covid – The Current

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COVID-19: Five Years Later

by Chip Rowe March 7, 2025 Why you can trust The Current

On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared a pandemic

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Updated COVID-19 Vaccine Available

by Staff September 13, 2024March 3, 2025 Why you can trust The Current

Recommended for everyone 6 months and older

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State Warns of Uptick in Covid Cases

by Staff July 12, 2024March 3, 2025 Why you can trust The Current

Dutchess, Putnam also see infections rise

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CDC Changes COVID Guidelines

by Staff March 8, 2024March 3, 2025 Why you can trust The Current

Bottom line: Stay home if you are sick

Wastewater from the Beacon treatment plant is being tested for the virus that causes COVID-19.

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Local Sewage Tests High for COVID Virus

by Leonard Sparks January 12, 2024March 3, 2025 Why you can trust The Current

Beacon, Cold Spring collecting samples for state

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Latest Coronavirus Update

by Staff September 25, 2023December 19, 2023 Why you can trust The Current

Garrison outbreak in ‘contained setting’ fuels recent spike in Putnam cases

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New Vaccine to Test Disinterest

by Leonard Sparks September 15, 2023October 13, 2023 Why you can trust The Current

COVID-19 booster rates low as local cases rise

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Top Killers: Heart Disease, Cancer, COVID

by Staff April 14, 2023March 3, 2025 Why you can trust The Current

Virus third-leading cause of death in 2020

Letters to Editor

Letters: COVID Updates

by Contributor March 17, 2023March 3, 2025 Why you can trust The Current

Writer: Get boosted!

JC Prinzo of Philipstown battled fatique for five months after COVID. Photo by L. Sparks

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Few Answers for Long COVID

by Leonard Sparks February 3, 2023April 30, 2023 Why you can trust The Current

Some Highlands residents still recovering

NewYork-Presbyterian Hudson Valley Hospital

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Beds Refill at Local Hospitals

by Leonard Sparks December 16, 2022March 6, 2025 Why you can trust The Current

COVID, flu spike follows Thanksgiving

Arts & Leisure

A Covid Chronicle

by Leonard Sparks September 23, 2022March 3, 2025 Why you can trust The Current

Journalist, Cold Spring artist recall pandemic’s first months

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More Pandemic Funds

by Staff July 29, 2022March 3, 2025 Why you can trust The Current

Municipalities to receive second payments

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Coronavirus Update (February to December 2022)

by Staff May 31, 2022March 7, 2025 Why you can trust The Current

FDA authorizes booster for children ages 5 to 11

Columnists

Reporter’s Notebook: The COVID Shrug

by Leonard Sparks May 20, 2022March 3, 2025 Why you can trust The Current

“I am built for sprints, not marathons, which is what the pandemic has become.”

Two students walk home from Beacon High School

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Schools Unmask

by Jeff Simms March 4, 2022April 30, 2023 Why you can trust The Current

State says face coverings now optional

Current Conversations

Podcast: Devastated By COVID

by Leonard Sparks February 25, 2022March 3, 2025 Why you can trust The Current

Maya Fasulo lost her mother and grandmother to COVID-19

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Pandemic Pivot

by Leonard Sparks February 4, 2022December 19, 2023 Why you can trust The Current

Highlands residents forge new careers

Philipstown News

Putnam OKs COVID Funds for Golf Course

by Liz Schevtchuk Armstrong February 4, 2022March 3, 2025 Why you can trust The Current

Also discusses Cold Spring trash, limits on comment

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What’s Next With COVID?

by Leonard Sparks February 4, 2022April 30, 2023 Why you can trust The Current

More variants and a lot of uncertainty

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Coronavirus Update (November 2021 to January 2022)

by Staff January 31, 2022December 19, 2023 Why you can trust The Current

Dutchess County will distribute free at-home test kits

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Masks Stay On in School — For Now

by Jeff Simms January 28, 2022April 30, 2023 Why you can trust The Current

Educators say it’s time for ‘off-ramp’ plan

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Omicron Waning

by Leonard Sparks January 28, 2022December 19, 2023 Why you can trust The Current

Cases plummet; hospitalizations, deaths expected to follow

Maya Fasulo sits at her mother’s bedside

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Devastated By COVID

by Leonard Sparks January 21, 2022April 30, 2023 Why you can trust The Current

Beacon native loses mother, grandmother

Philipstown News

Cold Spring Rescinds COVID-19 Policy

by Michael Turton January 21, 2022March 3, 2025 Why you can trust The Current

Board also hears presentation on tech updates