covid-19 vaccine

This summer, the COVID-19 test positivity rate jumped in central New York.

There's a trio of vaccines available this fall: COVID, Flu and RSV.

Infectious disease specialist, Dr. Elizabeth Asiago-Reddy goes over adult vaccinations for fall. Pathologist Reut Hod Dvorai explains how tissue typing is used in organ transplantation. Eric Adams and Dan Ellithorpe talk about hospital food operations.

NY health officials said on Wednesday that due to the changing landscape of the COVID-19 pandemic and evolving vaccine recommendations, the state has begun the process of repealing the vaccine requirement for workers at health care facilities.

SUNY officials have lifted the COVID-19 vaccine mandate for students. SUNY Chancellor John King says the decision is more reflective of the current state of COVID-19.

The country’s COVID-19 vaccine strategy could be getting an overhaul. An FDA panel met Thursday and recommended a proposal that would make getting a COVID-19 shot an annual event.

Tweaked boosters rolled out for Americans 12 and older last month, modified to target today's most common and contagious variant. The latest move may expand protection before an expected winter wave.

The Food and Drug Administration is planning to authorize a new generation of COVID-19 boosters this week that for the first time will target the omicron variant.

Adults who haven't gotten any COVID-19 shots should consider the new option, the agency said Tuesday. The spike protein vaccine is more typical than the mRNA types being broadly used against COVID.

Pediatric infectious disease specialist Dr. Jana Shaw discusses the COVID-19 vaccine for children 6 months to 5 years of age. Psychiatrist Sunny Aslam gives advice for placing sports bets without developing a gambling addiction. Upstate's Clark Burn Center program manager Tamara Roberts provides fireworks and other summer safety tips. And chief of geriatrics, Dr. Sharon Brangman explains how, and when, to take the car keys from an aging parent.