disease

ALBANY (TNS) — Deaths due to Alzheimer’s and dementia have been surging in New York and across the nation at levels well above normal this year, and a...

All you need to know about Chuck Crist is that he was the guy who most every boy wants to be. An exceptional athlete at Salamanca High School, he acco...

ALBANY (TNS ) — A record number of flu shots are being manufactured as part of a dire push to immunize Americans against influenza during the COVID-19...

The world is perilous enough for the average senior citizen without a highly contagious, potentially deadly new virus causing a global outbreak of dis...

If you’re feeling a little blue right now, you’re not alone. This is typically a time of year that people are happily taking off for a final run at su...

Summer is back, and while the COVID-19 pandemic has prompted the cancellation of festivals, concerts and other large gatherings, people who enjoy bein...

Bats have had a PR problem for millennia. They have been maligned as omens of evil, carriers of disease and many people just simply fear or hate them....

OLEAN — Closed schools and businesses. Bans on hand shaking. Unscrupulous residents hoping to make a quick buck. “Oh, it’s just the flu.” No, that’s n...

With all the focus on coronavirus, the season for a malady that was in a lot of headlines in the Northeast is heating up. We mean tick-borne Lyme dise...

ALFRED — An Allegany County police department reported Tuesday that four officers have contracted COVID-19. Alfred Police Chief Paul Griffith made the...

ALBANY (TNS ) — New York may have 64 potential cases of children coming down with a coronavirus-linked inflammatory disease, raising concerns among he...

BELMONT — One new case of COVID-19 has been reported in Allegany County — the first new case in almost two weeks. The Allegany County Department of He...

ITHACA — Dogs have highly sensitive noses, a trait environmental conservationists, land managers and plant disease specialists are harnessing to sniff...

OLEAN — Area companies continue to adapt to coronavirus, with one store making changes after employees came down with the illness reporting no additio...

BELMONT — An Allegany County sheriff’s deputy has tested positive for coronavirus, according to media reports. Quoting Sheriff Rick Whitney, The Eveni...

When the 9/11 attacks occurred in 2001, Olean native and U.S. Navy doctor Terrence Dwyer served as the director of medical services on the USNS Comfor...

The state reported a new case of COVID-19 in Cattaraugus County on Sunday, and officials expect the number to continue climbing. To date, 10 Cattaraug...

OLEAN — Walk the Way of the Cross, scheduled for April 10, has been canceled by the Executive Board of the Greater Olean Association of Churches. “It ...