medicine

Roll out vaccines faster in New York
Local Columnists, Nation World
Jan 08, 2021
Gov. Andrew Cuomo needs to stop talking about fining hospitals for slow administration of COVID-19 vaccines, but he’s not wrong that they need to do a...
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Cancer doesn’t take a break for COVID
Local Columnists, Nation World
Jan 06, 2021
According to an April 2020 report, cervical cancer screening dropped nationwide by 83%. This steep decline is due to the temporary shutdown of medical...
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Your COVID pod is a joke
Local Columnists, Nation World
TOM WROBLESKI Tribune News Service 
Jan 06, 2021
NEW YORK — Everybody’s trying to be so safe during the coronavirus pandemic. We’re not seeing family and friends. We’re not gathering in large groups....
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Allegany County nears 2,000th COVID-19 case
Allegany County News, Coronavirus, Local News, ...
BOB CLARK Olean Times Herald 
Jan 06, 2021
BELMONT — Allegany County’s COVID-19 case total neared 2,000 on Tuesday, with 21 new cases reported. The county Department of Health reported that to ...
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Sorry, it’s not over folks
Local Columnists, Nation World
Jan 04, 2021
It’s tempting after a year like 2020 to be impatient, to want to shake off a pandemic that’s lasted more than 10 months and be done with it. }Reality ...
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Celebrating 100 years of caring
Allegany County News, Local Columnists, New York
EVA BENEDICT, Special to Olean Times Herald 
Jan 04, 2021
WELLSVILLE — This year, Jones Memorial Hospital is celebrating our 100th anniversary. It has been a century of changes since our first patient was adm...
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More than 30,000 New Yorkers have died of COVID
News, NY State News, Western New York
Jim Eckstrom jeckstrom@oleantimesherald.com 
Jan 02, 2021
ALBANY — More than 30,000 New Yorkers have died in the months of the COVID-19 pandemic, as the state passed the milestone this week. Gov. Andrew Cuomo...
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A terrible year, yet one with small gifts
Local Columnists
Jim Eckstrom jeckstrom@oleantimesherald.com 
Dec 31, 2020
This past summer I got a call from my brother. “Mom’s in the hospital. There was some bleeding and it looks like she’s going to need surgery … and pro...
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