health alert

A highly infectious and potentially fatal disease is spreading worldwide and has infected several people in New York.

A new recall has a grocery chain in New York pulling items off it shelves due to serious health concerns.

Flu cases continue to surge across New York, with the state reporting roughly 65,000 cases and nearly 3,500 hospitalizations so far this season.

Four people are undergoing post exposure prophylaxis after handing a kitten that turned out to be rabid.

Rabies continues to be a threat in Central New York, with a rabid bat managing to get inside a home.

The entirety of New York State is under an air quality alert due to smoke billowing in from the raging Canadian wildfires.

New York Department of Health officials are sounding the alarm over a dangerous substance that's circulating in the immediate area.

After a 30-year decline, cases of a life-threatening bacterial infection are rebounding across New York State.

Residents are urged to get rid of standing water on their property after group of mosquitoes carrying the potentially deadly West Nile virus were found in two different towns.

Rabies continues to be a threat, with health officials warning after two more foxes tested positive for the fatal disease.

Health officials are keeping a close eye on a tropical disease that's infected nearly 150 New Yorkers since the start of the year.

Hospitals across New York are reporting a concerning surge in COVID-19 patients, signaling the state is in the midst of a summer wave.