New York State Department of Health

The New York State health department says it doesn’t release public data on pediatric hospital capacity, leaving parents less informed about their options as RSV, the flu and COVID-19 thrive.

Labor groups representing home health aides said New York state maintains policies that make workers “extremely vulnerable to occupational injuries” and wage theft.

The state health department is no longer requiring schools to report cases, but a health expert worries the closure of the COVID-19 Report Card is coming at an inopportune time.

Both updates arrived without press conferences to the public, even though polio is known to cause paralysis in children and the New York City school system started classes on Thursday.

The New York State Department of Health says Rockland County will be hosting local vaccine clinics for at-risk groups.

The award is the result of years of arbitration between health care union 1199SEIU and home care agencies – but some labor organizers say it isn’t enough money to pay back wages.

The Fair Pay for Home Care Act, which would raise the minimum wage for home care workers by 150%, now has enough backers to pass the New York Assembly and the Senate. But Gov. Kathy Hochul hasn’t lent her support.

Gov. Hochul said Dr. Mary Bassett is feeling fine and is awaiting the results of a PCR test to re-confirm her positive status.

“We were not allowed to collaborate with our peers in the local health departments."

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