Health Alerts

A Health Alert to pass along to parents that could help protect your baby from being a victim of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome.

We begin with a health alert about a record number of serious problems and deaths linked to medications.

There’s a Health Alert Monday for folks who hunt or spend a lot of time outdoors in Oswego County.

A health alert for parents. Your child probably needs to take a Vtamin D supplement.

The state department of health says it has discovered West Nile Virus in two crows in Onondaga County.

New York health officials are warning parents that significantly more summer campers are experiencing stomach cramps, diarrhea and nausea this year because of a spike in viral gastrointestinal outbreaks.

Community General Hospital says recent tests show there is no longer any legionella bacteria in the hospital’s cooling towers. Video

Government inspectors have found the same salmonella strain responsible for a nationwide food-poisoning outbreak in a Mexican-grown jalapeno in a Texas plant, prompting a new warning for consumers to avoid eating fresh jalapenos.

Federal drug safety officials have imposed the government's most urgent warning on Cipro and similar antibiotics, citing risks that they can cause tendon ruptures, a serious injury that leaves some patients incapacitated.

A local dermatologist may have pinpointed a popular outdoor attraction as the source of the ticks that are infecting people with Lyme disease.
Link: How to protect yourself | Video