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Scientists and researchers the world over have harnessed the energy of their minds and hearts to craft a weapon against the persistent and deadly COVI...

ALLEGANY — Cattaraugus County has moved the drive-thru COVID testing site that was formally located at the Allegany Firemen’s Grounds. The new site, w...

For the third day in a row, Allegany County officials reported what could be considered a relatively light total of new COVID-19 cases, with 12 on Wed...

OLEAN — Greater Olean Area Chamber of Commerce has scheduled its next virtual Lunch and Learn for Tuesday, Dec. 8 at noon. The topic is Reducing Stres...

ALBANY (TNS) — New York expects its first delivery of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine on Dec. 15, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Wednesday. That’s assuming the v...

Allegany County, which reported 16 new cases of COVID-19 infection on Tuesday, will offer three more opportunities for free rapid testing in the comin...

As COVID-19 infections, hospitalizations and deaths are rising daily in New York, the governor says a federal vaccination plan has “gross omissions” t...

We’ve never seen anything like it, have we — some state governments not just advising people on how to spend Thanksgiving with their families, but dic...

OLEAN — As the spread of COVID-19 continues and some area families struggle to put food on the table, St. Bonaventure University’s Warming House has b...

BELMONT — Allegany County health officials on Monday reported seven new deaths due to COVID-19, while the county saw the fewest number of new cases in...

Every once in a while, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo says something I absolutely agree with. At the beginning of the pandemic, he went on and on about ho...

Perhaps the coronavirus crisis, which has kept people closer to home, has helped with adoptions, but even though the SPCA had to close its doors to vi...

From keeping an eye on a terrible disease to getting ready for holiday shopping, from fighting for airport funds to fixing up downtown, here’s a look ...

BUFFALO — Anyone who has undergone a nasal swab or saliva test for COVID-19 knows that the virus is most easily detected in the nose and mouth. That’s...

ALBANY — Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo reported Sunday the highest statewide infection rate seen since May, at 4.27% of 157,000 tests conducted. There were als...

BRADFORD, Pa. — We’ve all seen it: “Based on a true story” attached to a movie that drew us in and kept us engaged for an hour or so. Sometimes, a mon...

BELMONT — Allegany County reported 30 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday as the governor said Western New York’s overall positivity rate spiked to a seve...

Dear Doctors: Our family spends a lot of time these days on our screens. I’ve always had trouble sleeping (mom brain), but now my husband and our two ...