Local Health News

OLEAN — To protect children and prevent infant deaths caused by unsafe sleeping environments, Southern Tier Health Care System has become a Cribs for ...

ALBANY (AP) — New York may allow the parents of young children to defer a piece of their state income taxes to help cover the cost of child care. The ...

OLEAN — Eric Wohlers, the Cattaraugus County Health Department’s director of Environmental Health, was flabbergasted when he learned of the scope of l...

OLEAN — If mosquitoes capable of carrying the Zika virus find their way to the area, the Cattaraugus County Health Department’s surveillance and contr...

(TNS) The Zika virus headlines may seem disturbingly familiar — with good reason. Although Zika and Ebola are very different contagions that cause dis...

ALBANY (AP) — When the emergency room fills up — whether it's a big accident, flu season or a stroke of misfortune — Brooklyn nurse Rose Green says sh...

(TNS) Thirteen years ago, I started a pharmaceutical sales career for Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, peddling samples out of my bag near the lush beautiful be...