The Chautauqua County Department of Health reported two new virus-related deaths as well as 193 new cases of COVID-19 over the weekend. To date there have been 181 virus-related deaths and 11,794 confirmed cases in the county along with 11,190 recoveries. There are currently 423 active ...

ALBANY (AP) — The deadline for hospital and nursing home workers in New York state to be vaccinated against COVID-19 arrived Monday with the prospect of severe staff shortages fueled by workers getting suspended or fired for refusing to be inoculated. With thousands of workers still thought ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — An influential federal advisory panel overwhelmingly rejected a plan Friday to give Pfizer COVID-19 booster shots to most Americans, but it endorsed the extra shots for those who are 65 or older or run a high risk of severe disease. The twin votes represented a heavy blow ...

The county Health Department on Friday reported 88 new cases of COVID-19 along with a bump in active cases, new hospitalizations and people in quarantine. Of the new cases, 40 came from people living in the Jamestown zip code. There were also 12 in Fredonia, eight in Dunkirk and five in ...

ALBANY — State Sen. George Borrello is part of a lawsuit filed in state Supreme Court challenging the underlying authority of a universal mask mandate for students, teachers and staff in Pre-Kindergarten through Grade 12, public and private schools, that was imposed by New York state in late ...

A woman has been fined $1,000 by Chautauqua County for violating COVID-19 safety protocols. During the Chautauqua County Board of Health meeting, Douglas Hamernik, a public health sanitarian with the county Environmental Health Services, said an individual had violated the New York state ...