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OLEAN — The Cattaraugus County Health Department will host a COVID-19 vaccination clinic at the Jamestown Community College Olean Campus from 9 a.m. t...

NEW YORK (TNS) — New York at some point will run into problems with Covid-19 vaccine hesitancy, but the state isn’t there yet, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said ...

ALBANY (TNS) — Lawmakers and advocacy groups are calling for restrictions on how New York uses future opioid settlement funds after discovering that m...

It took nearly 3 1/2 months for the District of Columbia medical examiner’s office to announce a cause of death for Capitol Police Officer Brian Sickn...

No matter what’s going on or where it might be going on, time is often of the essence when it comes to just about anything. The clock can be one of th...

ALBANY (TNS) — New COVID-19 cases in New York fell below 4,000 on Monday for the first time in months even as hospitalizations increased 90 to 3,873. ...

ALBANY (TNS) — New York lawmakers put the finishing touches on a piece of legislation mandating extensive new workplace health and safety protections ...

When the COVID pandemic hit, doctors and mental health experts foresaw the cataclysmic problems the disease would cause — not just the deaths, but the...

New York state ranks second from the bottom nationally for organ donations. Yet many compassionate citizens sign up with their driver’s license renewa...

ALBANY — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is allowing more people inside museums, movie theaters and indoor sports arenas as the latest data suggests the st...

OLEAN — Southern Tier Healthcare System will mark the one-year anniversary of partnering with ConnectLife to help ensure that local patients in need a...

About 28% of New York is fully vaccinated from COVID-19, and more than 40% of New Yorkers have had at least one shot, according to Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s...

OLEAN — Help is on the way for Cattaraugus County residents who owe back rent due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The New York State Office of Temporary and...

So are we having a fourth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S. or not? University of Minnesota’s Michael Osterholm has forecast a COVID “Category...

BELMONT — Allegany County is now more than 11 percentage points behind the rest of the state in terms of getting residents vaccinated against COVID-19...

OLEAN — Whether at the First Presbyterian Church in Portville, the Portville Library or helping out in her community when a need for assistance arises...

ALBANY (TNS) — Bars and restaurants in New York will be allowed to stay open until midnight starting next week, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Wednesday. That...

BRADFORD, Pa. — The top prosecutors from McKean and two neighboring counties have banded together to ask Pennsylvania lawmakers to take action on a de...