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 …
The state has approved an agreement for Family & Children’s Counseling Services to expand services, creating 50 jobs and expanding its employment nearly 35%, the nonprofit has announced. …
SYRACUSE — The Saint Agatha Foundation plans its 15th anniversary gala Oct. 24 in Syracuse to support breast cancer patients. The event, at the OnCenter, will help support breast cancer …
ITHACA – The Tompkins County Board of Health seeks candidates for an at-large vacancy, particularly from individuals with diverse perspectives. The volunteer board is the governing body …
The latest COVID-19 vaccine is available in New York and Gov. Kathy Hochul encouraged all eligible New Yorkers this week to get it — particularly people over 65, at risk for severe COVID-19 or …
Learning water safety encompasses much more than just learning to swim, said SUNY Cortland swim coach Brian Tobin. SUNY Cortland and Tompkins Cortland Community College will share in a $700,000 …
DeRUYTER — The American Red Cross will have a blood drive from 1:30 to 6 p.m. Friday at the American Legion on Seminary Street in DeRuyter. Through Sept. 15, donors can get a raglan shirt …
Memory loss lies on a spectrum. Dementia and Alzheimer's are on the advanced end, whereas their earliest signs—called mild cognitive impairment (MCI)—are on the other. A person with …
An overdose awareness vigil Saturday in Courthouse Park in Cortland has been canceled because of the threat of rain. The National Weather Service at Binghamton calls for showers, and heavier …
A second horse in Cayuga County has died of eastern equine encephalitis, and the Cayuga County and state health departments suggest people take steps to protect themselves from that, West Nile virus …
New York State Grange has announced its first annual Health and Wellness Fair from 9 a.m. to noon Sept. 7 at its headquarters at 100 Grange Place, Cortland. The free event will focus on …
The Guthrie Medical Group, including all outpatient labs, the Guthrie Clinic Pharmacy, Guthrie Corning Hospital Outpatient Pharmacy, most Walk-in Care, and all regional offices will be closed Monday …
Deaths from opioid overdose dropped in 2023 from the year before, federal data show. But if you’re one of the 108,000 families who lost someone to overdose, that’s small comfort. The …
As Tompkins County marks International Drug Overdose Awareness Week through Tuesday , its public health department reports that the county has lost 100 people to overdose in the past five years. …
A three-day program in November will train people to become doulas, non-medical professionals who support people through health events, most commonly related to childbirth. The program, …
Guthrie has achieved Epic Gold Stars Level 10 for the fifth consecutive year, the health organization announced, the highest level it can achieve. The Epic Gold Stars program measures health …
