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OLEAN — Cases of influenza continue to rise in Cattaraugus County and across New York State. And they haven’t peaked yet, according to Public Health D...

OLEAN — The Olean Police Department feels a dent has been made in the city’s heroin problem — officers say the opioid is less available on the street ...

The Cattaraugus County Health Department has finished its 2017 inspections of most school cafeterias across the county, and while some schools passed ...

ST. BONAVENTURE — Health inspectors uncovered a total of eight violations — seven critical — during their last visit to St. Bonaventure University's H...

OLEAN — The Cattaraugus County Heroin-Opioid Task Force held its final meeting of the year Friday by reviewing both encouraging and concerning pieces ...

OLEAN — Despite national results showing varying effectiveness of most flu vaccines for different age groups, Cattaraugus County Public Health Directo...

OLEAN — The Cattaraugus County Board of Health could vote as early as next month on a change to the county’s sanitary code that would require most res...

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...

OLEAN — The Cattaraugus County Board of Health voted Wednesday to urge the county lawmakers to file a lawsuit against pharmacy companies potentially r...

OLEAN — The number of suspected heroin/opiate deaths in Cattaraugus County reached in the first week of June has already surpassed the number of death...

OLEAN — Karen Materna’s son would have been 30 years old June 14. Instead of planning for his birthday, she’s planning his funeral. “I can’t make a ca...

OLEAN — Citing rising numbers of deer ticks infected with the bacteria that causes Lyme disease, Cattaraugus County Public Health Director Dr. Kevin W...

OLEAN — Cattaraugus County last year had the unenviable distinction of having the most cases of gonorrhea of any county in Western New York. There wer...

Public Health Director Dr. Kevin Watkins and Director of Environmental Health Eric Wohlers congratulate the town of Hinsdale for winning the 2017 Catt...

OLEAN — A proposal before the Cattaraugus County Board of Health on Wednesday to recommend county lawmakers ban smoking in cars with children and fine...

Area officials waging war on the heroin and opioid epidemic lauded the state Legislature for including $200 million in the 2017-18 budget to set up mo...

OLEAN — El Mariachi reopened Friday after voluntarily closing for a week to fix violations discovered by a Cattaraugus County Health Department inspec...

LITTLE VALLEY — Lawmakers approved funding for the Cattaraugus County Health Department’s mosquito surveillance and control program Wednesday. The Cat...