A state lawmaker has introduced a bill that would require insurance companies to cover the Covid-19 vaccine after comments by ...

In mainland China, the portion of patients going to the ER with COVID has more than doubled in the last month.

A new Covid variant has spread to the U.S., including in New York state. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...

The CDC, a $9.2 billion-a-year agency tasked with reviewing life-saving vaccines, monitoring diseases and watching for ...

In April, we talked with Dr. Michelle Morse, interim commissioner of health at the New York City Department of Health and ...

The World Health Organization said a new COVID-19 variant called NB.1.8.1 was detected in New York and other states. Health ...

There’s a ton going on in the world of New York public health this week: Wildfire smoke, an emerging Covid variant, updates ...

Let’s get into this week’s dose of New York public health news, what you can do, and why it matters — from Salmonella being ...

As climate change drives up temperatures and the risk of heat-related illnesses in New York, public health leaders and ...

The public health department in New York is one of the largest agencies of its kind. In addition to local health challenges, ...

The rise in whooping cough cases comes as vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is leading the U.S. Health and Human Services ...

The New York State Department of Health announces the launch of its interactive New York State Heat Risk and Illness ...