microbiology

When we talk about catching waves over the summer, this is not the kind of wave we mean. Because as summer winds down, it’s not ocean waves many of us...

The summer season is beginning to wind down, but children and families are still enjoying outdoor activities, from visiting woodland areas to playing ...

LAS VEGAS — President Joe Biden tested positive for COVID-19 while traveling Wednesday in Las Vegas and is experiencing “mild symptoms” including “gen...

Summer is a time to work in the garden, visit the dog park or hit the bike path. It is also a time to be aware of tick-borne illnesses including Lyme ...

OLEAN — After a successful spraying for mosquitos in parts of Cattaraugus County, health officials reported the insect’s population is rebounding. Lar...

During COVID, public health experts and armchair epidemiologists became obsessed with poop — or, more accurately, the secrets it held about the state ...

The return of warmer weather means a return of concerns about ticks when one spends any time in the woods or fields of the Twin Tiers. Spring temperat...

Importation of dairy cattle into New York from an out-of-state farm with a confirmed case of highly pathogenic avian influenza is prohibited under tem...

A bird flu outbreak in U.S. dairy cows has grown to affect more than two dozen herds in eight states, just weeks after the nation's largest egg produc...

It’s late January and the garden catalogues are beginning to show up in the mailbox. By this time of the year, many are getting tired of the dark skie...

OLEAN — Olean’s boil water advisory has been lifted, Mayor Bill Aiello said Monday, capping off a weekend of headaches for city officials, businesses ...

SEATTLE — In 2016, hospitals in New York state identified a rare and dangerous fungal infection never before found in the United States. Research labo...

RED HOUSE — Allegany State Park officials will continue checking Red House Beach for safety after a harmful algal bloom was reported on Thursday. The ...

RED HOUSE — Red House Beach in Allegany State Park is closed due to potentially hazardous algae in the water for the first time this season. Allegany ...

OLEAN — The boil water advisory for residents in the east end of the city and town of Olean has been lifted following a water main break Tuesday after...

OLEAN — A water main break Tuesday afternoon led to a three-day bottled or boiled water advisory for some Olean city and town of Olean water users. Th...

Perhaps we can blame COVID fatigue for numbing us to the risks of other viruses. But it should be bigger news that a bird flu has mutated to spread th...

ITHACA (TNS) — Early COVID-19 variants that no longer circulate among humans are surging among New York’s white-tailed deer, raising questions about w...