Your COVID Vaccine Questions: How is Distrust Being Addressed? CDC Investigates Link Between COVID Vaccine and Sudden Cardiac Death The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released new data addressing the link, or lack thereof, between the COVID-19 vaccine and sudden cardiac death in otherwise healthy young adults. CDC Study on Cardiac … Read more
Study Reveals Proteins Linked to Long COVID A groundbreaking study has identified proteins that are closely associated with long COVID, providing crucial insights to develop effective treatments. Over the course of a year, 113 individuals with a history of COVID-19 and 39 healthy individuals were closely monitored, revealing that 40 patients developed long COVID symptoms … Read more
New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced Monday that 10 additional COVID-19 testing sites will open on the SUNY campus beginning Tuesday, January 11. The following sites will open and provide COVID-19 testing by appointment and walk-ins Monday through Friday, 8:30 am to 4:00 pm, each site will maintain capacity for approximately 225 appointments per day … Read more
What you should know New York Governor Kathy Hochul continues to push for vaccination and testing as the state battles its worst wave of COVID-19 in a year. Still, he said Friday that he was hopeful New York is seeing the first signs that cases are declining. Hospitalizations are the highest since April 2020 but … Read more
New York will open six new statewide COVID-19 testing sites on Tuesday, January 4 to address the recent surge in COVID-19 cases, Governor Kathy Hochul announced. These sites are intended to provide additional testing options in high-need areas in the Capital, Central New York, Finger Lakes, Hudson Valley, and Western New York regions. These new … Read more
The MTA on Monday morning launched its free COVID-19 testing program at Grand Central Terminal and the Times Square-42nd Street Subway Station, in hopes of helping the city combat the continued rise in virus cases related to the omicron variant. Free PCR tests are available every day (except January 1) seven days a week at … Read more
To find a test site in your area in any of the five boroughs, you can text the word “COVID TEST” al 855-48 or register your address in the city search engine here. The New York Department of Health website has a Map designed by Castlight: COVID-19 Resource Center which lists established or mobile sites … Read more
New York City has opened a number of pop-up sites for free COVID-19 PCR testing in response to the surge in COVID-19 cases in all five boroughs, Congressman Adriano Espaillat announced Wednesday. In collaboration with SOMOS Medical Group, local small businesses and organizations in the district, beginning December 22, New York City residents and their … Read more
A Brooklyn lab with mobile COVID-19 testing sites received a stern warning from the attorney general’s office: Stop advertising fast turnaround times on tests you can’t meet. The prosecutor’s office sent the warning letter Monday night to LabQ, which boasts on its website the “fastest response record in the entire tri-state area.” According to the … Read more