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Although no contaminants have been found in samples collected from the Kane Water Treatment Plant earlier in the week, Pennsylvania American Water off...

OLEAN, N.Y. — Upper Allegheny Health System officials on Friday forecast enhanced services as they moved a step closer to affiliating with the larger,...

For Kane area customers of Pennsylvania American Water, issues reported this week on the smell and taste of the water do not pose a health threat. Gar...

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — For all his achievements, Jim Kelly's life has been tempered with professional and personal heartbreak. The Buffalo Bills Ha...

ST. MARYS — Leadership Elk and Cameron participants recently held their health and human services session. Organizers said the session began at Penn H...

With January more than halfway over, chances are you are close to or have already given up on your New Year’s resolution. But for those still seeking ...

More individuals across the region are experiencing fevers, headaches, tiredness and other flu-like symptoms than last year around this time. So far t...

Lindsey Hnath, M.S., CCC-SLP, has joined the CARE for Children staff as a full-time speech-language pathologist. Hnath will provide speech and languag...

OLEAN, N.Y. — One teen who took care of his younger sister for years while his mother was high on drugs eventually began “smoking weed” himself to eas...

PORT ALLEGANY —A National Day of Remembrance community event is slated for 4 p.m. Jan. 29 in the parking lot of the First Presbyterian Church at 12 Ch...

The January meeting of the Alcohol & Drug Abuse Service Inc. board of directors will be held at 5:30 p.m. Jan. 19 at the Bradford office. The meeting ...

Dr. Muhammed Javed, a long-time board member of Upper Allegheny Health System and a specialist in nephrology, has been elected to the governing board ...

State Rep. Martin Causer, R-Turtlepoint, has again been named chairman of the House Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee for the 2017-18 legislativ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Buffalo Bills quarterback Tyrod Taylor is having surgery to repair a sports hernia that contributed to a groin injury he sustaine...

While the influenza virus has been on the rise in the Twin Tiers region, the real culprit in recent weeks has been the dreaded stomach virus, on norov...

Dr. Tahir A. Chauhdry, an obstetrics and gynecology (OB/GYN) specialist with offices in Bradford and in Olean, N.Y., is no stranger to conflict or eme...

It’s nabbed headlines on a regular basis throughout the year, taking lives and ruining lives. The Era’s newsmaker of the year for 2016 is the opioid c...

D. Lee Hay, MD, obstetrics and gynecology, has joined the Women’s Health Services office of Bradford Regional Medical Center and the Foothills Medical...

PORTVILLE, N.Y. — The Pfeiffer Nature Center in Portville will host its second annual New Year’s Day Hike for Your Health on Sunday. The program will ...

STATE COLLEGE — A newly discovered virus infecting the fungus that causes white-nose syndrome in bats could help scientists and wildlife agencies trac...