COVID-19

The CDC has issued a public warning about a deadly outbreak of a rare virus that's a lot like the Ebola virus with no known cure.

A new study has shown that rats are capable of spreading variants of Covid-19, making New York City's rat problem even more important.

New York Governor Kathy Hochul is standing firm against rehiring unvaccinated healthcare workers who were let go in the early days of the pandemic.

Struggling to recover from the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, theaters in Upstate New York are banding together to request funding from the state.

Any individual, business, or organization that commits a case of COVID-19 fraud in the state of New York will now face stiffer penalties thanks to two new laws.

Broome County will discontinue its COVID-19 Dashboard in 2023.

Broome, Tioga, Bradford and Susquehanna Counties are listed by the CDC in the “HIGH” category for risk of community transmission of COVID-19.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has again pushed back the deadline for getting the Real ID driver’s licenses.

Parts of the Twin Tier are listed by the CDC back at high risk for community COVID-19 transmission.

The Binghamton City School District says for the first time since before the pandemic, the annual Thanksgiving dinner will return to in-person service.

There have been an unusually high number of COVID deaths in the Southern Tier reported over the week from October 31 to November 4.

New York State has now passed 75,000 COVID deaths since the start of the pandemic in March of 2020.

Some milestones have been passed over the last week in the ongoing battle against COVID-19 in the Southern Tier and New York State.

Broome County has passed 65,000 residents infected with COVID-19 as it begins distribution of thousands more home test kits.