vaccination

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is doing whatever he can to undermine public health. Last week, he ordered his department to...

A coalition of states sued the Trump administration on Tuesday over its decision to cut $11 billion in federal funds that go toward COVID-19 initiativ...

OLEAN — While New York is one of nine states across the country with current measles outbreaks, there are no known cases in Cattaraugus County. A quar...

WASHINGTON (AP) — In recent months, Americans looking for eggs have faced empty shelves in their grocery stores. The escalating threat of avian flu ha...

Five years ago, a cluster of people in Wuhan, China, fell sick with a virus never before seen in the world. The germ didn't have a name, nor did the i...

WELLSVILLE — Ardent Solutions, in partnership with the Allegany County Department of Health, is hosting a series of vaccination clinics in November as...

New coronavirus vaccines are available, and state health officials encourage anyone 65 and older, at risk for severe COVID-19 or who has never receive...

The New York State Department of Health has recognized National Immunization Awareness Month and encourages New Yorkers to review their children’s vac...

The New York State Department of Health is urging New Yorkers to take precautions to prevent rabies infections, especially during summer months. Rabie...

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

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...

CHICAGO (TNS) — In a Jan. 2 “Monday Night Football” game, Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin suffered cardiac arrest and collapsed on the field. An imm...

SYRACUSE (TNS) — The new highly contagious XBB.1.5 COVID variant has become the most predominant strain of the virus circulating in New York state, th...

“The pandemic is over,” President Joe Biden declared this month as he toured the Detroit Auto Show. “We still have a problem with COVID. We’re still d...

BELMONT — The Allegany County Department of Health will provide the COVID-19 bivalent vaccine boosters at clinics beginning Saturday. As in the past, ...

ALBANY — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said Friday the state was stepping up its polio-fighting efforts as the virus that causes the life-threatening dis...

Editor's note: This article originally listed incorrect information regarding actual cases of polio in the Mid-Hudson region. Only one case of polio h...

Community Bank, N.A. employees are tapping into a $5,000 fund to improve along the Allegheny River Valley Trail in the name of a late co-worker. “In t...