health care

WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Tom Reed and and a fellow House member from Alabama announced the introduction of the bipartisan Rural Hospital Support Act, le...

Allegany County Community Opportunities and Rural Development (ACCORD) will receive $4,039,677 in Head Start funds. ACCORD is a nonprofit Community Ac...

OLEAN — Concerns with gatherings for educational purposes or training have come to the forefront for many agencies this past year due to the COVID-19 ...

Imagine our country with all of us having access to quality and affordable health care. Coverage would begin at birth. No one would ever have to avoid...

BELMONT — Four new cases of COVID-19 were reported in Allegany County on Monday, while the nursing home at the center of a large outbreak issued a sta...

Few moments in life are as breathtaking as the birth of a child. Our moment came in 2008. Tiny, at only 5 1/2 pounds, our little girl arrived in early...

ALBANY (TNS ) — Gloria Wilburn said she was unaware that coronavirus had struck the Westchester County nursing home her husband lived in. But on May 1...

Every team needs a coach — a point person with experience, perspective and the ability to provide trustworthy guidance during challenging times. When ...

Americans can’t seem to agree about much these days, but one thing crosses all political persuasions: gratitude for our health care professionals, esp...

There are those in government and think tanks, and probably a few bars, who like to say that the U.S. Postal Service needs to run like a business. Her...

No one plans to have an emergency room visit. For urban dwellers, accessing an ER can be taken for granted. When you live in more rural areas, it can ...

One piece of conventional wisdom circulating in the wake of Bernie Sanders’ withdrawal from the Democratic presidential primary is that the COVID-19 p...

NEW YORK (AP) — A slight dip in new coronavirus deaths in New York over the last 24 hours may be a glimmer of hope that the spread is slowing, Gov. An...

I was texting someone over the weekend and, in what has become a usual exchange, I asked if he was doing OK. Yes, he answered back, but he expressed w...

WELLSVILLE — In conjunction with the 200th birthdays of Florence Nightingale and Susan B. Anthony and the 100th anniversary of the 19th amendment, whi...

DUNKIRK — Flanked by Western New York Vietnam War veterans Thursday, U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer called on federal agencies to “stop playing games” and ...

Officials from Grove City Medical Center, Allegheny Health Network (AHN) and Highmark Health joined community leaders and hospital employees this past...

For many of us, a New Year ushers in a breath of hope that “things” — however personal, communal, national, or global they may be — can and will impro...