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

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...

HomeCare & Hospice, which provides medical care and emotional support for patients and their families coping with life-limiting illnesses, will begin ...

BRADFORD, Pa. — A local cardiologist is returning to UPMC next month, and he isn’t mincing words about the reasons behind his decision to leave Bradfo...

BELMONT — As the summer warms up, bats — and bat-related rabies risks — are taking off, Allegany County Department of Health officials reported. “Warm...

OLEAN — Olean General Hospital announces the appointment of Dr. Muzamil Sheikh, a pulmonary and sleep medicine specialist, to Foothills Medical Group....

PHILADELPHIA (TNS) — Lt. Gov. John Fetterman’s recovery from a stroke and his long-term prospects depend on a variety of factors — chief among them ho...

A recent survey of New York State-licensed healthcare professionals found half believed the COVID-19 pandemic effected “no noticeable change” on their...

OLEAN — Dr. Gerald Zupruk, a neurosurgeon, has joined the medical staff at Olean General Hospital’s Foothills Medical Group. He will offer patients co...

OLEAN — It will be easier to visit those in behavioral health treatment at the area’s hospitals after an easing of restrictions announced Thursday. Ol...

Olean General Hospital and Bradford Regional Medical Center will ease visitor restrictions starting today. Mask requirements remain in effect in all h...

Gov. Kathy Hochul and state Health Commissioner Mary T. Bassett were caught between what you might call a shot and a hard place: Risk a staffing crisi...

In the teeth of a terrible pandemic, millions of Americans, both patients and healthcare providers, for the first time plunged into telemedicine. Init...

ALBANY (TNS) — Doctors in New York can now prescribe pot for any ailment they see fit. The State Office of Cannabis Management launched a new certific...

Some conservatives are taking aim at policies — including one in New York — that allow doctors to consider race as a risk factor when allocating scarc...

We presumably trust our doctors or we would not be going to them for advice or troubleshooting with our health. But everyone makes mistakes. People ar...

Last month, I saw an elderly patient with underlying chronic obstructive pulmonary disease who was admitted to the hospital with a bone stuck in his t...

Scientists who’ve been reluctant to talk up any new COVID-19 treatment are suddenly using the expression “game changer” to describe the Pfizer antivir...