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Rosenquest: Area prepping to receive NYC migrants

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Sen. Gillibrand announces $60M in LIHEAP for NYS

Home heating bills are expected to be 39 percent higher than last winter Click here for the Sun Community News story 

Former Burlington High School teachers file lawsuit against company for PCB exposure

The school district is not currently involved in any way. Click here for the NBC5 story 

CVPH staff donates to Mission of Hope

Medical supplies to help Puerto Rico, Florida, Ukraine and Haiti Click here for the Sun Community News Story 

Police warn of deadly ‘rainbow fentanyl’ that looks like candy in Upstate NY

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Peru & Chazy Lions reaching out to communities to save sight

Eighty percent of all visual impairment can be prevented or cured. The first step to prevention is awareness. The second is early detection through vision screening. Around the world, Lions partner with medical professionals and community leaders to screen young children, primary school students, and adults to identify those at risk for vision loss. The […]

Dairy worker housing goes uninspected. The result is horrific conditions on some farms

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CVPH Nationally Recognized for Commitment to Providing High-Quality Stroke Care

Hospital presented with award from American Heart Association  PLATTSBURGH, NY – The University of Vermont Health Network-Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital (CVPH) has received the American Heart Association’s Gold Get With The Guidelines® – Stroke quality achievement award for its commitment to ensuring stroke patients receive the most appropriate treatment according to nationally recognized, research-based guidelines, […]

Adirondack forest rangers go into overdrive amid weekend of technical rescues

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Staffing crisis forces Syracuse hospitals to turn away thousands

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CNY dentist to pay $60K for allowing employee to prescribe herself oxycodone, feds say

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CDC recommends masks in Central New York again as Covid levels rise

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‘4-alarm blaze’: New York’s public health crises converge

A look inside the state health department’s battle against three simultaneous disease outbreaks Click here for the Politico report 

Clinton County Health Department authorizes lifting Peru’s Boil Water Order except for 9, 12, and 13 Elm Street

The Boil Water Order that was issued for the area listed above on 9/27/2022 has now been lifted.   Samples taken from your distribution system were absent of bacteria. In addition, this office has received the required public notification certification. Please note; 9, 12 & 13 Elms Street are still on the original boil water […]

Canada removing all COVID-19 entry restrictions October 1

Dropping all COVID-19-era restrictions for people entering the country by air, land, or sea.  Click here for the NCPR story 

A kid-saving NY law almost no one enforces: How the flavored vape ban went up in smoke

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Cancer death rates fall steadily in the US, with more survivors than ever

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DiNapoli: New Yorkers’ Debt on the Rise

New York Has Fourth Highest Household Debt in Nation September 22, 2022 The average household debt in New York climbed to a new high of $53,830 at the end of 2021. While New Yorkers trail the national average debt burden ($55,810), student loan and credit card debt per capita were well above the national average, […]

Bystanders talked with, held onto woman on edge of I-81 overpass, firefighters say

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Stefanik Announces Grant to Combat Drug Abuse, Mental Health Crisis

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Elise Stefanik today announced Behavioral Health Services North in Plattsburgh will receive $746,744 from the Department of Health and Human Services to invest in mental health and substance abuse services. “These taxpayer dollars will return to our district to protect and care for the mental health of our communities,” Stefanik said. […]

Stefanik co-sponsors bill that would ban most abortions after 15 weeks

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Polio recently reemerged in the US. Who should get a polio vaccine now?

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The Town of Peru shared an email they received regarding nursing home abuse

My name is Jessica Hawthorne and I came across the helpful information you shared on your site at perutown.com, and was wondering if you were still updating that page. I am the Outreach Director for an advocacy center called Nursing Homes Abuse. Our mission is to be a complete resource center on abuse in nursing […]

CVPH Peru Blood Drive on Monday, Sept. 19th

Peru – CVPH Donor Center Blood Brive, Monday, September 19th, from 3 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., at St. Augustine’s Parish Center, 3030 Main St. in Peru.  Your neighbors need and appreciate your donation.

Health Department schedules COVID-19 booster clinics

Clinton County Health Department News   A bivalent (Omicron) COVID-19 booster will help you maximize your protection, prolong the vaccine’s durability, and safeguard your community against the virus. You must be ages 12 and older to be eligible for a Pfizer-BioNTech bivalent booster and ages 18 and older to be eligible for a Moderna bivalent […]