Health News

The governor has tapped Dr. James V. McDonald to serve as Commissioner of the New York State Department of Health.

Upstate Medical University researchers said a disease that could be a root cause to how Central New Yorkers are feeling could be a result of what happens to them at work

Upstate has already started working with Colgate University, and is encouraging Syracuse-area colleges to contact them.

A new bill by Syracuse-area Congress Member John Katko would set up systems to help identify ticks and possible diseases from them. It would also increase education and give researchers data about tick populations by geography and seasonality to better fight and prevent the impacts. The bill was announced with medical experts in Syracuse Monday.

A panel of medical experts and Central New Yorkers with personal connections to the opioid epidemic will gather Thursday, October 25 in Skaneateles to…

Changing how we talk about drug abuse and more awareness of overdose remedies could cut down on the 72,000 reported drug-related deaths of the opioid…

A lot of people will start 2018 with the goal – call it a resolution or not – of quitting smoking. The New York State Smokers Quitline has coaches that…

A proposal to expand New York State’s medical marijuana program would ease prescribing and cover more conditions. The changes would include easier access,…

Several people here in Central New York who have or have had Lyme disease stood with Senator Schumer today calling for federal health officials to stop…