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According to the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, more than half of U.S. adults say they have trouble hearing. Now that the Food and Drug Administration allows hearing aids to be sold over-the-counter, Kinney Drugs, a drug store company covering New York and Vermont, is launching a new hearing health program.

With the rampant spread of flu, COVID-19 and other viruses this time of year, the Upstate New York Poison Center has a warning

Despite a recommendation from the state’s Opioid Settlement Fund Advisory Board, Governor Kathy Hochul’s administration has announced it will not be funding overdose prevention centers.

"Genuinely, I do believe that the death, the bullying, all that could have been prevented," said AJ Wilt, a student at Union-Endicott High School.

Gov. Kathy Hochul and top state health officials say New Yorkers should start preparing for a surge in three different viruses — RSV, the flu, and COVID — as the holiday season gets underway.

“If you have access to health care right away, in your own community, it's much better than having to be transported for 45 minutes, an hour or longer to care."

A vacant building in Cortland is set to house the mental health department serving the county and central New York.

New York State Health Commissioner, Dr. Mary Bassett, who was just named to the job last January, announced on Friday that she will be resigning at the end of this year.

This often fatal disease found in many African countries is painful and lengthy to treat. But a single oral dose proved incredibly effective in a clinical trial, raising hopes of eradication.

New York Attorney General Letitia James is investigating fraud and neglect at nursing homes across the state.