Category: Health

Athletes should choose shoes based on how their sport moves the body, with enough cushioning, traction and structural support to protect the feet and ankles, according to a Rochester Regional Health foot … more: How athletes can choose the right shoes for each sport

Parents can protect children's mental health by watching for changes in behavior, preserving time for rest and making sure a child's identity does not become tied entirely to one activity, according to a … more: Burnout warning signs: What parents should know

University of Rochester Medical Center researchers found an association between large-scale transfusions using non-identical ABO blood components and higher mortality among trauma patients. The analysis of 403 patients treated under massive transfusion … more: URMC study raises concerns about mismatched blood in trauma transfusions

The September report, produced by the New York Public Interest Research Group Fund, Environment America Research & Policy Center and Frontier Group, analyzed the most recent lead testing data reported by 4,514 … more: Report finds lead above state limit in 42% of New York schools: Finger Lakes counties among hardest hit

Flu, RSV, COVID and other seasonal viruses return to the forefront as fall approaches, but who should get vaccinated and how can you tell the illnesses apart? In the latest episode of … more: THOMPSON ON-AIR: Flu, RSV, and other seasonal viruses (podcast)

Seneca County health officials are warning that people who visited Lifecare Medical Associates on Monday afternoon may have been exposed to measles. The Seneca County Health Department said a person who later … more: Health officials warn of measles exposure at Seneca Falls doctors office

A new state Department of Health database reported 51 measles cases in New York, most of them upstate, according to Spectrum News. The database listed 10 cases in Steuben County, nine in … more: New York launches measles database as cases rise to 51

A second cow has tested positive for rabies on the same farm in southwestern Livingston County where another infected animal was identified earlier this week, county health officials said Thursday. The Livingston … more: Second cow tests positive for rabies on Livingston County farm

State Sen. Pam Helming joined school leaders, advocates and lawmakers in Bloomfield on Wednesday to urge Gov. Kathy Hochul to sign legislation creating a Rural Suicide Prevention Council. The bipartisan measure, … more: Helming urges Hochul to sign rural suicide prevention council bill

The Throop Fire District is considering taking its ambulance service out of operation from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m., a potential nightly reduction that the fire department says is tied to … more: Throop Fire District weighs overnight ambulance shutdown as EMS staffing concerns deepen

Golisano Children's Hospital in Rochester ranked 45th nationally for pediatric cancer care in U.S. News & World Report's 2026-27 Best Children's Hospitals rankings. The recognition, released September 15, marks the third … more: Golisano Children’s ranks No. 45 nationally for pediatric cancer care

Two studies led by Weill Cornell Medicine researchers have mapped unexpectedly varied interactions involving a receptor family that drugmakers have pursued as a target for epilepsy, depression, anxiety disorders and other brain … more: Researchers map hidden complexity in brain receptor drug target

The Cayuga County Health Department is urging residents to learn the warning signs of suicide and mental distress during National Suicide Prevention Month. Anyone who needs immediate mental health support can … more: Cayuga County health officials urge residents to learn suicide warning signs

Leah Hill helps adolescents and young adults navigate substance use at Strong Recovery in Rochester. Her work as a counselor draws on professional training and on her own experience of stopping … more: Wayne County native brings her own recovery experience to counseling work

More than 1,500 Capital Region veterans who used a Schenectady-area Veterans Affairs outpatient clinic face uncertainty about where they will receive care after its closure, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand and local officials said. … more: Gillibrand presses VA for care plan after Schenectady clinic closure

New York expanded its medical cannabis program several years ago, and interest across the Finger Lakes region has continued to grow steadily since. Patients in Ontario, Seneca, Tompkins, Schuyler, Yates, Wayne, Cayuga, and … more: Understanding New York’s Medical Marijuana Card Process

The CDC issued a health advisory about rising rabies exposures after receiving 17% more rabies-related inquiries in July and August than a year earlier, according to Spectrum News 1. About 150 … more: CDC warns of rising rabies exposures: 150 have tested positive in NY

A mother and daughter diagnosed with alpha-gal syndrome say the tick-borne allergy has reshaped what they can eat and use, according to … more: Alpha-gal syndrome reshapes lives of mother and daughter

The number of confirmed measles cases across the Finger Lakes has reached at least 20 after Wayne County reported its first two infections, extending a regional increase that has now … more: Measles cases reach 20 across six Finger Lakes counties after Wayne confirms first infections