Outbreak

Suffolk County Health Commissioner Dr. Gregson Pigott announced Wednesday that Babylon High School officials alerted the Department of Health Services after more than 80 students were out sick on Friday, March 17.

Health officials in New York and Connecticut are urging local communities to make sure they are up to date on their polio vaccinations before the school year begins. In late July, a person tested positive in Rockland County.

The U.S. will declare a public health emergency to bolster the federal response to the outbreak of monkeypox that already has infected more than 6,600 Americans, two people familiar with the matter said Thursday.