Category Archives: Press Releases

Celebrate Women’s Health Week With A Free Cancer Screening!

Date of Release: May 11, 2012 For Further Information Please Call: Emily Young, Public Health Educator 435-3280 Celebrate Women’s Health Week With A Free Cancer Screening! The week of May 13th– 19th is National Women’s Health Week. National Women’s Health Week is a weeklong health observance coordinated by the U.S. Department of Health and Human… Read more >

Complete Streets Workshop Held

Date of Release: March 6, 2012 For Further Information Please Call: Kathy Mogle, MS 435-3280 Complete Streets Workshop Held The Onondaga County Health Department’s Creating Healthy Places to Live, Work, and Play in Onondaga County Program (CHP) offered a workshop today to address how “Complete Streets” can enhance our community. Kathy Mogle, Program Coordinator for… Read more >

Downtown Syracuse Goes Blue for Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month

Date of Release: February 29, 2012 For Further Information Please Call: Jenny Dickinson, Coordinator 435-3280 Downtown Syracuse Goes Blue for Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month Starting March 1, Downtown Syracuse landmarks will be lighting up blue as part of the Main Streets Go Blue campaign to recognize Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. Main Streets Go Blue is… Read more >

Feral Cat Tests Positive for Rabies

******* FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ******* Onondaga County Health Commissioner, Dr. Cynthia B. Morrow, announced today that the New York State Health Department laboratory has reported that a feral cat, found in the Town of Clay, has tested positive for rabies. The adult black cat had been living in the area along Jackson Road. Any… Read more >

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 >