Currently, just 36 percent of children ages 5 to 11 have been fully vaccinated while 73 percent of adolescents aged 12 to 17 have, according to state figures.
Albany Medical College scientists have been awarded a $3 million, five-year grant from the National Institutes of Health to develop a vaccine that could protect against plague.
As health departments in New York State and elsewhere are no longer doing the contact tracing they did for most of the first two years of the pandemic, the federal government has launched a website to help Americans figure out, as individuals, how to deal with COVID-19. The “toolkit” has links to find test-to-treat locations, vaccine sites, and how to order masks and self-administered tests.
A free waterfront lifeguard course will be offered April 19 through 22 in Gloversville.
People who are at least 16 years old and have vision of 20/70 or better interested in lifeguarding positions at Department of Environmental Conservation facilities this summer may register.
The young boy in the movie becomes “the guide” for his foreign audience as much as he is the literal guide for the blind musician, the Kobzar, Ivan, who befriends him.
“New variants, such as the B.A.2 variant, continue to arise,” said Governor Kathy Hochul, “and without additional federal funds the proven tools we have come to rely on, most notably vaccines and boosters, may not be readily available for all New Yorkers.”
