WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health regulators on Wednesday authorized the first pill against COVID-19, a Pfizer drug that Americans will be able to take at home to head off the worst effects of the virus. The long-awaited milestone comes as U.S. cases, hospitalizations and deaths are all rising ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration on Wednesday extended a student loan moratorium that has allowed tens of millions of Americans to put off debt payments during the pandemic. Under the action, payments on federal student loans will remain paused through May 1. Interest rates will ...

Despite Heritage Ministries estimating it would lose about 10% of its staff due to a state vaccine mandate for workers at health care facilities, the organization continues to accept new admissions and remains “fully open” in Chautauqua County. Efforts to attract new workers and retain ...

County physician Dr. Robert Berke has been a public health officer for several decades and on three different continents. On Monday to encourage people to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, Berke posted a video on the Chautauqua County Health Department’s Facebook page titled “This is ...

ROTTERDAM JUNCTION, N.Y. (AP) — Pushed up to the breakfast table, Betty Bednarowski folds and refolds her napkin with studied intensity, softly singing "Winter Wonderland" without the words, the same as she did in March and July and September. Dessert today is a tiny cup of pudding, like ...

Nearly all staffed acute care beds in Chautauqua County hospitals are 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 hospitalized ...