ALBANY, NY (WENY) -- Governor Kathy Hochul says face masks will continue to be required in schools for the near future. The governor said students will be sent home with test kits before midwinter break toward the end of February. Students will receive an

WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. (WENY) -- Schuyler County announced fire and emergency management staff will distribute free COVID-19 home testing kits and N-95 masks to residents throughout the week. According to WENY-TV's media partner The Star Gazette, distribution

ALBANY, N.Y. (WENY) -- New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Friday the State will extend its indoor mask mandate for businesses through Feb. 10. Hochul made the announcement during a Long Island press briefing on winter storm emergency preparations, accor

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WENY) -- A New York couple is facing charges after allegedly using fake COVID-19 vaccine cards to enter a Buffalo Bills Game. During the third quarter of the Jan. 15 game, Amber and Michael Naab were questioned by authorities about the vali

An open letter to Cornell University opposing the school's vaccine mandate received over 700 signatures. According to The Ithaca Voice, the letter addresses University President Martha Pollack and the Cornell Board of Trustees. On behalf of 783 students,

Gov. Kathy Hochul announced a new #VaxForKids campaign to increase vaccination rates among children ages five and older. During Tuesday's COVID-19 briefing, the governor said the new program will urge pediatricians, parents and guardians to help children

(WENY)-- In a major change, New York state says that contact tracing will no longer be required. The Steuben County Health Department has already started this process. Governor Kathy Hochul made the announcement today with Acting Department of Health Comm

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WENY) -- TRUCK DRIVERS HEADING ACROSS THE CANADIAN BORDER WILL NOW BE REQUIRED TO SHOW PROOF OF COVID VACCINATION. ACCORDING TO OUR ABC AFFILIATE IN BUFFALO WKBW, Canada's Public Health Agency said any foreign national truck driver who does

ELMIRA, N.Y. (WENY) -- The pandemic increased the number of people that Catholic Charities of Chemung and Schuyler Counties serve at their homeless shelters by over 52 percent. From 2016 to March 2020, Catholic Charities averaged 59 guests at its shelters

The Spencer-Van Etten School District will return to in-person learning Tuesday, January 11th, after going virtual due to rising COVID cases.

By Travis Caldwell and Mallika Kallingal, CNN (CNN) -- Covid-19 hospitalization rates among children are soaring in the United States, with an average of 4.3 children under 5 per 100,000 hospitalized with an infection as of the week ending January 1, up f

By Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) -- If you caught Covid-19 over the holidays -- and with the highly contagious Omicron variant in circulation, record numbers of people did -- you may be wondering what your next steps should be. Here's what the experts say yo

Schuyler County Public Health announced its final COVID vaccine clinic of the year and a handful of both adult and pediatric clinics in January.

BATH, N.Y. (WENY) -- New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Monday that $65 million in funding and other additional resources are available for counties struggling to enforce the mask mandate that the governor enacted last week. For Steuben County Manager Jack Wheeler, that is not enough. "It's so tough," said Wheeler. "The thing that I get frustrated with is a mandate that is not enforceable, that [New York State] could have easily enforced if they w...

BIG FLATS, N.Y. (WENY) -- With Christmas less than a week away, all Ithaca Tompkins International Airport's flights are at 100 percent capacity. Elmira Corning Regional Airport's planes are over 90 percent full. Elmira Airport is almost operating at pre-pandemic levels. However, DELTA Airlines is only sending half of its traditional amount of planes to Elmira Corning Regional Airport as part of its own company scale-back due to the pandemic.

On Friday, Chemung County Public Health Director Pete Buzzetti highlighted recent hospital data, stating the ICU has averaged three beds a day over the past week. 

WELLSBORO, PA (WENY) -- Tioga County, Pennsylvania is giving a snapshot of how COVID-19 affected the county in November. 

BATH, NY (WENY) -- The Steuben County Public Health Department is hosting a pediatric COVID-19 vaccine clinic on December 1st. 

"We're seeing definitely individuals that if they smoke and have a chronic disease -- it's most likely not that they're gong to be able to leave the hospital alive -- it's that serious a problem." Local doctors say they're seeing an increase of people who had quit to pick the habit back up again. 

(WENY) - Pfizer and Merck have conducted studies in developing an antiviral COVID-19 pill. The pill plans to be used in treating mild to severe COVID-19 symptoms.