The U.S. is expanding COVID-19 boosters, ruling that 16- and 17-year-olds can get a third dose of Pfizer's vaccine. The U.S. and many other nations already were urging adults to get booster shots to pump up immunity that can wane months after vaccination, calls that intensified with the ...

NEW YORK (AP) — A surprise year-end decree by New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio ordering virtually all businesses in his city to get workers vaccinated has sowed confusion and frustration — and could set off a mad holiday dash to force vaccine holdouts to choose between jabs or jobs. ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The legality of an order by Pennsylvania's acting state health secretary that requires masks in K-12 schools and child care facilities will be decided by the state Supreme Court after the two sides argue their respective positions before the justices Wednesday. The ...

Pfizer said Wednesday that a booster dose of its COVID-19 vaccine may offer important protection against the new omicron variant even though the initial two doses appear significantly less effective. Pfizer and its partner BioNTech said that while two doses may not be protective enough to ...

Chautauqua County averaged more than 124 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 last week, continuing what has been a recent surge of people testing positive for the virus. In addition, five new virus-related deaths have been reported from Nov. 28 through Dec. 4 in information posted Wednesday by ...

Two of Chautauqua County's hospitals are among 32 facilities across New York state that will begin limiting non-essential surgeries this week. The move follows an executive order signed by Gov. Kathy Hochul and is in response to a growing concern over hospital bed availability during the ...