COVID-19

Organizers of the annual Levine, Goulden and Thompson Tennis Challenger tournament say the event will not be held in Binghamton in 2022 due to COVID protocols.

Broome Health Department Director Mary McFadden is the guest on Southern Tier Close Up to talk about where we stand with the current COVID situation.

Add New York Governor Kathy Hochul to the statistics for new cases of COVID-19 detected in the past several days.

The surge in COVID-19 cases in New York continues and is spreading beyond a hotspot in Central New York and the Finger Lakes.

Southern Tier COVID-19 case numbers are also reflecting the high transmission of the latest subvariant of the coronavirus.

The CDC is recommending residents of Broome, Tioga, Susquehanna and Bradford counties wear masks due to a jump in COVID-19 infection rates.

Broome County officials officials say masks are still required to be worn on the County's public transit buses.

Broome County is seeing an increase in COVID-19 cases, prompting the county executive to hold his first COVID briefing in months.

Some significant COVID-19 numbers are being passed as cases again start to rise, this time due to a subvariant of the Omicron mutation.

The Southern Tier Heart Walk is back in stride, raising thousands of dollars for its in-person walk since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.

New Yorkers age 50 and older who received their first COVID booster at least four months ago are eligible for another free booster.

Broome County’s death toll from COVID-19 has now reached 500.

The importance of being vaccinated is being underscored by an uptick in cases in New York.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency is awarding United Health Services $3,069,039.02 to reimburse emergency protective costs during the pandemic.