Category Archives: Press Releases

January is Cervical Cancer Awareness Month

Date of Release: January 3, 2012                     For Further Information Please Call:                                                                                                 Emily Young                                                                                                 Public Health Educator                                                                                                 435-3280 January is Cervical Cancer Awareness Month   The Onondaga County Cancer Services Program (CSP) offers free Pap tests for women ages 40 and older who do not have health insurance. Some women may believe they do not need regular… Read more >

National Influenza Awareness Week is Being Observed December 4th – 10th!

Date of Release:                                                For Further Information Please Call: December 5, 2011                                                                  Kathy Mogle, MS Program Coordinator                                                                                                 435-3280 National Influenza Awareness Week is Being Observed December 4th – 10th!   The Onondaga County Health Department encourages anyone who has not yet received a flu vaccine to get one. Did you know that while the flu can make… Read more >

Farmer’s and Vendor’s Donate Fresh Produce and Food Items to a Local Food Pantry

The Onondaga County Health Department’s Creating Healthy Places to Live, Work, and Play in Onondaga County Initiative  in partnership with the Central New York Regional Market Authority, the Food Bank of Central New York, and the Assumption Food Pantry at the Church of the Assumption have been working together since August to create a gleaning… Read more >

Tim’s Pumpkin Patch Donates Produce to Local Food Pantry

Tim’s Pumpkin Patch Donates Produce to Local Food Pantry   Tim and Erica Leubner, owners of Tim’s Pumpkin Patch in Marietta, recently learned about a local gleaning program (produce donation program) that the Onondaga County Health Department’s Creating Healthy Places to Live, Work, and Play in Onondaga County, the Central New York Regional Market Authority, and… Read more >

National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week is October 23–29, 2011

National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week is October 23–29, 2011 Nearly a quarter of a million children living in the United States have blood lead levels high enough to cause significant damage to their health, estimates the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), based on a 2003–2004 national survey. Major sources of lead exposure among… Read more >

October 21st is National Mammography Day

When was your last mammogram? On October 21st celebrate National Mammography Day by scheduling your annual mammogram. Breast cancer is the second most common type of cancer among women in the United States and the chance of a woman developing breast cancer in her lifetime is a little less than 1 in 8. Routine screening… Read more >

Liverpool Businesses Spread The Message: “Get A Mammogram”!

During October, “Breast Cancer Awareness Month” over 70 Liverpool area businesses are joining together to raise awareness about the availability of free mammograms for women who do not have health insurance. Liverpool businesses are sharing information with their patrons about the importance of getting routine mammograms and about free mammogram screening. Look around Liverpool this… Read more >

More West Nile Virus in Onondaga County

More West Nile Virus in Onondaga County Onondaga County Health Commissioner, Dr. Cynthia B. Morrow announced that late yesterday the New York State Department of Health’s laboratory reported additional evidence of West Nile virus in two mosquito pools collected on October 5 and October 7, 2011 from the Route 298 trap located in the Town… Read more >

The Onondaga County Health Department Announces the 2011 Public Flu and Pneumonia Vaccine Clinics

*10-5-11: Updated information from original release The Onondaga County Health Department, in partnership with the University of Rochester Medical Center has scheduled eight (8) flu and pneumonia vaccine clinics throughout Onondaga County.  The clinics are scheduled from Monday, October 24 through Saturday, November 19, 2011.  Cynthia Morrow, MD, MPH, Commissioner of Health for Onondaga County,… Read more >

Additional West Nile Virus and Eastern Equine Encephalitis Virus in Onondaga County

Onondaga County Health Commissioner, Dr. Cynthia B. Morrow announced today that the New York State Department of Health’s laboratory has reported additional evidence of West Nile virus and  Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) in two separate mosquito pools. Each mosquito pool was collected on September 20, 2011 and both  are  located in the town of Cicero. … Read more >