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Multiple counties in New Jersey returning to inside mask mandates after holiday break. Brian Thompson reports.

SUNY Purchase campus in Westchester County mandating masks again after a spike in COVID cases. Melissa Colorado reports.

One of the State University of New York’s top liberal arts colleges announced Tuesday it was reinstating its indoor mask mandate for thousands, citing high COVID-19 transmission levels that have prompted a flurry of renewed advisories across much of America in recent weeks. SUNY Purchase said it believed it was the lone Westchester County college to reinstate the mask...

More people wearing masks as the flu, Covid-19 and RSV pose major health threats. Lynda Baquero reports.

Notice a few more face masks than usual on your Monday commute? At the office? Unsure? Monday marks the first weekday since New York City health officials “strongly” advised people mask up in public indoor settings as well as crowded outdoor ones regardless of vaccination status amid compounding infection threats of COVID, RSV and flu with the worst of the…

City health officials are now recommending that individuals wear masks indoors, Marc Santia reports.

For the first time in months, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is recommending masks in Central New York because of an uptick in COVID-19 cases and patients hospitalized with the virus. As of Thursday, the CDC identified nine counties in New York state that met the criteria, w which is based on new cases per 100,000 population, new…

There is a new push to get more people vaccinated with the latest COVID booster, especially ahead of the fall and winter. Andrew Siff reports.

A day after New York’s governor announced the immediate end of mask mandates on public buses, subways and railroads — and in stations — across the state, the NYC Ferry says it is on board, too. Gov. Kathy Hochul said Wednesday the years-long COVID requirement had ended for the MTA as well as in for-hire vehicles, airports, homeless shelters, correctional…

New York’s governor on Wednesday announced an end to a years-long COVID-19 rule that people had largely stopped heeding, and officials had stopped enforcing, months ago. The MTA mask mandate implemented at the start of the pandemic is over, Gov. Kathy Hochul said. The rule also ends in for-hire vehicles, airports, homeless shelters, correctional facilities and detention centers statewide....

The White House says getting a COVID shot will become a yearly tradition, much like the flu shot. Brian Thompson reports.

The MTA is no longer tracking mask wearing compliance, but the rules haven’t changed at all.

Face masks are still required when riding MTA subway or buses in, but you wouldn’t know it based on the level of compliance that has fallen off significantly in recent months. NBC New York’s Andrew Siff reports.

COVID cases are surging in New York City and throughout the country, fueled by the omicron BA.5 subvariant. Though the cases are less severe, the soaring case count is alarming — although fewer people appear to be masking up to protect themselves and others.

The new CDC COVID risk map is out. See where New York stands now.

News 4’s Rana Novini reports.

Everyone six months and older is now eligible for COVID-19 vaccines, marking a milestone moment in the pandemic. Adam Harding reports.

In this week’s episode of The Debrief, NBC New York’s Adam Kuperstein sat down with two researchers and a nurse who want to understand why some people haven’t been infected with the novel coronavirus yet after more than two years into the pandemic. Can they be immune?

And then there was one — or two, if you want to get technical about it.

The FDA authorized the first COVID-19 vaccination for children as young as six months on Friday. A panel of CDC advisors will vote Saturday, meaning shots for infants and preschoolers could be available as early as next week.