High fever, stuffy nose, body aches: all symptoms of what could be the flu. Recent New York state health data shows that there have been more than 17,700 positive flu cases across…
Author: Kimberly Izar
Women’s Health Services Are Growing Farther Away. So Where Are Patients Turning?
This is the third story from Health on the Margins, a limited investigative series exploring the region’s fragile healthcare systems. Down Lakewood Avenue in Monticello is Sun River Health’s Women’s Health Clinic,…
Mold, Inaccessible Bathrooms, Unlivable Conditions: Disabled New Yorkers Say ‘Hotel-for-Housing’ is Failing Them
Editor‘s Note: After this story was published, Steven Boynton said DSS provided him with a shower chair and toilet seat riser for extra mobility support on Nov. 26. He’s still waiting on a…
X-Snow Project Enlists Catskills Residents as Citizen Scientists to Measure Snow
X-Snow is a NASA-supported snow science project to increase the number of available snow measurements in the Catskill and Adirondacks regions. Project scientist Dr. Marco Tedesco says that to do so, he’ll…
Largest $2.9M Medicaid Fraud in Orange County Comes as Healthcare Scams Grow, DA Says
Orange County District Attorney David Hoovler and New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli announced in October that the county prosecuted the largest Medicaid fraud scheme ever prosecuted by the Orange County DA’s…
New Community-Led Food Pantry in Livingston Manor Fills ‘Choice Pantry’ Gap
Garbanzo beans, potatoes, even laundry detergent are a few items stocked at Calliope & Gael Grocers, a new community food pantry on Main Street in Livingston Manor. Designed like a grocery store…
Advocates Say Opioid Settlement Funds in New York Are Still Too Slow to Arrive – and Hard to Track
This is the second story from Health on the Margins, a limited investigative series exploring the Catskills region’s fragile healthcare systems. The year was 1996. Nintendo 64 debuted its video games…
Voters Will Decide Whether Pa. Supreme Court Justices Stay On: What You Need to Know
Election day is tomorrow, Nov. 4. On Pennsylvania ballots, voters will decide whether to retain three Supreme Court justices: Justices David Wecht, Christine Donohue, and Kevin Dougherty. Radio Catskill spoke with Kadida…
Damascus EMS Report Increase in Emergency Calls as Volunteer Pool Shrinks, Medicaid Reimbursement Threats
Inside the large white ambulance, there’s a radio system, oxygen tanks, and other life-saving equipment. It’s one of two medical vehicles that Damascus Volunteer Ambulance Corps uses to serve people in case…