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Tuesday, March 26, 2013  The superintendent of the Liverpool School District is on indefinite leave, according to the district office.

Tuesday, January 29, 2013  State police say three people have been charged with animal cruelty after more than 50 dogs and puppies were seized from a filthy, unheated barn in the Mohawk Valley.

Friday, January 25, 2013  The flu has hit us hard and hit us often. Churches are no exception to that.

Tuesday, October 23, 2012  Halloween is scary enough, but for your pets all that candy can be downright dangerous.

Monday, October 22, 2012  Lab tests have confirmed that a New York professor contracted the potentially deadly hantavirus during a hiking trip in the Adirondacks.

Monday, October 15, 2012  Doctors respond to numerous cases of people calling in sick with the common cold and dispel myths about the flu shot making you sick.

Friday, October 12, 2012  State health officials are investigating a case of the potentially deadly hantavirus contracted by a Long Island man bitten by a mouse during an Adirondack camping trip.

Monday, September 17, 2012  A 64-year-old postal worker went home from the hospital without his heart. The world's only totally artificial heart is now keeping him alive.

Wednesday, September 12, 2012  Hundreds gathered Wednesday night for a prayer vigil in support of Easton Friedel, an infant from Weedsport born with a rare genetic skin disorder.

Monday, June 04, 2012  Many people think we can't get sick from our pets, but new studies are showing that people can actually contract some pretty dangerous infections from pet food. Simply feeding your pet in your kitchen could put you or your family at risk.

Wednesday, May 30, 2012  A Texas elementary school student with a rare illness has started collecting stuffed animals for other sick kids, and the effort has gotten bigger than she ever imagined.

Tuesday, May 15, 2012  The Dream Factory is coming to Syracuse. The national charity grants dreams for sick children and now a group is starting a chapter in Central New York.

Friday, April 20, 2012  Measles cases in the United States reached a fifteen year high in 2011.

Friday, March 16, 2012  Police say a college employee managed to shoot a photo of himself as he planted a motion-activated camera in a women's locker room at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

Monday, December 26, 2011  Family's carbon monoxide detector was not plugged in