immunology

When we talk about catching waves over the summer, this is not the kind of wave we mean. Because as summer winds down, it’s not ocean waves many of us...

The New York State Department of Health has recognized National Immunization Awareness Month and encourages New Yorkers to review their children’s vac...

LAS VEGAS — President Joe Biden tested positive for COVID-19 while traveling Wednesday in Las Vegas and is experiencing “mild symptoms” including “gen...

Summer is a time to work in the garden, visit the dog park or hit the bike path. It is also a time to be aware of tick-borne illnesses including Lyme ...

OLEAN — After a successful spraying for mosquitos in parts of Cattaraugus County, health officials reported the insect’s population is rebounding. Lar...

Gov. Kathy Hochul provided New Yorkers an update on COVID-19 as new variants contribute to increases in hospitalizations in parts of New York State an...

During COVID, public health experts and armchair epidemiologists became obsessed with poop — or, more accurately, the secrets it held about the state ...

BROWNVILLE (AP) — A Long Island doctor who was headed to Upstate New York to see the solar eclipse with her family fell out of a moving trailer on a h...

For decades, Americans have had little reason to fear measles. Because of widespread vaccines that are safe and effective, the disease was considered ...

OLEAN — Measles is making a comeback in the United States, and New York is one of 17 states with current measles outbreaks. And while Cattaraugus Coun...

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer reminded the more than 3 million New Yorkers on Medicare that for the first time ever recipients now have ...

With the holidays a week away, the New York State Department of Health issues a reminder that vaccines are available to protect against flu, COVID-19 ...

ALBANY — New York state’s health commissioner, Dr. James McDonald, has declared that influenza is prevalent, which means that healthcare workers who h...

BRADFORD, Pa. — The University of Pittsburgh at Bradford will host Dr. John Androsavich, a 2007 graduate who will discuss the promise of biomedical re...

OLEAN — Opioid deaths so far this year in Cattaraugus County are more than twice the number of overdose deaths from 2020. Cattaraugus County’s public ...

OLEAN — In a recent American College Health Association report, SUNY Jamestown Community College was featured with other community colleges for their ...

From the Klan coming to Olean to a new home for scouts, from eyes on Agnew’s replacement turning to New York to a museum recovering from a tornado, he...

FRANKLINVILLE — Cattaraugus County Health Department officials are satisfied with the initial rollout of the 2023 influenza and COVID-19 vaccine clini...