Healthcare

Recent changes to the Affordable Care Act's Essential Plan and new rules that will further restrict coverage have been met with pushback from local and state leaders.

White House administrators call it a necessary step to stop health insurance profiteering, while Gillibrand and Hochul warn it will raise Medicare Part D premiums for New York’s seniors.

A small group of locals gathered to protest to recent federal cuts to Medicare and Medicaid on the programs' 61st anniversary.

As household budgets tighten, many families are putting off essential healthcare. One Syracuse outreach effort is helping residents address a need that often gets pushed to the bottom of the list.

ARC Madison Cortland received grants from NYSARC Trust Services to help provide guardianship services and to host events for clients with developmental disabilities.

NY State Office for Aging officials bringing attention to physical, emotional & financial abuse on World Elder Abuse Day, June 15. Report abuse through Adult Protective Services, 1-844-697-3505.

Improvements in stroke treatment include medications to dissolve clots and better imaging technology to diagnose brain effects of stroke. Upstate Hospital says recognition & quick action still key.

Dr. Stephen Thomas of SUNY Upstate Medical University suspects public anxiety around hantavirus is a result of lingering COVID-era trauma.

Organizations are highlighting areas in healthcare that can go underserved, including Black maternal health.

From encroachment on women's rights, military member's disenfranchisement, to the illegal detainment of an LGBTQ couple, Syracuse residents showed up in 2025 in record numbers to protest on behlf of themselves, their neighbors, and total strangers.