With the state Department of Health discontinuing its COVID-19 contact tracing Virtual Call Center on Friday, April 29, the Essex County Health Department is now shifting its focus from calling those who may have been exposed to COVID-19 and recording every positive case to concentrating on ...

Four Essex County supervisors tested positive for COVID-19 after attending the New York State Association of Counties annual conference in Colonie last week. A fifth, who didn’t attend the conference, is also positive. Essex County Board of Supervisors Chairman Shaun Gillilland and Moriah ...

Masks at local schools will become optional when classes start on Wednesday, March 2, following the lifting of the state mask mandate. The state is now leaving the decision of whether to keep or drop the mask mandate up to county and city governments, but the state has also given individual ...

SARANAC LAKE — Visitation hours at Adirondack Medical Center were reinstated Tuesday morning, Feb. 22, with some limitations. The Adirondack Health-run hospital is allowing one visitor per patient to visit between 9:30 and 11:30 a.m., and between 4:30 and 6:30 p.m. “The one visitor ...

ELIZABETHTOWN — On Monday, Jan. 3, the Essex County Health Department announced the addition of a “self-serve” isolation and quarantine option, now available on the ECHD website at www.co.essex.ny.us/Health/covid-19-information-and-resources/. Meanwhile, health officials Wednesday, ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Starting Saturday, private health insurers will be required to cover up to eight home COVID-19 tests per month for people on their plans. The Biden administration announced the change Monday as it looks to lower costs and make testing for the virus more convenient amid rising ...