Bird flu is in the North Country. Here's what we know about the disease
(3/11/2025)
Cornell University has created the Avian Flu Resource Center to compile up-to-date information about avian flu in wildlife, farm animals, pets and humans.
How does it feel to be involuntarily committed? NY advocates condemn Gov. Hochul plan
(3/4/2025)
Gov. Kathy Hochul is proposing a way to make it easier for authorities to involuntarily commit someone for mental health treatment.
Adirondack author finds healing and purpose in eating disorder memoir
(2/28/2025)
We hear from Robyn Shumer, the author of a memoir about anorexia nervosa.
North Country EMS council rejects new ambulance service proposed by North Star Health Alliance
(2/13/2025)
The NSHA says it will appeal that decision.
Citizen Advocates takes over crisis intervention in St. Lawrence County
(2/11/2025)
The behavioral and mental health care provider is already answering crisis calls, but it will take 10 to 12 months to get everything up and running.
Hochul signs into law further protections for doctors providing abortion care
(2/3/2025)
Doctors can use the name of their medical practices instead of their own when prescribing abortion pills under legislation that New York Gov. Kathy...
Eclipse helped drive record state park attendance in 2024
(1/28/2025)
The state park system logged 88.3 million visitors last year, a 5% increase from the year before. It's the twelfth consecutive annual increase.
Hochul's NY school cellphone ban gets a warm reception in Albany
(1/22/2025)
Hochul wants schools to ban smartphones and other internet-enabled devices before the next school...
Community health centers are critical in the North Country. But stagnant funding is putting them at risk
(1/20/2025)
In many areas of the region, CHCs represent the only option for primary, preventative, and oral...
St. Lawrence County will soon have a new crisis intervention service
(1/15/2025)
Reachout of St. Lawrence County, the longtime crisis hotline, closed at the beginning of the year....
Gov. Hochul proposes tax cuts, baby bonuses in State of State speech
(1/14/2025)
The proposed cuts would apply to roughly three-quarters of New York taxpayers, and credits would go...
NY veterans have higher disability rates, but they're seeking more help, too.
(1/13/2025)
Veterans have relatively high rates of physical and mental health issues, but they're reporting...
Hochul proposes expanding free school meals to students statewide
(1/12/2025)
The plan would extend free lunches to 300,000 more students.
Despite slight pay raise, therapists say a bigger cut to telehealth will hurt developmentally delayed kids
(1/9/2025)
A long awaited 5% increase in Early Intervention rates has been coupled with a 20% decrease in the...
Rural communities have higher suicide rates. This online course wants to help neighbors better support each other
(1/7/2025)
An online course through Cornell University wants to make having conversations about mental health...
St. Lawrence County sees fewer reported overdoses in 2024
(1/2/2025)
The St. Lawrence County Public Health Department is now keeping track of reported overdoses on an...
Reachout, longtime crisis hotline in St. Lawrence County, is shutting down
(12/26/2024)
The emergency crisis and intervention hotline in Potsdam says it has run out of funding after the...
Telehealth visits are at risk for North Country Medicare patients
(12/11/2024)
A COVID-era policy is expiring at the end of the year.
Climate diary: A North Country vet on how farm animal care is changing
(12/6/2024)
A veterinarian in St. Lawrence County says warmer and wetter weather is helping some parasites...
Mosquito-borne illnesses are a growing threat in the North Country. Climate change could make it worse
(12/2/2024)
This summer and fall, the North Country saw a bump in mosquito-borne illnesses affecting horses and...
It's not quite flu season. But North Country health officials say it's time for your shot
(10/28/2024)
St. Lawrence County's public health director says that'll help immunity set in before infections...
Two horses in Jefferson County test positive for EEE
(10/15/2024)
One horse was unvaccinated against the mosquito-borne illness. The other horse's vaccination was...
Canton-Potsdam Hospital to open new main entrance
(10/14/2024)
The new main entrance, lobby and registration area is part of an $80 million expansion the hospital...
You can get another four free COVID testing kits from the government
(9/26/2024)
For these disabled vets, surfing, sailing, and kayaking are part of their rehabilitation
(9/24/2024)
The VA's sports clinics introduce veterans to adaptive activities to help them recover from...
New York's first human case of EEE in a decade has died
(9/23/2024)
A person from Ulster County died from Eastern Equine Encephalitis, a mosquito-borne illness. Gov....
Potential ambulance service for St. Lawrence, Lewis, and Jefferson. Local agencies say they're against it
(9/21/2024)
The North Star Health Alliance serves hospitals in Carthage and Ogdensburg, and has clinics in all...
New online platform takes aim at North Country's healthcare workforce shortage
(9/17/2024)
Officials say the Institute for Career Advancement in Medicine (ICAM) is a new approach to bringing...
Cases of deadly mosquito-borne illness on the rise in North Country horses
(8/28/2024)
Cases of Eastern Equine Encephalitis have been confirmed in St. Lawrence, Clinton, Franklin, and...
United Helpers purchases Gran-View restaurant in Ogdensburg
(8/28/2024)
Louis and Tina Williams opened the Gran-View hotdog stand nearly 80 years ago.
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