"We're recording well over 2,500 (cases) a day, in recent days, far more than we'd like to see," said State Health Officer Dr. Thomas Dobbs. "A lot of that's going to translate into the tragedy."
The letter is the latest GOP opposition to sweeping new federal vaccine requirements for private-sector employees, healthcare workers and federal contractors announced by Biden earlier this month.
New York has a long history of requiring healthcare workers to be immunized against diseases that pose a major public health threat, including measles, mumps and rubella.
The pandemic appears to be worsening the nation's longstanding obesity epidemic, and obesity can put people at risk for more severe illness after coronavirus infection.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services won't enforce the rule, which would require payers to exchange data with one another at a patient's request, until it finalizes future rulemaking.
Democrats' $3.5 trillion domestic policy proposal includes a slew of provisions impacting providers, including funding to build up the healthcare workforce.
The CMS sanctions will disrupt insurers' finances, enrollment and marketing operations in the competitive Medicare Advantage market.
At first, travel nurses were a quick way to provide resources to communities in need during COVID-19 surges. Now, experts say the travel nursing industry is exacerbating longstanding staffing and quality issues.
Northwell Health and Walgreens have entered a five-year strategic partnership that will make the health system's telehealth services available to customers throughout New York.
The president directed OSHA to write a rule requiring employers with at least 100 workers to force employees to get vaccinated or produce weekly test results showing they are virus free.
