Spectators soon allowed at Suffolk County high school sports
Spectators will be allowed to attend high school sports in Suffolk County starting Monday. The decision means that two spectators per participant can attend the games.
For outdoor games, two spectators are allowed per player for both the home and away teams. However, for indoor games, the spectators are only allowed for players on the home team.
Dolly Parton gets COVID-19 vaccine she helped fund with $1M donation
Parton chronicled the vaccination process in a video posted Tuesday to social media. In it, she sang a parody of her hit song Jolene with new lyrics imploring people to get vaccinated.
Lincoln Center to emerge from COVID pandemic with outdoor shows
Lincoln Center intends to emerge from the novel coronavirus pandemic by creating 10 outdoor stages for performances and rehearsals in New York City starting April 7. Venues announced Thursday as part of the Restart Stages initiative include a cabaret-style stage on Lincoln Center s Hearst Plaza, areas for public school graduations, dedicated space for arts activities for young people and an outdoor reading room created with The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.
New York s new nursing home visitation guidelines still keep visitors out
The new guidelines still incorporate a restriction by which if anyone in the nursing home - staff or resident - is diagnosed with the coronavirus, the nursing home cannot allow any visitors for 14 days. For most of the pandemic, it was 28 days, but the state relaxed the restriction in September to two weeks.
Glasses wearers less likely to get COVID, study says
Wearing glasses might give you an extra layer of protection against COVID. A new study out of India found people who wear glasses are three times less likely to get the virus.
Researchers suggest that s because they re less likely to touch their eyes which can be a significant route of infection.
105-year-old survives COVID, offers advice to long life
Lucia DeClerck said Tuesday she s feeling wonderful. She has now lived through two World Wars and two pandemics, and at 105 years old, she is even getting the hang of Zoom.
New Yorkers should wear 2 masks until at least June: Mayor
Johnson & Johnson expects to deliver 20M doses of vaccine by end of March
Johnson & Johnson said it expects to deliver 20 million doses of its single-shot vaccine by the end of March. The vaccine could be authorized by the FDA as early as Friday.
Rapper who died of COVID honored in Bronx
Frederick Thomas, known to fans as Fred the Godson, died last April after several weeks in the hospital at the age of 41. Friends and family braved the snow and rain Monday to see the corner of Leggett Avenue and Kelly Street be re-named in his honor.
Connecticut adjusts vaccine rollout to age-based system