UPMC is no longer requiring face coverings for patients and staff at most of its facilities and locations. The new guidelines took effect Monday. "The update to universal masking guidelines reflects the changing state of the pandemic," UPMC said. "COVID-19 activity is on a sustained decline, ...

Chautauqua County’s two largest hospitals are keeping face mask policies in place — at least for now. UPMC said its masking mandate is continuing at facilities where there may be patient contact, including hospitals and physician offices. “UPMC bases this on national and state ...

Last week’s announcement that the State University of New York will no longer require its students to be vaccinated against COVID-19 was met with enthusiasm by the president of Jamestown Community College. “It feels like the fog is lifting,” Daniel DeMarte said during a college Board of ...

ALBANY (AP) — New York state officials said they will allow COVID-19-related masking requirements for staff, patients and visitors in hospitals and other health care facilities to lapse on Sunday. Acting Health Commissioner Dr. James McDonald said that while the pandemic is not over, "we ...

NEW YORK (AP) — New U.S. government data suggests holiday gatherings didn't spark surges in respiratory diseases. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday reported that visits to doctors' offices for the flu-like illnesses fell for the sixth straight week. Reports of RSV, a ...

A British historian, an Italian archaeologist and an American preschool teacher have never met in person, but they share a prominent pandemic bond. Plagued by eerily similar symptoms, the three women are credited with describing, naming and helping bring long COVID into the public's ...