Nearly all staffed acute care beds in Chautauqua County hospitals were occupied as of Sunday, according to information provided by hospitals to the state Health Department. UPMC Chautauqua had all 82 of its staffed acute care beds occupied through Sunday, with 27 of those patients ...

After an initially lukewarm response from the state Health Department, Gov. Kathy Hochul is backing the use of COVID-19 test-to-stay protocols for schools. “Let me repeat that — we are keeping schools open because we’re dealing with a very different variant at this time,” Hochul said ...

The January administration of the high school Regents examination program has been canceled due to the ongoing COVID–19 pandemic, state Education Commissioner Betty Rosa announced Tuesday. The cancellation applies to all Regents examinations that had been scheduled for the January Regents ...

Less than 40% of the eligible population in Chautauqua County is not vaccinated against COVID-19 yet they account for nearly 70% of those hospitalized with the virus, the county Health Department said. "I'm very concerned that as people gather for the holidays, especially indoors, we're going ...

The New York state Attorney General's office is asking the public to be aware of potential price gouging of over-the-counter coronavirus test kits. In a news release, Attorney General Letitia James said that her office has received complaints of COVID-19 testing products being sold at double ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Kathryn Malara, a Brooklyn teacher, lingered on a street Tuesday, filled with dread about going to her job. "I'm sitting in my car terrified to walk into school," she wrote on Twitter just before taking a deep breath and heading to her classroom. "Cases exploding. People I ...