Breast Cancer Awareness Month: Doctors Say Youth And General Good Health Don't Mean You're Immune

In this Breast Cancer Awareness Month there is an important message for young women.

• Oct 4, 2021

As Vaccination Rates Improve, Families Left Wondering Again About Holiday Gatherings, Trick Or Treating And More

For the second year in a row, the CDC is advising families to skip holiday gatherings, even if vaccinated.

• Oct 4, 2021

Connecticut State Workers Need To Be Vaccinated Or Submit To Weekly Testing

Gov. Ned Lamont has directed heads of state agencies to put workers who don't comply on unpaid leave, starting as soon as Tuesday. 

• Oct 4, 2021

Sotomayor Denies Injunction Against NYC's COVID Vaccine Mandate

New York City school staff were up against the COVID vaccine buzzer. They had until 5 p.m. Friday to get their first dose or face termination.

• Oct 2, 2021

Merck Says Experimental COVID-19 Pill Cut Deaths, Hospitalizations In Half When Given Early

Merck & Co. said Friday that its experimental COVID-19 pill reduced hospitalizations and deaths by half in people recently infected with the coronavirus and that it would soon ask health officials in the U.S. and around the world to authorize its use.

• Oct 1, 2021

World Menopause Awareness Month Shines A Light On Issue That's Often Taboo To Talk About

Some people think there are just a few menopause symptoms such as hot flashes and night sweats, but there are actually more than 30.

• Oct 1, 2021

Justice Brett Kavanaugh Tests Positive For COVID-19, Supreme Court Says

Justice Brett Kavanaugh tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday, the Supreme Court announced in a statement. He is fully vaccinated and has no symptoms.

• Oct 1, 2021

Federal Appeals Court Temporarily Halts Vaccine Mandate For Health Care Staff With Religious Exemptions

A panel of judges will take up the case on October 14. 

• Oct 1, 2021

Doctors Report Seeing Patients With Heart Issues Possibly Linked To COVID-19

There is a suggestion that the cardiac issues may be more common in men, although that hasn't been firmly established.

• Sep 30, 2021

NIH Investigating Possible Link Between COVID Vaccine And Changes To Menstrual Cycles

Thousands of women are reporting a potential side effect of the COVID vaccine when it comes to their monthly menstrual cycles.

• Sep 30, 2021

Teacher Stephanie Edmonds On Why She's Not Getting The COVID Vaccine, Despite Mandate: 'The Hardest Decision I've Ever Made'

Several school staff unions are warning the city is not prepared to make up for the thousands of employees it could lose because of the reinstated vaccine mandate. 

• Sep 30, 2021

Nearly 900 Students In Toms River In COVD Quarantine Following District-Wide Outbreak

That means one in 14 students in Toms River have either had COVID or been impacted by the virus since the start of the school year.

• Sep 29, 2021

Mayor De Blasio Announces New Public Health Outreach Agency

The new agency will utilize personnel from the city's test and trace corps.

• Sep 29, 2021

Paterson Says Grassroots Community Outreach Was Key To Achieving Highest Vaccination Rate In New Jersey

Officials attribute their success to the city's grassroots efforts to get out into the community and educate the public. 

• Sep 29, 2021

Disturbing Levels Of Toxic Heavy Metals Found In Major Baby Food Brands, Congressional Report Reveals

The house subcommittee report describes dangerous levels of arsenic, lead, cadmium and mercury in major baby food brands.

• Sep 29, 2021

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