Rural Health Desk

The county's health department said it hopes publishing the monthly data will raise awareness about the scope of the overdose epidemic.

At school-based health centers, children can get check-ups, shots, and basic health care, all inside the school building. When COVID first hit in 2020, New York’s schools shut down, but many of the small doctor’s offices inside of them didn’t.

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.

“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."

Women’s Health Services is an abortion clinic in Vestal. Across the parking lot is Women’s Life Services, a crisis pregnancy center, which is opposed to abortion and provides alternatives to the procedure.

With four weeks out before the 2022 midterms, WSKG's Vaughn Golden and Phoebe Taylor-Vuolo discuss endorsements in the race for Broome County Sheriff and a new poll for the 19th Congressional District.

A month in, The Turning Point recovery and community center in Oneonta is distributing as much naloxone in a day as they used to in a week.

“Everyone takes 911 for granted, but it actually took 10 years to get 911 up and functioning across the United States.”

A school district in Lancaster County is considering a policy to bar transgender students from competing in teams that correspond to their gender.

Some Ithaca residents say not all parents are able to come to the meetings in person. They say that cuts them out of the decision making process.