The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services confirmed Michigan’s first human West Nile virus case of 2024. The Livingston County resident contracted the virus last month when they traveled to another state.
County officials warn of deli meat-linked listeria outbreak

ITHACA, N.Y. — While it does not appear Tompkins County has been directly impacted by a recent recall of Boar’s Head deli meats, the county’s Whole Health Department has issued […]
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Deep in conspiracy country, a Michigan election clerk reconsiders retirement
Antrim County, epicenter of 2020 election conspiracy theories, is set to elect a new clerk. It’s getting contentious.
Kipenzi, a giraffe at Seneca Park Zoo diagnosed with cancer last year, was euthanized this week
Kipenzi was diagnosed last summer with a cancerous growth on her jaw, which was inoperable.
WHO overturns dogma on airborne disease spread. The CDC might not act on it.
The World Health Organization has issued a report that transforms how the world understands respiratory infections like Covid-19, influenza, and measles.Motivated by grave missteps in the pandemic, the WHO convened about 50 experts in virology, epidemi…
Freelance Economy Meets Education: Why Substitute Teaching is Ideal for Work-Life Balance and How to Recruit Qualified Candidates
The market for flexible work, encompassing freelance, independent, and temporary work, continues to thrive and reshape traditional job structures. This dynamic sector includes roles such as ride-share drivers, food delivery couriers, freelance content …
How 9 mistakenly discarded ballots in Luzerne County fueled Trump’s 2020 lies about elections
According to the inspector general’s report, then-Attorney General William Barr briefed Trump on the incident on Sept. 23, and informed him that the ballots had been voted for him, which was not public at the time. Trump went on to repeat that claim on a Fox Radio show the next morning
Senate Majority Leader Schumer calling for funding to support weather research
It has been a dangerous and damaging summer in upstate New York, with a record number of tornadoes even before August. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer says the situation warrants more study.
Michigan early voting check-in outage ‘shouldn’t happen again,’ Benson says
A voter check-in outage complicated the start of Michigan’s new early voting period. But the state says it has a fix.
New Siena College poll finds New Yorkers are optimistic about the future
Although they remain down on politics, New Yorkers are feeling optimistic about the future, according to a new Siena College Research Institute poll.