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State to provide more overtime pay for health-care workers at SUNY hospitals
New York State has launched a pilot program to provide nurses, other health-care professionals, and hospital employees at SUNY hospitals an overtime rate of up

LADA’s $25,000 donation will benefit MMRI’s lupus research
UTICA, N.Y. — The Masonic Medical Research Institute (MMRI) says it plans to use new funding to continue its research into systemic lupus erythematosus (lupus).

Liberty Resources, others receive mental-health funding
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Liberty Resources Inc. will use a federal grant of $5 million to strengthen its school-based mental-health program. Liberty Resources is a provider

St. Joseph’s Health names new dean of College of Nursing
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — St. Joseph’s Health has concluded its search for a permanent dean for the St. Joseph’s College of Nursing, with the hiring of

Oswego Health to use $100K M&T gift for Lakeview Center for Mental Health & Wellness
OSWEGO, N.Y. — Oswego Health says M&T Bank (NYSE: MTB) has donated $100,000 to support the newly opened Lakeview Center for Mental Health and Wellness.

Hochul names Bassett to replace Zucker as New York’s health commissioner
New leadership Bassett currently serves as director of the François-Xavier Bagnoud (FXB) Center for Health and Human Rights at Harvard University and FXB Professor of

Cayuga Health, YMCA team up to share resources, offer new services
ITHACA, N.Y. — Cayuga Health and the YMCA of Ithaca and Tompkins County recently formed a collaborative partnership to share resources and “leverage unique assets,”

Fitch Ratings, Moody’s Investors Service assign credit ratings for Syracuse airport governing body
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Fitch Ratings has assigned the Syracuse Regional Airport Authority (SRAA) a credit rating of A-, while Moody’s Investors Service has assigned a

$1.5 million flood-resiliency project in Cayuga County is complete
STERLING, N.Y. — The state on Tuesday announced the completion of a $1.5 million flood-resiliency project in the town of Sterling in Cayuga County. It

McMahon says only 1 percent of county’s vaccinated have had breakthrough COVID cases
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Onondaga County Executive Ryan McMahon provided some data on the effectiveness of the COVID-19 vaccine, along with details of a new testing