Less than half of New York's nearly 100,000 largely elderly and disabled nursing home residents are up-to-date on their COVID ...

In Suffolk, food pantries say the demand has never been higher with families hit by job losses and SNAP cuts, and first-time ...

Paul Martin, of Suffolk Road, Croydon, admitted having a stun gun but denied the other two charges against him.

One case was found in Wyandanch on Oct. 21 and the other in Lindenhurst on Oct. 24, the Suffolk County Department of Health ...

Voters will have to pick between three candidates who all have some form of law enforcement experience to be the sheriff of ...

A man who denied Covid and called for a violent uprising during the pandemic has been found guilty of encouraging terrorism ...

In advance of the election, Patch asked candidates to answer questions about their campaign. In Suffolk County's 1st ...

From inoculations against polio and smallpox to protections from measles and tetanus, vaccines are critical health care tools that have saved more than 150 million lives in the past 50 years. Rarely, ...

Your cough and runny nose may have only lasted a few days — but COVID’s hidden effects on your little swimmers may impact your unborn children. Research published earlier this year linked COVID-19 ...

Covid vaccines continue to protect against serious illness and death, especially for people ages 65 and older, although the benefits for younger adults are not as clear, according to a large new study ...

The CDC's panel voted last month to recommend COVID shots be a personal choice. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated its immunization schedule on Monday, dropping the universal ...