October is Health Literacy Month. Health literacy is the ability to not only find and understand information about health, but to also use this information to make healthy decisions. Improving …
Cayuga Health will have a free, interactive webinar Oct. 24 on breast health and cancer prevention during Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Register for teh 6 p.m. event at …
If you see Cortland police officers sporting a pink badge in October, they’re raising awareness of breast cancer, the department has announced. October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and …
Guthrie is teaming with Dandy this month for their “Pink Cups for a Cure” campaign, raising money for the Guthrie Breast Care Fund throughout Breast Cancer Awareness Month. For every …
Finding breast cancer early is the main goal of routine breast care. That's why Cayuga Health strongly recommends that patients follow a plan for preventive care. After age 40, women face an …
The Tompkins County Bullying Prevention Task Force has announced a dozen events its third annual “United in Kindness” program in October, coinciding with National Bullying Prevention …
Cortland County lawmakers found the person to lead the county’s mental health-services effort Thursday – on their own staff. The county Legislature unanimously, and enthusiastically, …
Nearly a third of public health care workers face some form of workplace violence, national data show, ranging from bullying to assault, and Cortland is no exception. That’s why Guthrie …
The Cortland County’s Sheriff Office and fire departments plan a drug take-back event Saturday at three locations – fire departments in Cincinnatus and Cortlandville, and at the village …
The free Youth Mental Health & Wellness Community Town Hall will be 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. Oct. 5 at the Tompkins County Public Library in Ithaca, sponsored by the Tompkins County Suicide Prevention …
Guthrie hospitals, including Guthrie Cortland Medical Center, will offer Saturday screening mammograms throughout October, which is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Early detection is key …
The Cortland Fire Department is selling T-shirts through Oct. 3 for breast cancer awareness; proceeds will benefit the American Cancer Society, the department announced via social media. Items …
The Homer Community Blood Drive will be 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sept. 28 at Homer First United Methodist Church, 16 Cayuga St. Enter the parking lot via Central Park Place. A double red cell …
The people looking to enter Cortland’s City Hall Tuesday night didn’t want to mar the art. A trio of police officers got up from where they were decorating the entrance with chalk. …
Medicaid will reimburse ambulance services for transportation to facilities other than hospitals, and will be able store blood and administer transfusions, under two laws Assembly Member Anna Kelles sponsored and Gov. Kathy Hochul signed.
The students sitting along sidewalks outside Cortland High School Wednesday morning wrote messages of hope and validation for their fellow students to read. The school’s second-annual …
ITHACA — Cayuga Health has named Debra Morton its chief nursing officer following a national search to lead the health organizaion’s nursing and patient services. “I was …
The Cortland County’s Sheriff Office and fire departments plan a drug take-back event Sept. 28, five months after the sheriff withdrew from the last planned take-back event because of …
The number deaths attributed to opioid overdoses in Cortland County declined in 2023, compared to the previous year — the second consecutive year of declines — and leaders of two local …
Students at Cortland High School will host Chalk the Walk, Have the Talk this week regarding suicide prevention. Each day, Students Against Destructive Decisions participants will have morning …
Cayuga Health’s Sept. 7 gala in Ithaca raised more than $180,000 for the Cayuga Medical Center Foundation’s fundraising campaign, organizers announced. The event drew more than 500 …
Tompkins County will temporarily repurpose a vacant county-owned building at 300 N. Tioga St., Ithaca, to shelter homeless people under the state-mandated Code Blue program for 2024-25. The …
Raising awareness for breast cancer can look a lot of different ways. For a group of Cortland women, it looks like a string of motorcycles riding across Central New York. The all-female …
Nearly 28,000 patients troop through Guthrie Cortland Medical Center’s emergency department each year. Sometimes so many arrive that they’re lined up in the hallway and treated in spare …
The Cortland County Office for Aging will present a seminar on Medicare on Sept. 16 at the Age Well Center at 165 Main St., Cortland. The session, “What You Need to Know About …
