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Getting a flu vaccine before the end of October helps reduce flu illnesses, doctors’ visits, missed work and school due to sickness, as well as prevent flu-related hospitalizations and deaths.

Helping its members reap the benefits of regular workouts without risking exposure to COVID-19 has transformed Island Health & Fitness’s locations in Ithaca and Cayuga Heights with upgrades focused on

Preparing for a pandemic crisis while working to prevent it Cayuga Medical Center While building robust COVID-19 testing and vaccination programs to reduce the virus’s spread and protect the community, Cayuga Health also made plans in case hundreds of local residents needed hospital care in a rapidly spreading pandemic. Cayuga Health’s testing and vaccination programs are essential to prevent such a fearful COVID-19 crisis, but the unknown impacts of the virus also require preparing for a potential surge of infections. Pandemic surge planning follows similar crisis plans New York requires...

Building the system to vaccinate our region Cayuga Medical Center Ten months after confirming the region’s first COVID-19 infection in Ithaca, Cayuga Health and health departments in Tompkins, Cortland and Schuyler counties launched a plan to vaccinate thousands of residents from the virus with vaccines approved in mid-December. The effort is among the largest public health initiatives ever undertaken in our region. Cayuga Health and the county health departments had just a few weeks to plan and roll out the program that will run for months in 2021. The task ahead Cayuga Health, Tompkins Co...