Health

Cortland County Health Department recommends that all Cortland County residents age 6 months and older receive the updated COVID-19 vaccine to protect themselves against COVID-19, including …

City to consider supporting methadone clinic plan

The Cortland Common Council will consider tonight submitting a letter to the state supporting a proposed methadone clinic in the city to help treat a growing number of Cortland County residents …

7 Valleys looks to support Fair Medical Debt Reporting Act

Cortland County families carry nearly twice the medical debt as other families in America, data show, and Seven Valleys Health Coalition is working with a rural health organization on a storytelling …

The Cortland County Soil & Water Conservation District will have its 27th annual Cortland County River Clean-Up on Sept. 30 along the many streams, lakes, and ponds in Cortland County, the agency …

DRYDEN — Guthrie Medical Group is hosting multiple flu shot clinics throughout the region, beginning this week. It advises that people 6 months and older get a flu vaccination. …

Applications open for opioid settlement fund grants

 

The National Weather Service warns of excessive heat Tuesday, with temperatures well into the 80s combining with humidity to create a heat index that tops 95 degrees. The heat advisory from noon …

Cayuga Medical Center’s Epilepsy Monitoring Unit (EMU) has a new director and an expanded program that operates each weekday with advanced neuroscience technology to evaluate adult …

Hope for generations

Kayla Smith focused on the purple flag as she wrote precisely: “Cheryl Smith.” The name was underlined and a heart punctuated it. Cheryl Smith has missed many milestones since she died of an opioid overdose in 2021, her daughter said Thursday at a vigil marking International Overdose Awareness Day at Courthouse Park in Cortland.

New chief medical officer to start Tuesday at Guthrie

Dr. Philip Heavner’s favorite part of being a pediatrician: the babies. “Oh, it's the babies,” Heavner said. “Babies are interesting. Some medical providers are really …

‘It happens in rural America’

Snak:           kconlon@cortlandstandard.com About two months ago, just up Route 13 from the Truxton Fire Station, a man was trying …

296 flags

Passers-by can count them Thursday evening: 296 purple flags at Courthouse Park in Cortland. One for each person lost each day to overdose in America – 108,000 deaths a year.

‘What else do you do?’

When Rebecca Vliet’s twin daughters were born six weeks early, she needed a pediatrician – immediately. The search began. Sixteen years later, following a couple of retirements and …

Upcoming flu season to return to pre-pandemic levels

Health officials expect a return to pre-pandemic flu case levels, but warn that there is an increased risk of all respiratory infections with COVID-19 restrictions, and the public health emergency, …

‘All it is is a lifesaving tool’

Truxton’s historic bell, located in front of the Truxton Fire Department, will now be historic for an additional reason. The town will be the first of 15 towns in Cortland County to have a naloxone distribution box, with Truxton’s right by the bell.

Cortland County legislators change retiree insurance

Cortland County legislators voted Thursday to switch their retirees’ insurance to a private plan from Medicare – saving $800,000 a year in the process. But retirees fear the private …

'This is Chapter One'

The spike was expected – the back-to-school season has seen an increase in COVID-19 cases every year since …

Kinney Drugs pharmacists will soon be able to provide RSV vaccines to adults who are 60 years old in New York, the pharmacy chain announced this week. Respiratory Syncytial Virus is a common …

A hernia occurs when tissue bulges out through an opening or weakness in the muscular wall. Hernias can develop in any part of the abdomen, but the groin, navel, or the site of a previous surgery are …

The state Department of Environmental Conservation will continue an air quality advisory for fine particulates through midnight Monday as smoke from wildfires in Canada drifts east.

Region’s tick-borne diseases require precautions

The warm weeks ahead will bring more opportunities to enjoy outdoor recreational sports, gardening, and family gatherings. They also bring a higher risk for contracting tick-borne infections …

The state Department of Environmental Conservation has issued an air quality advisory from midnight Tuesday to midnight Wednesday because of Canadian wildfires. Expect the air quality index to …

Nursing shortage delays new inpatient addiction facility

LANSING — The new inpatient addiction facility 20 miles from downtown Cortland was set to open in April. The building is there, the equipment, the plan. It needs nurses. However, a Tompkins …

Tonight's Dairy Parade cancelled

A thick haze and the scent of burning wood swept through Cortland Tuesday, carried on northerly winds from Quebec and Ontario as wildfires continued to rage just over Canada’s southern …

          Tim Dorward of Trumansburg shares a personal motto with friends and family: “Live while alive.” …

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