Gov. Cuomo: Beaches, Pools Will Open Statewide Memorial Day Weekend
The governor is hoping to increase beach and pool capacity to 100% by July 4.
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The governor is hoping to increase beach and pool capacity to 100% by July 4.
The state's Department of Health will soon allow more visitations and group activities for vaccinated residents.
Six of the seven are asymptomatic. All are fully vaccinated.
Multiple local organizations will receive grants totaling $100,000.
Assuming the CDC does give its approval, as early as Thursday you can get your child a shot here in New York City at one of the more than 250 sites that offer the Pfizer vaccine.
You can now get a COVID-19 vaccine shot while on your commute.
According to the New York state Department of Health, the nursing home staff vaccination rate is now 58% - up from 46% in mid-March.
Experts suggest this is a great time to cash in those saved up miles.
New York announced the positive test for Nevin, who is fully vaccinated, about two hours before the scheduled first pitch Tuesday night at Tampa Bay.
Officials are getting ready to target a new set of people: Commuters. It comes as vaccination rates in New York are on the decline.
The Pfizer vaccine for teens and tweens is the same as for adults. The same two doses three weeks apart have proven to be extraordinarily safe and even 100% effective in clinical trials on adolescents.
The world's focus on fighting the coronavirus pandemic may have derailed progress in the battle to end the HIV/AIDS epidemic.
With more than 350,000 daily new cases, the nation is on pace to see more than one million deaths by midsummer.
Vaccination against COVID-19 continues to go up and the Centers for Disease Control is loosening some of its outdoor mask-wearing guidelines.
There will be safety protocols including temperature checks, mandatory masks and plastic shields for desks.
It was the first weekend New York City opened up dining capacity to 75% and restaurants got a much-needed boost thanks to Mother's Day.
Dr. Scott Gottlieb said Sunday that state and local governments should begin "allowing people to resume normal activity" as more Americans get vaccinated against COVID-19.
Any U.S. resident over the age of 18, including New Yorkers, can go.
It's the next step as businesses prepare for May 19, when New York, New Jersey and Connecticut will lift most capacity restrictions altogether.
On April 8, a record 115,795 COVID vaccine doses were administered. The number has plummeted to nearly 32,500 on Thursday as supply, once scarce, now outpaces demand.
There are 750 bodies inside in what some City Council members call appalling and secret long-term storage, amounting to shocking neglect and mismanagement.
Serena Torres remembers the moment she got to hold her little girl Alessandra for the first time, nearly four months after giving birth while in a medically induced coma.
"The fact that they're willing to have the football game, and they're able to make concessions for that, that's really hurtful," one student said.
Mobile vans would be stationed at popular tourist sites like Times Square, Brooklyn Bridge Park, Central Park and the High Line.
State lawmakers want pharmacies to play an even bigger role in vaccine distribution, long after the coronavirus pandemic is over.
