officials see an uptick in Covid cases this summer, here's when the new vaccine comes out

Health officials see an uptick in Covid cases this summer, here's when the new vaccine comes out Jones, known for the Mile High Miracle and his two touchdowns for the Ravens in Super Bowl XLVII, died ... Read More

Terminix Defeats Workers’ ADA Covid-19 Vaccine Mandate Appeals

Terminix Pest Control employees who alleged that their medical inability to take the Covid-19 vaccine rendered them disabled under the ADA failed to get the Fifth Circuit to reverse a lower court ... Read More

Hochul administration eliminates state employees’ Covid-19 sick leave

New York’s Office of Labor ... Paid leave for Covid-19 is still available, but is not implemented unless health authorities mandate isolation or quarantine rules – which have not been in ... Read More