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OLEAN — Cattaraugus County had recorded 589 cases of COVID-19 and two deaths through Wednesday in the month of October. It has been a double-digit mon...

NEW YORK (AP) — New York state is dropping its mask requirement on public transportation thanks in part to the availability of new booster shots targe...

OLEAN — The low numbers of new COVID-19 cases are a good sign, but they can be misleading, Cattaraugus County Public Health Director Dr. Kevin D. Watk...

The Cattaraugus County Health Department reported 30 positive COVID-19 tests from Saturday, Sunday and Monday. There were 10 positive cases on Saturda...

The Cattaraugus County Health Department reported 13 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday. Nine of the people were vaccinated and four were unvaccinated. T...

The Cattaraugus County Health Department has reported 45 new cases of COVID-19 this month and one death. The new cases and one death in the first four...

The Cattaraugus County Health Department announced 29 positive cases of COVID-19 on Thursday after reporting nine new cases on Wednesday. That pushed ...

Cattaraugus County reported 45 new COVID-19 cases since Friday — eight on Saturday, six on Sunday and 31 on Monday. That pushed the total number of re...

Gov. Kathy Hochul and state Health Commissioner Mary T. Bassett were caught between what you might call a shot and a hard place: Risk a staffing crisi...

With omicron fading and pressure growing to ease mask rules and other pandemic restrictions, there is growing debate among health officials and expert...

OLEAN — Another Cattaraugus County resident, an 80-year-old woman, died of COVID-19 complications Tuesday. Her’s was the county’s 235th coronavirus de...

OLEAN — Cattaraugus County Public Health Director Dr. Kevin D. Watkins is hopeful that recent indications that the Omicron variant of the coronavirus ...

OLEAN — Cattaraugus County health officials are hopeful that recent decline in COVID-19 caseloads indicate the omicron surge has plateaued. “I’m hopin...

OLEAN — Cattaraugus County reported 163 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, 100 fewer cases than on Wednesday. Forty-seven of the new cases were people wh...

OLEAN — Area colleges will require students to receive COVID-19 booster shots this semester. St. Bonaventure University announced Friday that returnin...

Scientists who’ve been reluctant to talk up any new COVID-19 treatment are suddenly using the expression “game changer” to describe the Pfizer antivir...

OLEAN — Two Cattaraugus County residents — men ages 35 and 76, respectively — have died from COVID-19, it was reported Monday. The older man was vacci...

OLEAN — Three more Cattaraugus County residents died from COVID-19 and another 51 people tested positive for the coronavirus on Friday. The deaths of ...