Health

Broome County's health rankings are improving.
A new report finds rates of premature deaths at the lowest level in the county in 20 years.Last year, Broome placed 56th out of the 62 counties in New York

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A Vermont man will serve two years on probation and 50 hours of community service for selling meat products around New York State that were fraudulently labled as being USDA inspected.Federal prosecutors with the Department of Justice Northern District of New York say 44 year old Craig Acton of Bennington bought meat products commercially, repackaged the meat using the USDA inspection stamp of another company, then resold the meat commercially in New York State without authorization between January and June of 2011

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New York State Department of Environmental Conservation officials say it's expected to be another dry spring and outdoor burning of brush will again be banned state-wide for a couple months.The high-risk wildfire season begins March 16th and continues at least until May 14th

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Thin Mints are the best-selling Girl Scout cookies. They account for a quarter of all cookie sales, according to the Girl Scouts of the United States of America.

You might expect all Thin Mint cookies are the same

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The American Cancer Society and the Cancer Action Network are warning the budget battle in Washington that has resulted in sweeping spending cuts could deny hundreds of women in New York life-saving cancer screenings

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From sheltering dozens of residents displaced by recent Broome County fires, teaching preparedness and responding to disasters to educating babysitters, the Southern Tier Chapter of the American Red Cross is always ready

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The Independent Democratic Conference of the New York State Senate is calling for up to a two year delay in approving the start of hydraulic fracture drilling for natural gas in the state until initial results of an independent health review are complete

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Days after reports in the Associated Press surfaced citing anonymous sources saying New York Governor Andrew Cuomo was poised to approve limited hydrofracture drilling for natural gas in the Southern Tier and Central New York sparked protests and petition drives, the governor is saying the report was wrong

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Sean Shumaker loved the color lime green.  His family and friends wanted to buy him a lime green Camaro but never got to realize the dream before Sean lost his battle with brain cancer just short of his 21st birthday

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Geisinger Health Systems is getting a grant from the DeGenstein Foundation to move forward a new study into the possible health effects of natural gas drilling in the Marcellus Shale.Last August, Geisinger launched a long-term health study in cooperation with Guthrie Health Systems in Sayre, Pennsylvania and Susquehanna Health

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