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

With new COVID cases soaring locally, health officials are letting residents know more free COVID-19 home test kits are available through the mail.

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

New York Governor Kathy Hochul has announced more than 20-million COVID-19 tests are being distributed throughout the Spring to help control the disease.

Testing for COVID-19 and vaccinations are getting back on track in the region following a delay from snow and the Doctor Martin Luther King Junior Holiday.

New York State has now passed three million cases of COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic.

Broome County Executive Jason Garnar confirms the local hospitals are getting near the level where the State Health Department limit some surgeries.

New York State is seeing an alarming jump in the number of new positive tests coming back for COVID-19.

Any Broome County resident who has gotten their complete COVID-19 vaccine get a booster under new Centers for Disease Control recommendations.

Broome County Executive Jason Garnar says people should do what they can to keep from ending up in the packed hospitals.

The CDC is recommending you should heat your meat before you eat following a national salmonella outbreak related to meats used in popular charcuterie boards.

Broome County Executive Jason Garnar says January & February will be “terrible months” ” as he expects another big increase in COVID-19 cases and deaths.

The number of positive coronavirus cases in Broome County is taking a big jump while hospitalizations reach a new record.

Pennsylvania hospitals are at risk of being overrun with COVID-19 patients and infection rates jump in Bradford and Wayne Counties.