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The program will connect patients with annual cancer screenings, reproductive health care and referrals to other medical services in Binghamton.
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Tompkins County Whole Health released new demographics data about overdose deaths in the area. Experts say people should be on the lookout for contaminated drugs that can cause a fatal overdose.
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The number of pregnant people or postpartum parents in the U.S. who died from an opioid overdose grew by 81% in the past six years, according to a recent study. It's a significant increase compared to other people who use opioids.
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The state’s convenience store owners and wholesale marketers and distributors say raising taxes on tobacco to $5.35 cents a pack — which would be the highest rate in the nation — and banning flavored cigarettes would have unintended consequences.
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A bipartisan group of lawmakers have proposed an additional $2 billion for the World Trade Center Health Program that serves survivors of the 9/11 terror attacks.
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Health leaders worry that with the legalization of recreational marijuana, the number of children who accidentally ingest cannabis products will increase, more than it already has.
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Fetterman’s public disclosure of his second hospitalization this month is drawing sympathy from his home state.
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Understanding ‘whole health’: Tompkins County combines health department with mental health servicesAddressing mental health and making those services available to everyone who needs it has become a major talking point in the past few years.
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The state has set aside $7.5 million of its opioid settlement money to fund regional health care providers offering low-threshold addiction treatment.
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As the U.S. government debates whether to require higher staffing levels at nursing homes, financial records show some owners routinely push profits to sister companies while residents are neglected.
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A collective of county commissioners laid out their priorities
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New York state is still sorting out how to spend over $2 billion in opioid settlement money from pharmaceutical companies, which played a role in the opioid crisis. Southern Tier counties, many still battered by rising overdose rates, are deciding how best to spend funds they’ve received from signing on to settlements.