A public hearing is scheduled Tuesday on a proposal to ban smoking – including vaping and cannabis – along sidewalks in the city of Cortland. The city Common Council will consider …
The Tompkins County Sheriff’s Office is warning the public following an increase in naloxone-resistant overdoses it believes to be associated with a new drug called xylazine. Cortland County …
A year ago this month, Tom Leahy of Locke found out he had stage 4 prostate cancer — just as the Renzi Cancer Center at Guthrie Cortland Medical Center opened. "It was a scary thing to …
About 40% of Cortland County’s LGBTQ population was at risk of a substance use disorder, the county’s most recent health assessment found, leading health advocates to see better access …
Prostate cancer – the leading cause of cancer deaths in men – often goes unnoticed, a doctor said during a new conference capping Prostate Cancer Awareness Month, as he recommended …
About 1 woman in 8 will get breast cancer in their lives, the national Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports: 30 minutes could save your life. That’s why Guthrie Cortland …
Educators and administrators say students need mental health resources more than ever. That does not mean they are getting them. Mental health counseling jobs have a 40% vacancy rate statewide, a …
After two years of fewer influenza cases – attributed to measures meant to slow the spread of COVID-19 – public health officials are not sure what the coming season will bring, except …
The $100,000 Cortland County has allocated from federal COVID-recovery grants has recouped some spending on mental-health care in schools, but still doesn’t solve the problem, a health agency …
The state Health Department announced Wednesday it plans to expand eligibility for the Monkeypox vaccine to all at-risk individuals as it gets 15,000 doses of vaccine from the federal government. …
Her bad experiences have ranged from rudeness to outright life-threatening – and Cortland County hopes to make that better. Erin Vallely, 27, of Dryden, knows the importance of health …
An LGBTQ space in Cortland is resuming its meeting groups and may open soon to the public following a coronavirus pandemic-inspired hiatus.
The Tompkins County Health Department has received a limited supply of the Jynneos monkeypox vaccine, which it's reserving for high-risk Tompkins County residents. The vaccine will be available …
One person in the United States dies of suicide every 11 minutes. In 2020, 1.2 million adults attempted suicide. Eleven million more thought about it. Those figures from the national Centers of …
A prior positive test for monkeypox in a Tompkins County patient was false, the state Health Department told the county this week, but a new case has been confirmed to replace it. The Tompkins …
While people with opioid addictions may feel alone, a group of people gathered Wednesday outside Guthrie Cortland Medical Center to explain how they are ready to help. The representatives of the …
One by one, scores of people stepped up to a microphone Wednesday at Courthouse Park in Cortland to say a name: a wife, a son, a brother, all of whom died of overdose. Some people said more than …
Kinney Drugs has opened flu vaccination appointments in all its New York pharmacies, including the pharmacies in Cortland, Cortlandville, Dryden, Moravia and Tully, the company announced Tuesday. …
Having goals to improve mental health, prevent tobacco use and increase COVID-19 and flu vaccination rates in Cortland County isn’t enough, health officials said Tuesday night. Strategies must …
Opioid overdose deaths doubled in 2021 from the year before, the state reports, as fentanyl-laced opioids combined with the complications the coronavirus pandemic brought to drug users and drug …
Cortland County's health agencies and health providers will spend the next two years working to improve mental health, prevent tobacco use and improve flu and COVID-19 vaccination rates. The …
Starting Monday, Guthrie Cortland Rehabilitation Services will consolidate into one location on the Campus of Guthrie Cortland Medical Center on Alvena Avenue, the health organization announced this …
On the outside, the event Wednesday morning was a simple ribbon-cutting: a new physical therapy facility by Cayuga Medical on North Main Street in Cortland. On the inside, the event was a …
State fair to offer vaccine SYRACUSE — The State Department of Health will operatea COVID-19 vaccination clinic at the Great New York State Fair in Syracuse during its entire 13-day run, …
SAYRE, Pa. – Guthrie has named Dr. John Pamula associate program director of internal medicine residency and vice chairman of medicine quality. Pamula is a board-certified physician who …
