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The New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) has issued a new emergency regulation requiring health plans to defer the payment of insurance premiums due under individual and small group commercial health insurance plans through June 1st, 2020 for consumers and businesses experiencing financial hardship due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This follows Governor Andrew M. Cuomo’s announcement ...

JOHNSON CITY (WBNG) — Binghamton University pharmacy students are right in the mix of healthcare workers on the frontlines of the coronavirus pandemic. Second-year pharmacy student Brian Kam works at a local pharmacy, and is tasked with balancing online courses and working in the midst of the crisis. “Going in as a pharmacy student I never expected anything like this to happen. But I’ll say it’s definitely ...

To help combat social isolation and depression among older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond, the Association on Aging in New York (AgingNY), in partnership with award-winning robotic pet manufacturer Ageless Innovation, is distributing up to 1,100 robotic Joy for All Companion Pets to those most at-risk for social isolation. “Social isolation was already a serious public health problem for older individuals ...

Amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced five new testing facilities downstate, primarily in minority communities. A drive-through mobile testing facility will open at the Sears Parking Lot at 2307 Beverly Road in Brooklyn tomorrow at 12:30 p.m., and a drive-through mobile testing facility opened at the Club House at Aqueduct Race Track Parking Lot, 110-00 Rockaway Blvd ...

The New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) today announced it reached an agreement with the lion’s share of the private student loan industry. Based on this agreement, which provides relief to as many as 300,000 New Yorkers, borrowers facing financial hardship due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic may contact their student loan servicer to defer student loan payments for 90 days and obtain ...

In response to widespread health care industry challenges due to COVID-19, the Chair of the New York State Workers’ Compensation Board (Board) has modified the New York Workers’ Compensation Drug Formulary (NY WC Formulary) regulation (12 NYCRR 441.3(a)(2)) to extend the deadline by which all health care providers must obtain prior authorization for renewals of non-formulary medications from June 5, 2020 ...

Amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today directed flags on state government buildings to be flown at half-staff in honor of those we have lost to COVID-19. The flags will remain lowered while New York is on pause. Governor Cuomo also announced that on Thursday, April 9th, the Kosciuszko Bridge, the Governor Mario M. Cuomo Bridge, the spire of One World Trade Center and LaGuardia ...

The prototype ventilator plugs into the oxygen source available in most hospital rooms or into a tank of oxygen. Laboratory testing so far has shown performance successfully meeting clinicians’ requirements for COVID-19 patients. Rochester Institute of Technology is leading an effort involving local companies and healthcare experts to produce a prototype ventilator designed to help meet the continuing surge of ...

NEW YORK−The New York State court system continues to institute a variety of temporary emergency measures to deliver essential justice services during these extraordinary times, with Chief Judge Janet DiFiore and Chief Administrative Judge Lawrence K. Marks today reporting that virtual court operations−allowing essential and emergency court proceedings to be conducted remotely−are now in effect statewide ...