medicine

OLEAN — Fentanyl-laced heroin and cocaine is responsible for up to 50 overdose deaths in Cattaraugus County over the past 2½ years. Dr. Kevin D. Watki...

ITHACA — Birds of prey in the Empire State are in trouble due to poisons used to kill rodents, according to a recent study by clinical researchers at ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Officials in New York City declared a public health emergency due to the spread of the monkeypox virus Saturday, calling the city “the...

It was four in the afternoon on March 10, 1991, when the first planned explosion of Saddam Hussein’s chemical weapons went off at the U.S. weapons dep...

NEW YORK (AP) — A federal appeals court ruled Friday against a group of New York parents who sued after the state made it more difficult for children ...

OLEAN — Olean General Hospital and Bradford Regional Medical Center announce the appointment of Dr. Joseph Staszel, pain management specialist, to Foo...

ALBANY — A judge on New York’s highest court has reversed her refusal to get the COVID-19 vaccine months after not complying with a vaccination mandat...

OLEAN — Leasa Peterson, a registered nurse, received the second quarter Nightingale Award at Olean General Hospital. “Leasa provides exceptional care ...

OLEAN — The local family of a young victim of Congenital Heart Disease is doing what they can this weekend to raise awareness and funds to give back t...

New COVID-19 surges have put many communities across the nation in a precarious position. The highly transmissible and evasive BA.5 subvariant is gett...

Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, community health centers (CHCs) have been key to ensuring everyone can access affordable, quality health car...

When I wrote two weeks ago that medical care after miscarriage or ectopic pregnancy is not abortion, I received a lot of emails from people who remain...

When I wrote two weeks ago that medical care after miscarriage or ectopic pregnancy is not abortion, I received a lot of emails from people who remain...

It’s the middle of winter, so outdoor sports might seem like a pipe dream. But plentyof people are training now for springtime 5Ks, summer 10Ks and ev...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — While more of us seem to be more accepting of insects — even the stingers and biters if they don’t enter our personal space — summe...

Kirk Young, vice president of student affairs, and Marilyn Zagora, vice president of academic affairs, at SU Jamestown Community College announced the...

ROCHESTER — Rochester Institute of Technology conferred degrees this spring to the following local residents:

The city’s fire department recently acquired new transport devices for EMS personnel to help safely move young patients in an ambulance. After a train...