Monkeypox

Appointments are being taken for eligible residents to get a first or second dose of Monkeypox vaccine September 22 at the Tompkins County Health Department.

The New York State Department of Health announced that it is expanding monkeypox vaccine eligibility to include those at increased risk of exposure.

A third case of Monkeypox is being reported in Tompkins County.

New York Governor Kathy Hochul has declared a state disaster emergency in response to the increasing number of confirmed monkeypox cases.

Officials say the first monkeypox case in a Broome County resident has been identified.

Monkeypox is getting closer to Broome County.

Oh you know, inflation, an ever-lingering pandemic, weird weather stuff, and now...monkeypox. The strangeness of 2020 lingers even two years later.