The Chautauqua County Department of Health on Tuesday reported 42 new cases of COVID-19. There are currently 429 active cases of the virus in the county along with 33 people with the virus in the hospital, 1,282 in quarantine and a seven-day positivity rate of 8.4%. To date there have ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The nation's largest school district can immediately impose a vaccine mandate on its teachers and other workers, after all, a federal appeals panel decided Monday, leading lawyers for teachers to say they'll ask the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene. The city's Department of ...

As of late Monday night, New York state Gov. Kathy Hochul was reporting that the number of health-care workers receiving a first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine had increased dramatically over the last month. In a news release, the governor offered these numbers: -- The percentage of nursing ...

State Sen. George Borrello has signed on as a co-sponsor of legislation that would rescind regulatons requiring children between the ages of 2 and 5 to wear face masks in day care centers. The legislation, S.7392, was introduced this week by Sen. Mike Martucci, R-Middletown, as a response to ...

As a mandate that requires vaccinations begins today for health-care workers, state Gov. Kathy Hochul released a comprehensive plan that includes declaring a state of emergency to address preventable staffing shortages in hospitals and other facilities statewide. “We are still in a battle ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — It's a consequential week for President Joe Biden's agenda, as Democratic leaders trim back his $3.5 trillion tax and spending package to win over remaining lawmakers and work to quickly pass legislation to avoid a federal shutdown. Biden's domestic agenda is hanging in ...