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“Lyme is a huge – perhaps the biggest – health risk to farmers, forestry workers and others whose jobs are principally outdoors. In this first of a three-part series, I hope to correct some misunderstandings about Lyme disease, and explore why it’s so hard to diagnose. “Source: Get ticked off at ticks – The Adirondack […]

Source: St. Joseph’s opens much-needed new Detox Center | Sun Community News SARANAC LAKE | St. Joseph’s Addiction Treatment & Recovery Centers has added additional addiction treatment support to the North Country with the opening of the Robert R. Reiss Community

Source: Here’s what you need to know now that visiting Canada just got easier | NCPR News

Plattsburgh – April 1, 2022 – Dependable and giving are words that the Adirondack regional Blood Donor Center staff would describe Bill Stickney and Russell Gadway. As they have done for over 20 years, the two men arrived at the donor center on the 1st Friday at 8 a.m. to make an apheresis donation. However, […]

Source: NY businesses look forward to easing of Canadian border testing Friday

Source: NY mostly lost population during COVID-19 pandemic. But the North Country had one bright spot | NCPR News

Easter Egg Hunt is free to children age 10 and younger  PLATTSBURGH, NY (3/31/2022) – A family favorite Easter tradition returns to the front lawn at The University of Vermont Health Network-Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital (CVPH). The Easter Egg Hunt is scheduled for Saturday, April 16 at 10 a.m., sharp. This will be the first […]

Detailed story. Hospital administrators disagree with Congresswoman Stefanik’s assertions. Source: Alice Hyde closes maternity center | News | pressrepublican.com

Source: UVM Health Network, UnitedHealthcare strike last-minute deal to continue patient coverage – VTDigger

Source: COVID travel rules: What to know as Canada lifts pre-entry test | CTV News

Source: NY State Police aims to have more female troopers | NCPR News

Source: Ex-NY court staff who refused Covid-19 vaccines sue to get jobs back – syracuse.com

Source: Top jobs in Syracuse you can get with a graduate degree all pay over $146,000 – syracuse.com

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Elise Stefanik today released the following statement following the announcement that Alice Hyde Medical Center in Malone will permanently halt planned deliveries of babies in their Family Maternity Center. “Today’s announcement is devastating to North Country families, who will now be forced to drive an extra hour to have their babies. […]

Source: Malone’s birthing center will close | NCPR News

Source: Local health dept. urges caution amid spiking cases | Sun Community News ELIZABETHTOWN | Parts of New York are again experiencing a jump in COVID-19 cases as the state saw an overall 26 percent increase last week, including spikes in several northern count

Source: New bill aims to combat fentanyl effects in schools | Sun Community News WASHINGTON, D.C. | The School Resource Officers Save Lives Act will help school districts to train and equip School Resource Officers, security personnel, and school nurses to combat

PLATTSBURGH, NY (03/25/2022) – The University of Vermont Health Network – Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital (CVPH) Family Medicine Residency introduced the Family Medicine Residency Class of 2025 on Match Day, March 18. The six new members of the Residency will begin their training here in July.    Members of the CVPH Family Medicine Residency Class of […]

Resembles New York! Source: Vermont’s independent pharmacies are disappearing. A bill aimed at saving them just passed the House. – VTDigger

Source: As mobile sports wagering explodes in NY, bet on this: a spike in problem gambling – syracuse.com

Source: Ex-emergency room doctor gets 100 months in prison on child pornography charge

“The University of Vermont Health Network, the largest and most influential system in the state, asked regulators Friday for a 10% increase for two of its hospitals — UVM Medical Center in Burlington and Central Vermont Medical Center in Berlin, which together expect a $44 million deficit this year. “ Source: Vermont hospitals, struggling to […]

Source: Moderna is planning to get COVID-19 vaccine authorized for children under 6 : NPR

Source: Vermont nurse still battling long COVID over a year after initial illness

Source: Officials not expecting major Covid surge in NY despite new omicron version – syracuse.com