FDA Approves Merck's COVID Pill Molnupiravir, If No Alternatives
The FDA approved Pfizer's COVID pill Wednesday for high-risk patients.
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The FDA approved Pfizer's COVID pill Wednesday for high-risk patients.
The impacted locations are closed in parts of New York City, Westchester County, on Long Island and in New Jersey.
One testing site in Hell's Kitchen is telling people it could take up to two days to get results. Others are saying it could take up to seven days before they get back their PCR test.
A line of people about 100 deep in Linden, some saying they were too sick to speak with CBS2, stood in the cold on Wednesday night.
For some Broadway productions, even when the show goes on it does so without a full cast. That was particularly evident on Tuesday night, when a playwright jumped in to save the day.
Wednesday marked another day of shattered COVID-19 daily positivity records on Long Island. Suffolk County had the highest numbers in the state.
The commissioner of the Department of Correction is sounding the alarm about a surge in COVID-19 cases on Rikers Island.
CBS2's Dick Brennan and Cindy Hsu ask Dr. David Goldberg your questions as the Omicron variant is driving a large surge in COVID infections. Dr. Goldberg is an infectious disease specialist at New York Presbyterian Hospital Group Westchester and assistant professor of medicine at Columbia University.
The teachers' union has come out with a stern warning for the incoming administration -- fix the COVID-19 testing problems, or risk having to go back to remote learning.
Delta Air Lines is hoping to change health guidelines to avoid staffing shortages.
With a surge in COVID-19 infections, the city of Paterson is working to step up its vaccine efforts.
The Food and Drug Administration has authorized the first of two different COVID-19 treatment pills Wednesday. The pill is called Paxlovid, and is made by Pfizer.
There are some exceptions for medically-necessary visits, patients in end-of-life situations or in labor, pediatric patients or infants in the neonatal ICU.
CVS said it has added a limit of six kits per purchase to ensure enough people have access. Walgreens said it is limiting purchases to four at a time.
The group traveled from England on the Queen Mary 2, which docked Monday in Red Hook.
The mayor says a record-breaking more than 130,000 tests are being administered daily at city sites -- double the number of tests done three weeks ago.
There was a holiday sendoff for students in Mount Vernon, one of the first districts in New York to announce all-remote instruction after the end-of-year break.
The New York attorney general has received complaints of price gouging on testing products.
It was another day and another round of closings on Broadway.
But as CBS2's Dr. Max Gomez reported Tuesday, the pills will not replace vaccines as the best weapon against the virus.
Adams said the event at the Kings Theatre in Brooklyn was being canceled due to the rapidly spreading Omicron variant.
The president is expected to deliver a speech on the nation's response this afternoon.
Crowds packed Madison Square Garden on Monday night for a concert, just as Broadway announced more COVID-19-related shutdowns.
As holiday gatherings draw near, New York City is pushing to stop the spread of COVID as record case numbers are reported and lines at testing centers are long.
Beginning the annual holiday break two days early means five additional games will be postponed, bringing the total this season to 49.
