veterinary science

At the midpoint of Lyme Disease Awareness Month, New York state indicates that the current risk of encountering a tick species carrying an illness in ...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., joined 16 senators from both sides of the aisle to send a letter to U.S. Department of Agricu...

OLEAN — Fewer people have died from opioid overdoses so far this year than the opening of 2023, county health officials reported. So far this year, ju...

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...

ITHACA — Cornell University virology experts are sequencing the bird flu virus that struck cows in the Texas panhandle last month, after work at Corne...

LITTLE VALLEY — the Cattaraugus County Health Department will host a free rabies clinic for dogs, cats and ferrets from 9-11 a.m. May 4 at the county ...

ITHACA — Deer hunters were more likely to be swayed by social media messages about the potential risks of chronic wasting disease if they came from a ...

COUDERSPORT, Pa. — UPMC is coordinating an emergency preparedness training exercise scheduled for 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sept. 19 in the parking lot located...

OLEAN — Andrew Brodie, of Salamanca, was awarded a scholarship by the Olean Kennel Club. A graduate of Salamanca High School, Brodie now attends the S...

The New York State Department of Health urges New Yorkers to take precautions to prevent rabies infections in people and pets. Rabies is a deadly dise...

OLEAN — Despite recent heavy rains, there hasn’t been enough moisture this spring and summer to fill mosquito breeding areas. Without those natural br...

POUGHKEEPSIE (AP) — Authorities in the Hudson Valley region of New York were searching Friday for an aggressive and possibly rabid coyote that bit a c...

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...

ALBANY — The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation is in its second year of studying moose in the Adirondacks, fitting 19 moose with...

BELMONT — With state-of-the art facilities the SPCA Serving Allegany County is opening up its low-cost spay/neuter clinic to pet owners in the surroun...

ALLEGANY — A rate increase for dog license fees in the town of Allegany that will be effective Nov. 1 was implemented as the current fees have been lo...