medicine

BUFFALO — Since the pandemic began a year ago, University at Buffalo researchers and the Erie County Public Health Laboratory have been using a proces...

ALBANY (TNS) — New York’s Excelsior Pass, a new system for confirming COVID tests and vaccinations, is launching statewide. The app will allow New Yor...

ALBANY (TNS) — COVID-19 hospitalizations in New York fell by 41 people on Wednesday to 4,600, But New York is still finding thousands of new Covid cas...

WELLSVILLE — Anyone eligible in Western New York for the COVID-19 vaccine is encouraged to visit www.alleganyco.co m to schedule an appointment for Fr...

There’s some scientific justification for using vaccine passports to allow vaccinated people — and only vaccinated people — back into restaurants, mov...

ALBANY — The New York attorney general’s office called on ethics investigators Thursday to look into reports that Gov. Andrew Cuomo and others connect...

Voting mostly along party lines, the U.S. Senate on Wednesday confirmed former Pennsylvania Health Secretary Rachel Levine to be the nation’s assistan...

NEW YORK (TNS) — Gov. Andrew Cuomo said critics calling for his resignation because of a supposed inability to govern don’t understand his job. “The n...

Millions of older Americans are still hunting for appointments to get vaccinated against COVID-19. Millions of younger Americans are waiting impatient...

ALBANY (AP) — New York Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie was one of two lawmakers who said they tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday, though both Democ...

WELLSVILLE — A blitz of COVID-19 vaccinations this week is the largest and most inclusive yet, Allegany County health officials reported Tuesday. “Thi...

CUBA — Cuba police are seeking the public’s help in tracking down equipment stolen in a break-in at the Town of Cuba Ambulance Service Monday evening....

This year it looks like New York will legalize marijuana use for adults, which is legal in 15 other states. There was a dispute on how to carve up the...

WELLSVILLE — More than 3,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses are set to be distributed this week in Allegany County. The clinics, run by the Allegany County De...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania has eased its mask mandate to allow people who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to gather with other vaccinat...

ALBANY — New York is expanding eligibility for the coronavirus vaccine to everyone age 50 and older, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Monday. The governor ...

NEW YORK — To Fox News’ Janice Dean, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is a liar and a criminal. He blames others for his “disastrous decisions.” He needs to...

For more than a year now, news headlines, social media posts and even personal conversations have focused on the Coronavirus. Topics covered governmen...