What are the current safety guidelines?
Safety guidelines are frequently changing and old or incorrect statements are often shared. Check out these sources for official, current guidelines.
The official Center for Disease Control (CDC) website offers up-to-date suggestions on how you can stay safe even after being fully vaccinated:
Want an easy-to-read summary of these guidelines? Try this article from the New York Times, published on May 17, 2021
If you are not yet vaccinated, visit our vaccine information page to learn more about where you can get vaccinated.
Finding good health information
It can be tough to find what you’re looking for online, and even when you find it, how can you trust what you’re seeing?
Libraries are here to:
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- Help you find information
- Help you understand information
- Help you judge information
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Take a look at some of our health information resources to learn more!
Recursos en Español
Recursos generales
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- Explicación en lenguaje sencillo de COVID-19
- Información del departamento de salud de Westchester
- El directorio de traducción sólo en español, con nuevo material investigado únicamente en beneficio de los miembros de la comunidad de habla hispana (Centro para el envejecimiento en el lugar)
- Información de Los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades (CDC)
- Información de la Organización Mundial de la Salud
- COVID-19 Recursos Para Adultos Mayores y sus Cuidadores (National Council on Aging)
Recursos en Westchester
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- Sobre el COVID-19 Condado De Westchester Condado De Westchester Información De Salud Y Recursos Comunitarios (New York Medical College)
COVID-Related Scams
There are currently NO home testing kits
If you are called with an offer for a kit – hang up.
It is a scam. There are also phishing emails (attempts to steal your passwords) saying they have information on COVID-19 from authoritative sources. Don’t click on the embedded links or attachments.
Learn more at the NYS Attorney General website.
Learn about Medicare scams and fraud
See the Senior Medicare Patrol Fraud Alert