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ALBANY — The federal government’s count of the COVID-19 death toll in New York has 11,000 more victims than the tally publicized by the administration...

The American Red Cross in Western New York says the need for blood and platelets remains crucial for patients relying on lifesaving transfusions. The ...

HIMROD (AP) — One person was killed and four people were hurt Saturday when a speed boat flipped over in New York's Finger Lakes region. Yates County ...

ANGELICA — Those seeking COVID-19 vaccines can do so at the Allegany County Fair. The county Department of Health reported that the Johnson & Johnson ...

The delta variant is the new pandemic scare story. Its spread into the U.S. hasn’t led to a surge in deaths or packed hospital wards, but the news of ...

ALBANY (TNS) — Gov. Cuomopleaded with inoculation-hesitant New Yorkers to get their COVID-19 shots on Thursday, telling them that the vaccine is the o...

When it comes to essential employees, there are a lot of positions that come to mind. During the pandemic, people came to realize how much they depend...

It goes by many names — a circus, adventure or even a game. It’s life. How we navigate the topographic contours of the one we lead is largely influenc...

ALFRED — Dr. Reza Rashidi wants you to think for a moment about your cellphone. Consider its amazing features and capabilities, from taking pictures a...

ALBANY — New York is seeing signs that more people are testing positive for the coronavirus, a contrast from weeks of declining rates of new positive ...

OLEAN — The Cattaraugus County Health Department reported a single new case of COVID-19 on Wednesday. That pushed the total number of residents diagno...

BELMONT — In a sign that COVID-19 is becoming a memory, Allegany County health officials will no longer be updating their online database daily. Throu...

ALBANY — The New York State Department of Health has announced a temporary increase in the state Women, Infants and Children (WIC) nutrition program’s...

Over the weekend, Sydney was put under a mandatory stay-at-home order for two weeks in response to the risk posed by the Delta variant of COVID-19. Th...

OLEAN — Cattaraugus County has now gone nine days without reporting a new case of COVID-19. That has not occurred since the very early days of the pan...

The American Red Cross reports a continued blood shortage heading into the Fourth of July weekend. Donors of all blood types, especially type O and th...

A memo just arrived from longtime volunteer Lila Ervay that reads, “Since Covid, our volunteer base has declined significantly, yet all the daily duti...

There had not been six days without a report of at least one new COVD-19 case in Cattaraugus County since early in the pandemic — in March 2020. Frida...