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NEW YORK (AP) — Salman Rushdie’s agent says the author has lost sight in one eye and the use of a hand as he recovers from an attack from a man who ru...

CUBA — The Western New York Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association will present “Understanding Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia” at 11 a.m. Tuesday at...

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer pushed Friday for more federal help in Buffalo and Western New York in light of a deadly new “rainbow fent...

It is a tough situation that can also be uncomfortable—a colleague is diagnosed with cancer or other serious illness, and you want to do something, bu...

OLEAN — As participants in the Walk to End Alzheimer’s disease prepared to make their way around the Pines Healthcare & Rehabilitation, dozens were in...

OLEAN — About four dozen agencies, businesses and groups are gearing up for the final StrOlean of the year on Saturday. The Greater Olean Area Chamber...

In New York state, 83% of individuals who are recommended to have a mammogram are following the state’s screening guidelines, a percentage that’s been...

OLEAN — Olean General Hospital and Bradford Regional Medical Center announce the recent appointment of an infectious disease specialist, Dr. Avrille G...

Women with breast cancer have tough decisions to make. But pregnant women and those who want to have children down the road have even more to consider...

A common assumption of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD as it is commonly called, as that it affects only school-aged children. Howev...

Everyone is touched by grief at some point in their lives. This is even more true given the Covid-19 pandemic. But for many, the topic isn’t easily di...

ALFRED — The Center for Community Education and Training at Alfred State College has received approval from the New York State Office of Addiction Ser...

OLEAN — Cattaraugus County remains in the medium range for COVID-19 community transmission and has reported more than 700 cases and seven deaths in Se...

“The pandemic is over,” President Joe Biden declared this month as he toured the Detroit Auto Show. “We still have a problem with COVID. We’re still d...

President Biden finally dared to say it last week, declaring in an interview on CBS’s “60 Minutes” that the “pandemic is over.” Various public-health ...

This fall the American Red Cross and Community Blood Bank are asking the public to turn over a new leaf by donating lifesaving blood. While the leaves...

BELMONT — Remember the guy in the khaki shirt and shorts who braved close calls with dangerous wildlife and played with monkeys on “Mutual of Omaha’s ...

BELMONT — The Allegany County Department of Health will provide the COVID-19 bivalent vaccine boosters at clinics beginning Saturday. As in the past, ...