The Tompkins County Health Department is announcing three COVID-19 vaccination clinics for those currently eligible to receive the vaccine. Healthcare workers and other eligible individuals in Phase 1A (detailed below) can register for clinics at the Shops at Ithaca Mall, 40 Catherwood Road, on January 6th-8th, and can register by visiting the Tompkins County Health Department’s vaccination web page. 1,800 vaccine doses are being distributed through this week’s clinics. Eligibility will continue to expand as more vaccine becomes available and the department’s vaccination web page will continue to be updated as new phases begin. (more…)
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Cayuga Health Opens Additional COVID-19 Sampling Sites at Cayuga Medical Center and Cortland
Now Offering Five Sampling Sites to Support to Our Communities’ Health
First Cayuga Health Providers Receive COVID-19 Vaccine
December 21, 2020 Ithaca, New York –– Cayuga Health officials announced today that Dr. Keith Lambert, ER Physician, Kate Rosa, RN, and Dr. Sushilkumar Satish Gupta, Pulmonologist/Critical Care Specialist, were among the initial Cayuga Health employees to receive the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. The frontline providers received the Pfizer BioNTech vaccine, as part of Governor Andrew Cuomo’s Phase I approach, on December 18 at Arnot Ogden Medical Center in Elmira, NY. Vaccinations of additional Cayuga Health frontline providers will continue this week.
Cayuga Health and Tompkins County Open Additional COVID-19 Sampling Site on Tioga Street
Downtown Location Added for Increased Accessibility (more…)
Kids Care After-Hours Pediatric Care at Cayuga Medical Center to Close
Due to COVID-19 and significantly lower patient volumes, the Kids Care After-Hours Pediatric Care operating inside Cayuga Medical Center will be closing on Sunday, November 22nd at 5 pm. For after-hours care, patients are being encouraged to contact their pediatrician or use the Ithaca Urgent Care located at 10 Arrowwood Drive, which will be open between the hours 7:30 am – 7:30 pm. (more…)
Media Advisory for Cayuga Health Mass Sampling Center
In response to an increase of COVID-19 cases and recent exposures in Tompkins County, Cayuga Health will be offering COVID-19 testing at the Mass Sampling Center on Saturday, November 14th from 8:00 am to 12:00 noon. (more…)
Cayuga Medical Center Temporarily Pauses Visitation
In response to an increase in COVID-19 cases, Cayuga Medical Center will temporarily suspend hospital visitations. (more…)
Cayuga Medical Center Mourns the Passing of Elderly COVID-19 Patient
Cayuga Medical Center announced that an elderly patient passed away from COVID-19 earlier today. This is the first loss of a Tompkins County resident which Cayuga Medical Center has treated since the onset of COVID-19. The patient was considered high-risk and was 95-years old. (more…)
New Digital Cayuga Health Magazine Released
Free Interactive Publication Features Print and Video Components to Enhance Connection to Patients and the Community (more…)
Media Advisory for Cayuga Health Mass Sampling Center
Cayuga Health is alerting the public that the Mass Sampling Center located at The Shops at Ithaca Mall parking lot, 40 Catherwood Road will be making a slight move to the back of the mall near the Regal Cinema entrance starting on Tuesday, September 8. (more…)