COVID-19

As NYC Youth Vax Week continues, community leaders are encouraging youth and parents to remain informed about the vaccine and get vaccinated.

By: Beth Jameson , Seton Hall University When many people think of a school nurse, they imagine a person who hands out Band-Aids for boo-boos. But school nurses do so much more.

By: Sanjay Mishra , Vanderbilt University Takeaways: Vaccines can be great at preventing you from getting sick, while at the same time not necessarily stopping you from getting infected or spreading the germ.

Comptroller Scott Stringer launched the new site to connect New Yorkers with city, state and federal services

By: William Petri , University of Virginia When COVID-19 first began spreading, public health and medical experts began talking about the need for the U.S. to reach herd immunity to stop the coronavirus from spreading.

Governor Cuomo said New York’s mask mandate would be lifted for fully vaccinated New Yorkers on Wednesday

By: Kristine Bowman , Michigan State University With the first COVID-19 vaccine now authorized for adolescents , ages 12 and up, a big question looms: Will students be required to get the vaccine before returning to their classrooms in the fall? As a

By: Mousumi Som , Oklahoma State University Two vaccines — the Johnson & Johnson vaccine in the U.S. and the AstraZeneca vaccine in Europe — have been linked to an increased chance of a rare type of blood clot.

UJA-Federation of New York saw a need in the community and immediately stepped up to serve some of our most vulnerable seniors

More than 3 million New York City residents have now had at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine