public health

OLEAN — After a month of planning — and another wastewater discharge into the Allegheny River — city officials plan to commission a study on how to fi...

Congressman Nick Langworthy led a bipartisan effort to urge the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director Mandy Cohen to delay the implement...

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

Gov. Kathy Hochul provided New Yorkers an update on COVID-19 as new variants contribute to increases in hospitalizations in parts of New York State an...

OLEAN — The Seneca Nation of Indians moved a step closer to suing the city of Olean over wastewater discharges into the Allegheny River. On Tuesday, t...

SALAMANCA — The City of Salamanca Board of Public Utilities will hold a public hearing on a proposed potable water rate increase at 6 p.m. July 9 in t...

The New York State Department of Health announced the launch of the “Don’t Bring Lead Home” public health awareness campaign to educate the public abo...

OLEAN — The Seneca Nation of Indians has again threatened to take legal action against the city of Olean over wastewater discharges. Seneca Nation Pre...

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

NEW YORK (TNS) — Congress blew its chance Monday to give Americans some insight into the COVID pandemic that dominated our lives for years. Following ...

OLEAN — Total Senior Care, located at 519 N. Union St., will host a Senior Health & Fitness Fair from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Wednesday. “TSC will join an esti...

Two Cattaraugus County municipalities will receive millions of dollars in grants and interest-free financing through the state’s Environmental Facilit...

ALBANY (TNS) — New York State Department of Health Commissioner Dr. Mary T. Bassett will leave her post after serving one year as the state’s top heal...

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...

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...

The Cattaraugus County Health Department reported 47 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday. There are currently 285 active cases. Twenty-seven of the new cas...

COVID-19 cases have bottomed out and are clearly on an upward trajectory again in Cattaraugus County. The health department reported 101 new cases fro...

Much has changed since President Donald Trump invoked emergency powers to combat the spread of COVID-19. Immunity, whether natural or acquired through...