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Department of Health and Human Services

Hartford, CT
News
Free COVID-19 At-Home Tests Will Soon Become Available Online Free COVID-19 At-Home Tests Will Soon Become Available Online
Free Covid-19 At-Home Tests Will Soon Become Available Online The Department of Health and Human Services will soon restart its program of offering free rapid tests for the virus through the mail. Every American household may order four nasal swab tests starting by the end of September by visiting covid.gov/tests or covidtests.gov. Both standard and more accessible COVID-19 tests will be available, while supplies last. The department did not announce what specific day and date requests will start to be processed. New COVID booster vaccines that became available at the start of September have been updated with a formula to more closely target cu…

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by Joe Lombardi
White Plains, NY
News
COVID-19: More Free At-Home Tests Now Available To US Households COVID-19: More Free At-Home Tests Now Available To US Households
Covid-19: More Free At-Home Tests Now Available To US Households The federal program offering free COVID-19 rapid at-home tests through the mail has just been restarted ahead of the winter holiday season and a potential rise in cases. Every American household may order four of the tests starting Monday, Nov. 20 by visiting covid.gov/tests, the Department of Health and Human Services says. If a household did not order four tests when the program was restarted in late September, it may place two orders for a total of eight tests now. About 15 million households ordered tests in September. Rapid tests ordered this week will begin being delivered…

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by Joe Lombardi
Albany, NY
News
COVID-19: New Data Reveals How Many Americans Have Gotten Updated Vaccine Shots COVID-19: New Data Reveals How Many Americans Have Gotten Updated Vaccine Shots
Covid-19: New Data Reveals How Many Americans Have Gotten Updated Vaccine Shots New data is shedding light on how many Americans have received a dose of the new COVID-19 booster shot for 2023-24. The updated vaccine has now been available for about a month and a half. More than 1,200 people are dying of COVID each week in the United States  four years after the pandemic started, the CDC says. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommended the newest vaccine targeting Omicron subvariants being provided by both Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna for everyone 6 months of age and older. Another updated vaccine, this one from Novavax, b…

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by Joe Lombardi
White Plains, NY
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COVID-19: Here's How Many Americans Have Gotten Updated Vaccine Compared To Last Year's Booster COVID-19: Here's How Many Americans Have Gotten Updated Vaccine Compared To Last Year's Booster
Covid-19: Here's How Many Americans Have Gotten Updated Vaccine Compared To Last Year's Booster More than seven million Americans have received a dose of the newly released COVID-19 booster shot for 2023-24, according to federal authorities. In mid-September, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommended the newest vaccine targeting Omicron subvariants being provided by both Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna for everyone 6 months of age and older. Another updated vaccine, this one from Novavax, became available this month and is recommended for those aged 12 and over.  The rollout of this year's booster was marked early on by some distribution of…

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by Joe Lombardi
White Plains, NY
News
COVID-19: Here's How To Order Free At-Home Tests Through Mail Now COVID-19: Here's How To Order Free At-Home Tests Through Mail Now
Covid-19: Here's How To Order Free At-Home Tests Through Mail Now The federal program offering free COVID-19 rapid at-home tests through the mail has just been restarted. Every American household may order four of the tests starting Monday, Sept. 25 by visiting covid.gov/tests, the Department of Health and Human Services says. But first, before throwing out tests past their expiration dates, HHS recommends visiting this page to see if expiration dates have been extended. The news comes as a newly identified COVID-19 strain BA.2.86 strain, known as Pirola, with around 30 mutations, has now been identified in 10 states. Earlier report - COVID-…

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by Joe Lombardi
Hartford, CT
News
COVID-19: Here's When Free At-Home Tests Will Become Available Again By Mail COVID-19: Here's When Free At-Home Tests Will Become Available Again By Mail
Covid-19: Here's When Free At-Home Tests Will Become Available Again By Mail Just days after the rollout of a COVID-19 vaccination booster shot started, the Department of Health and Human Services announced on Wednesday, Sept. 20 that its program of offering free rapid tests for the virus through the mail will be restarted. Every American household may order four of the tests starting Monday, Sept. 25 by visiting covid.gov/tests. But first, before throwing out tests past their expiration dates, HHS recommends visiting this page to see if expiration dates have been extended. The news comes as a newly identified COVID-19 strain BA.2.86 strain, known as Pirola, w…

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by Joe Lombardi
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Police & Fire
Out-Of-State Trial Awaits NJ Inmate Serving Time For Sexually Assaulting Glen Rock Teen Out-Of-State Trial Awaits NJ Inmate Serving Time For Sexually Assaulting Glen Rock Teen
Out-Of-State Trial Awaits NJ Inmate Serving Time For Sexually Assaulting Glen Rock Teen A man who began serving a five-year sentence earlier this year for sexually assaulting a 14-year-old Bergen County girl still faces related charges in his home state of Washington. Devin C. Curtis, 26, was originally arrested by authorities at his home in Clarkston, WA in June 2021. A mother had gone to police in Glen Rock a few months earlier after discovering “extremely sexual” texts and images. They, in turn, contacted their colleagues more than 2,500 miles away in Clarkston. Curtis apparently was already on law enforcement radar there after being accused of luring a female to his …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Edison, NJ
Police & Fire
NJ Correctional Officer Indicted In Beating Of Resident Who Died NJ Correctional Officer Indicted In Beating Of Resident Who Died
NJ Correctional Officer Indicted In Beating Of Resident Who Died A correctional police officer at New Jersey’s maximum-security facility for sex offenders was indicted for his role in the beating of a resident who died days later of a stroke. Giuseppe "Joey: Mandara, 54, of Brick Township “abandoned his equipment, including keys and radio, and thereafter used excessive or unlawful force” on Darrell Smith at the Adult Diagnostic and Treatment Center in Middlesex County, the indictment says. A grand jury in Trenton returned the indictment charging Mandara with misconduct last week, according to a statement issued by state Attorney General Matthew J. Platki…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hartford, CT
News
CT Business Owner Ordered To Pay $310K For Employing 'Excluded' Person, Feds Say CT Business Owner Ordered To Pay $310K For Employing 'Excluded' Person, Feds Say
CT Business Owner Ordered To Pay $310K For Employing 'Excluded' Person, Feds Say A Connecticut psychiatry business and its owner have been ordered to pay more than $310,000 to resolve allegations that they improperly employed an individual who was excluded from federal health care programs. Geriatric & Adult Psychiatry, LLC and its owner Dr. Alan Siegal entered into the civil settlement agreement with federal and state governments, according to an announcement on Wednesday, Feb. 23, from Leonard Boyle, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut. The Hamden business and Siegal were ordered to pay a total of $310,874, the US Attorney's Office announce…

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by Nicole Valinote
Mount Pleasant, NY
Schools
COVID-19: Sale Of Fake Vaccine Cards Prompts FBI Warning COVID-19: Sale Of Fake Vaccine Cards Prompts FBI Warning
Covid-19: Sale Of Fake Vaccine Cards Prompts FBI Warning The FBI has issued a warning about individuals selling fake COVID-19 vaccination cards and advertising them online. The agency said individuals should not purchase or make fake vaccine cards, and not fill in blank cards with false information, as it could put people's health at risk. "By misrepresenting yourself as vaccinated when entering schools, mass transit, workplaces, gyms, or places of worship, you put yourself and others around you at risk of contracting COVID-19," the FBI said. The FBI added that using an official government agency seal, like The Department of Health and Huma…

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by Nicole Valinote
Danbury, CT
Politics
Around Fairfield County: Restaurant Week, Dining Permits, Census For PPE, Call In Crisis Around Fairfield County: Restaurant Week, Dining Permits, Census For PPE, Call In Crisis
Around Fairfield County: Restaurant Week, Dining Permits, Census For PPE, Call In Crisis This Fairfield County city is gearing up to re-open restaurants with outside dining but right now you can order your favorite takeout and snag a deal. The Greater Danbury Chamber of Commerce and  City of Danbury are hosting Virtual Restaurant Week until Sunday, May 17. This event promotes curbside pick-up and delivery and here's the list of participants.  With Connecticut on target to start Phase 1 of its reopening plan on Wednesday, May 20, in response to Gov. Ned Lamont's May 14 Executive Order, the City of Danbury announced its two-tiered process for the reopening of …

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by Donna Christopher
Somers, NY
News
Wife, Two Kids, Neighbor Of Westchester COVID-19 Patient Also Test Positive, Cuomo Says Wife, Two Kids, Neighbor Of Westchester COVID-19 Patient Also Test Positive, Cuomo Says
Wife, Two Kids, Neighbor Of Westchester Covid-19 Patient Also Test Positive, Cuomo Says The family and a neighbor of the 50-year-old New Rochelle lawyer who tested positive for coronavirus have become the four latest subjects to test positive for COVID-19. At a press briefing on Wednesday, March 4 to offer an update of coronavirus in New York, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced that the man’s 20-year-old son, 14-year-old daughter, wife and a neighbor who drove the man to NewYork-Presbyterian Lawrence Hospital in Bronxville all tested positive. There are now six confirmed cases of coronavirus in New York State. Though that number is expected to climb, the governor cautioned. Ea…

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by Zak Failla
DV Plus - Westchester, NY
Politics
Around The Towns: Dealing With Heat, Vaping, Pot, Greenhouse Gases Around The Towns: Dealing With Heat, Vaping, Pot, Greenhouse Gases
Around The Towns: Dealing With Heat, Vaping, Pot, Greenhouse Gases A patient from White Plains received a special visit to her home from Westchester County Executive George Latimer and county Commissioner of Senior Programs and Services Mae Carpenter during the recent heat wave. While visiting Karen Tutnauer, both officials stressed the importance of checking in on elderly and ailing neighbors during times of excessive heat to ensure their safety.  Tim Leddy, president and CEO of Visiting Nurse Services in Westchester, explained that heat-related illnesses -- such as heat exhaustion or heat stroke -- are a threat to the e…

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by Jon Craig
Mahopac, NY
Lifestyle
Putnam Vigil Scheduled In Support Of Separated Immigrant Families Putnam Vigil Scheduled In Support Of Separated Immigrant Families
Putnam Vigil Scheduled In Support Of Separated Immigrant Families Residents from the area will come together late Monday afternoon in support of separated immigrant families. A vigil has been scheduled for 5 p.m. at the Putnam County Courthouse in Carmel as a federal court-ordered deadline nears for the reuniting of immigrant children and parents. According to officials, “about 3,000 young children were separated from their parents at the southwest border as part of Trump’s illegal 'zero tolerance' policy of criminally prosecuting asylum-seeking parents. Many of the children are under the age of 5.” ICE official Robert Guadian said children under age 5, …

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by Zak Failla
Armonk, NY
Politics
Congressional Group Tours Westchester Facility Housing Migrant Children Congressional Group Tours Westchester Facility Housing Migrant Children
Congressional Group Tours Westchester Facility Housing Migrant Children Elected officials in Westchester took a tour of one of the four facilities in the county housing immigrant children who have been separated from their families as part of President Donald Trump administration’s recently rescinded policy regarding issues at the Mexican border. Members of Congress, including Rep. Eliot Engel, Gregory Meeks, Nita Lowey, Grace Meng and Blunt Rochester were on hand for a tour of Children’s Village in Dobbs Ferry, which is the home to more than 300 migrant children who have been separated from their families. Following her tour of Children’s Village, Lowey issued…

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by Zak Failla
Armonk, NY
Lifestyle
Westchester Facility With Migrant Kids Working To Find Separated Parents Westchester Facility With Migrant Kids Working To Find Separated Parents
Westchester Facility With Migrant Kids Working To Find Separated Parents Members of Abbott House in Westchester, which is housing migrant children that were separated from their families from the Mexican border amid the recently rescinded Trump administration “zero tolerance” policy, are working to reunite the separated parties in their care. Last week, elected officials in Irvington, led by Mayor Brian Smith, issued a joint statement on Friday on the migrant kids who are being housed at Abbott House off Route 9 (Broadway) in the village in Greenburgh as President Donald Trump continues to vacillate on his administration’s immigration policies. “The Irvington Bo…

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by Zak Failla
Mount Pleasant, NY
News
NY AG Files Suit Against Trump Administration Over Citizenship Question NY AG Files Suit Against Trump Administration Over Citizenship Question
NY AG Files Suit Against Trump Administration Over Citizenship Question A multi-state coalition of elected officials, led by New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, officially filed a lawsuit in district court to block President Donald Trump and the federal government’s to bring back a question asking about citizen status in the 2020 United States Census. Schneiderman - leading a coalition of 18 state Attorneys General and six cities and the bipartisan U.S. Conference of Mayors - filed a lawsuit to block the Trump administration from demanding citizenship information in the census, stating that “demanding citizenship information from the census would …

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by Zak Failla
Mount Pleasant, NY
News
NY AG To Sue Trump Administration Over Citizenship Census Question NY AG To Sue Trump Administration Over Citizenship Census Question
NY AG To Sue Trump Administration Over Citizenship Census Question New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is leading a multi-state coalition of elected officials who are intending to challenge President Donald Trump and the federal government’s decision to bring back a question asking about citizen status in the 2020 United States Census. On Monday night, the Commerce Department announced it would indeed reintroduce the question, which had been asked until 1960. The lawsuit was filed by Attorneys General in New York, Connecticut, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New…

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by Zak Failla