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Tuesday, December 18, 2012  At World of Wonder daycare in Camillus, handwashing is a regular event. The 2012 flu season is already shaping up to be one of the worst flu seasons in close to a decade.

Wednesday, October 10, 2012  Whooping cough is making a comeback in New York State reflecting a national trend.

Monday, October 08, 2012  The Healthy Pet Clinic returns to St. Lucy's Church this Sunday in the same neighborhood where a starving pit bull was found last week.

Tuesday, September 18, 2012  Horse owners in New York are being urged to have their animals vaccinated against Eastern equine encephalitis and the West Nile virus.

Tuesday, September 04, 2012  Healthy Pet Clinics return for a second year this fall at St. Lucy's Church in Syracuse.  The Clinics offer low cost veterinary care for the pets of needy Syracuse residents.

Thursday, July 19, 2012  Cases of whooping cough are up and New York state health officials are urging people to make sure they're vaccinated.

Thursday, June 28, 2012  A state senator is hosting two vaccination clinics for horses to prevent a mosquito-borne brain infection that killed 12 horses and a little girl last year in upstate New York.

Monday, June 18, 2012  The final Healthy Pet Clinic of the spring/summer is this Sunday afternoon on the Assumption Church campus on Syracuse's northside. So far the Clinics have served more than 500 pets in the past year.

Tuesday, June 12, 2012  The Onondaga County Health Department is warning neighbors in the Town of Onondaga about a raccoon that just tested positive for rabies.

Thursday, October 07, 2010  The Cayuga County Health Department is holding the first of three scheduled flu and pneumonia vaccination clinics on Friday.

Friday, January 29, 2010  "My best guess is this is going to take over the seasonal flu for the next few years," said Onondaga County Health Commissioner Cynthia Morrow,

Friday, January 01, 2010  Now that swine flu vaccine shortages are over, New York health officials are urging people who haven't been vaccinated to do so - as another wave of illness is forecast for the coming weeks.

Monday, November 16, 2009  Hundreds came out for the first mass H1N1 vaccination clinics in Onondaga County school districts.

Monday, February 23, 2009  The Onondaga County Health Commissioner says the community is seeing fewer cases of flu this season compared to last.