The city recently cracked 3,000 daily COVID-19 cases for the first time since February — but there are signs the virus is slowing down.
The city's share of an historic $1.5 billion settlement from pharmaceutical companies will go toward drug treatment and prevention.
MTA passengers still will need to wear masks, but Uber customers and many air travelers won’t, after a federal judge struck down a CDC rule.
The city’s happy days of being considered a “low-risk” environment for COVID-19 are likely near the end.
More than 1,200 overdose deaths were recorded in the first six months of 2021, a marked increase from the year before, city officials said.
More than 2,000 new COVID-19 cases a day were detected in the city this weekend, including Mayor Eric Adams — a high not reached in weeks.
A controversial COVID carve-out for unvaxxed athletes is "the greatest affront to the NYC workforce since March 2020," a lawsuit contends.
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"We are behind as a city on booster shots," said Manhattan BP Mark Levine, who warned of a coming surge fueled by the BA.2 subvariant.
The subvariant BA.2 has fueled COVID-19 surges in Europe and China, but officials stressed New York City is in a "stronger position."
"The survey confirms the appalling persistence of economic and racial inequities," said Lisa David.
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Sackler family members have expressed regret for the crisis but have never offered an unequivocal apology.
Omicron accounts for 100 percent of cases in New York City — and, of those, a new lineage called "BA.2" is growing, data shows.
“On-the-spot” antiviral drugs soon could be available to New Yorkers who test positive for COVID-19 at city pharmacies.
The city plans to end its massive Test and Trace program as the COVID-19 pandemic appears to wind down, according to reports.
Just 362 new COVID-19 cases were detected in the city before the two-year anniversary of the virus's arrival, data shows.
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Early research has shown that the designated mental health units have been a success so far.
A new City Council bill aims to provide nightlife establishments with up to 10 free kits that reverse opioid overdoses.
Health disparities can be particularly dangerous when people are not aware or don’t understand that they’re at risk.
Across the state, almost 1.3 million residential gas and electric customers are 60 or more days behind on their bills, or $1.7 billion.
The convention didn't fuel the omicron surge that hit 48,000 daily cases in the city, officials said. COVID-19 cases now stand at 1,200.
A Penn State University study found the variant also infected white-tailed deer on Staten Island.
The indoor masking rule for businesses ends Thursday as New York's coronavirus cases sharply decline, Gov. Kathy Hochul said.
Lenox Hill Hospital is among Healthgrades' top 1 percent of facilities, and three other city hospitals are among its 250 best in the U.S.
This isn't just a Valentine's Day PSA — officials urged New Yorkers to resume sexually transmitted infection testing amid a spike in cases.
"Safety is COVID," Mayor Eric Adams said about an ultimatum for unvaccinated city workers to get their shots by Feb. 11 or be fired.
Ruth Caballero, RN, a public health nurse with the Visiting Nurse Service of New York, offers insight into hypertension.
The city saw nearly 48,000 COVID-19 cases in a single day at the surge's peak. Daily cases fell to 3,000 as January ended, data shows.
Thursday marked the state's lowest positivity rate since mid-December, an encouraging milestone in the omicron wave.
New York City appears to be past the omicron wave's peak, but hospitalizations and deaths could still lag and spike, Mayor Eric Adams said.
"We appear to be moving in the right direction," Mayor Eric Adams said, although he noted — and data shows — the omicron surge isn't over.
The delta variant took 20 weeks to become the city's dominant coronavirus variant. Omicron took just five weeks, a new study found.
Six states, including New York, facing "record hospitalizations" from omicron will receive the deployments, President Joe Biden said.
Families of four in New York will be eligible for nearly three dozen free tests per month under the new Biden administration rule.
“Looks like we might be cresting over that peak,” Gov. Kathy Hochul said about the state's COVID-19 numbers.
Nonessential, elective procedures are once again on pause at 40 hospitals in the Mohawk Valley, Finger Lakes and Central New York region.
"We anticipate swift approval," Gov. Hochul said of the US's first booster mandate for health care workers. "It'll take effect immediately."