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Sunday, April 16, was National Health Care Decisions Day, a day to inspire, educate and empower the public and medical providers about the importance ...

ALBANY (TNS) — More than 130 nursing homes are suing the state alleging that a requirement to designate 70 percent of their profits for care of reside...

ALBANY — Gov. Kathy Hochul has implemented a controversial plan to reduce the state’s Medicaid costs by shifting millions of New Yorkers off their pre...

ALBANY — State Sen. George Borrello expressed disappointment Wednesday over the decision by state Attorney General Letitia James to appeal a state Sup...

OLEAN — There was some good news this month for members of the Cattaraugus County Board of Health. At last week’s meeting, Public Health Director Dr. ...

OLEAN — The anti-opioid Narcan is safe and effective, area health care and addiction service agencies reassured on Thursday. Southern Tier Health Care...

OLEAN — After nearly three years of COVID-19 in Cattaraugus County, there have been nearly 25,000 residents with confirmed cases of the coronavirus — ...

OLEAN — Upper Allegheny Health System, which operates Olean General Hospital and Bradford Regional Medical Center, announced Tuesday the appointment o...

BELFAST — The Allegany County Grange will host Dance for a Cause to benefit the Red Cross in Allegany County from 6:30-10 p.m. March 25 at the Belfast...

BRADFORD, Pa. — The drastic changes at Bradford hospital — the loss of its ICU, operating room and all 107 beds — are not mentioned in the primary leg...

ALBANY — Medical licensing officials in multiple states are scrambling to stop nurses with fraudulent academic credentials from caring for patients, a...

U.S. Rep. Nick Langworthy has joined two other Republican congressional members from New York in seeking to block Gov. Kathy Hochul‘s plan to expand M...

U.S. Rep. Nick Langworthy said he put the “hardworking taxpayers ahead of unelected federal bureaucrats” by cosponsoring and voting for the Stopping H...

ALBANY (TNS) — A bill that would dramatically expand birth control access in New York is gaining traction in the legislature this year and has the end...

ALFRED — Alfred State College hosted a forum that focused on enhancing the healthcare workforce in the region with administrators from St. James, Noye...

In the past week, both Cattaraugus and Allegany counties have joined a majority of New York counties in the medium level of COVID-19 transmission as c...

OLEAN — A Stand Down to support community military veterans is set for 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday at SUNY Jamestown Community College’s Cattaraugus Co...

Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, community health centers (CHCs) have been key to ensuring everyone can access affordable, quality health car...