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The air quality index (AQI) level in Syracuse hit hazardous levels Wednesday morning
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Air quality across central and northern New York is expected to remain in the "unhealthy" range Wednesday.
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A local program is helping parents of young children fight the loneliness epidemic through the power of music.
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NY health officials said on Wednesday that due to the changing landscape of the COVID-19 pandemic and evolving vaccine recommendations, the state has begun the process of repealing the vaccine requirement for workers at health care facilities.
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The U.S. Surgeon General said the country is suffering from an epidemic of loneliness and isolation. Local programs are fighting back to help some of the most high-risk groups.
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Lyme disease is the most common illness caused by ticks, but there are others to be aware of this time of year.
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May is Mental Health Awareness month and the New York state budget includes $1 billion toward transforming the state's mental health care — $30 million of that is focused on children.
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Upstate CEO Robert Corona said Upstate currently delivers medications to a homeless shelter and expects in the future drugs can be delivered to people's doorstep.
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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is proposing a new formula for its Medicare Wage Index that could lead to $121 million dollars a year for central New York hospitals.
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The Health Foundation of Western and Central New York announced $500,000 will be shared between six rural health networks. The initiative will allow health networks to distribute funds how they see fit.
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Onondaga County Health Commissioner Dr. Katie Anderson said the end of the emergency does not mean the COVID-19 pandemic is over.
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The Community Foundation has $150,000 to fund a project to help fight lead poisoning in Central New York. The organization is leaving it up to the community to decide the best way to spend those dollars, through a community vote that ends May 2.