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WASHINGTON (AP) — In recent months, Americans looking for eggs have faced empty shelves in their grocery stores. The escalating threat of avian flu ha...

ALBANY (TNS) — Steve Gouvis touched his partner, Kimberly Hogle, on the shoulder. She had retreated to a bedroom in their Halfmoon residence a few hou...

We can’t say we didn’t see this coming: New York has put the first millions of dollars of opioid settlement money into its general fund, to be spent o...

The American Red Cross is urging healthy donors of all blood types to give blood to ensure a strong blood supply for patients as the U.S. braces for f...

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...

The images out of Wuhan are chilling. In the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak, health officials in white hazmat suits hover over the body of a vi...

LITTLE VALLEY — Cattaraugus County Sheriff Timothy Whitcomb was elected to serve as a member of the New York State Sheriffs’ Association’s Executive C...

SYRACUSE — An estimated 125,000 kids in New York had parents addicted to opioid drugs or were addicted themselves in 2017, according to a stud y relea...

From the city in the grips of the Spanish influenza epidemic to honoring the blood of soldiers with donated pints locally, from all eyes on Jackie O’s...

The first time I met Keagan Hernandez he impressed the heck out of me. The Granger Middle School sixth-grader wanted to meet in late August to talk ab...

LOUDONVILLE — Nearly a quarter of New Yorkers personally know of someone — a family member, friend or acquaintance — who has died from an opioid overd...

LOUDONVILLE — Nearly a quarter of New Yorkers personally know of someone — a family member, friend or acquaintance — who has died from an opioid overd...

LITTLE VALLEY — Three Cattaraugus County lawmakers are proposing a local law declaring the opioid epidemic a public nuisance, and the county plans to ...

The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree when it comes to diet and exercise among children. It’s essential for parents who want healthy children to be...

OLEAN — For the Childs family, Sunday’s Orange and Purple Family Affair in War Veterans Park was a chance to destigmatize addiction, spread awareness ...

New York state is making it easier for addicts and their loved ones to buy the antidote for opioid overdoses. As of Wednesday at pharmacies across the...

The growing problem of opioid abuse hit home for Mariah Syktich when her older brother, Josh Wells, died from a heroin overdose last year. Despite her...

The growing epidemic of heroin abuse is not limited to America’s large cities. The Armstrong-Indiana area has it's own issues, too. But there are solu...