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SYRACUSE (TNS) — The new highly contagious XBB.1.5 COVID variant has become the most predominant strain of the virus circulating in New York state, th...

ALBANY (TNS) — After enduring heavy criticism for her administration’s decision to spend $637 million on COVID-19 tests from one company — owned by a ...

The state Office of Mental Health announced that local groups will share part of a $3.3 million federal allocation to improve access to mental health ...

OLEAN — Cattaraugus County has reported more than 200 cases of COVID-19 and two coronavirus deaths in the first half of November. The county health de...

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...

OLEAN — Cattaraugus County remains in the medium range for COVID-19 community transmission and has reported more than 700 cases and seven deaths in Se...

Editor's note: This article originally listed incorrect information regarding actual cases of polio in the Mid-Hudson region. Only one case of polio h...

OLEAN — Fentanyl-laced heroin and cocaine is responsible for up to 50 overdose deaths in Cattaraugus County over the past 2½ years. Dr. Kevin D. Watki...

NEW YORK (AP) — Officials in New York City declared a public health emergency due to the spread of the monkeypox virus Saturday, calling the city “the...

While last week’s U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade shouldn’t directly impact women in New York, where abortion is legal, the head o...

Cattaraugus County reported this week that three county residents died of COVID-19, bringing the total since April 2020 to 255 coronavirus deaths. The...

With two days to go in June, there have been 452 cases of COVID-19 in Cattaraugus County this month. That is the lowest monthly total since March when...

Cattaraugus County reported another COVID-19 death this week. It was the county’s 252nd COVID-19 death since the pandemic began in March 2020. The Hea...

The Cattaraugus County Health Department reported 42 new COVID-19 cases over the weekend and Monday. There have now been 20,567 cases of the coronavir...

OLEAN — Two Olean homeowners are each facing $600 fines in separate lead paint abatement cases brought by the Cattaraugus County Health Department. Th...

Rising COVID-19 cases in Cattaraugus County are leading to a rise in hospitalizations with the increasing spread of the highly transmissible omicron s...

The Cattaraugus County Health Department reported one death from COVID-19 and 61 new cases on Tuesday. A 97-year-old man was the 248th death from comp...

Thirty-four new COVID-19 cases were reported by the Cattaraugus County Health Department on Thursday. There have now been 18,516 residents diagnosed w...