New York City Officials Focus On Efforts To Overcome COVID Vaccine Hesitancy
The move comes as demand for COVID shots is softening nationwide. About 3 million people are getting vaccinated daily - an 11% decrease in the seven-day average.
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The move comes as demand for COVID shots is softening nationwide. About 3 million people are getting vaccinated daily - an 11% decrease in the seven-day average.
A panel of advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention voted Friday to recommend resuming use of Johnson & Johnson's Janssen vaccine to protect against COVID-19.
After putting pressure on their school district, many Jersey City parents finally got the outcome they wanted. In-person learning will be back for some students starting next week.
Oyster Bay Town Supervisor Joe Saladino says helping people know their status in 24 hours with a test that's less invasive than a nasal swab is a game changer.
The programs have been closed for more than a year, causing many individuals to regress.
On the road to reopening, President Joe Biden's administration is urging America's schools to hit the gas pedal, and reopen to the safest extent possible.
Reactions to the vaccine can happen even up to a week after the shot.
"Unless we can convince more people who are sitting on the sidelines now, we're not gonna have enough people vaccinated to hit herd immunity," said Larry Levitt, with the Kaiser Family Foundation.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo made the announcement Wednesday.
The school district was supposed to go to a hybrid learning schedule April 26, but earlier this week, public school officials told parents they didn't have enough staff to open and students would continue remote learning until September.
The Hunterdon County couple first used it to deliver food to sick neighbors, but they wanted to do more.
Two Monmouth County residents in their 90s took a chance on love and decided to quarantine together.
There was a call Monday to ease COVID-19 restrictions for some of our most vulnerable New Yorkers.
Gov. Ned Lamont says the state will lift all remaining COVID restrictions, will the exception of indoor mask rules.
Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop was critical of the move, calling it "an absolute failure of leadership."
As millions of Americans continue to get vaccinated against COVID-19, reports of side effects are increasing.
The rule has already been in effect for New York and Connecticut, but now it starts in New Jersey, too.
A Queens teenager who says she was on "death's door" returned to the hospital that saved her life to thank doctors and warn other young people to stay cautious during the pandemic.
Doors finally reopened at Long Island Alzheimer's and Dementia Center and Gladys Hampson of East Meadow was relieved her husband, Bob, can once again attend classes and counseling.
With supply now outpacing demand, the city is confident they can lower the age range.
Walk-in appointments were previously only available for New Yorkers over age 75.
A new report from the Urban Institute shows 1 in 3 adults went without medical care this past year. Doctors say it's become a major problem during the pandemic.
New York State has the second highest number of new cases in the country.
Children represent 23% of the U.S. population. According to Long Island health officials, herd immunity cannot be achieved without inoculating at least some of them.
After a year of living under restrictions in varying degrees of isolation, some say they are feeling reentry anxiety as they begin to socialize again.
