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Excellus: Only one-third of upstate New York adults get an annual flu shot
DeWITT, N.Y. — Only about one in three upstate New York adults gets an annual flu shot. That’s according to a review of New York

St. Joseph’s Health unveils new helipad for patient arrivals by helicopter
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — St. Joseph’s Health has unveiled Care Flight, a medical helipad located on top of its 98-foot tall building on North State Street
Dunn Tire to hold job fair in DeWitt
DeWITT, N.Y. — Dunn Tire, a Buffalo–based tire retailer and auto-repair services provider, wants to add to its Syracuse–area workforce. The company will hold a

NIH awards Upstate researcher $1.5M grant to develop approach for preventing, treating sepsis
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded Juntao Luo, a researcher at Upstate Medical University, a four-year, $1.5 million grant for
U.S. Army awards Lockheed Martin contract to extend radar range
SALINA, N.Y. — The U.S. Army has awarded Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) a contract modification to insert gallium nitride (GaN) into the AN/TPQ-53 (Q-53) radar

Cayuga Health System CEO Rudd to retire in 2019; board selects Stallone to succeed
ITHACA, N.Y. — Cayuga Health System of Ithaca on Tuesday announced that president and CEO John Rudd, who serves in the same capacity for Cayuga

Carrols completes acquisition of 43 Burger King restaurants in five states
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Carrols Restaurant Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: TAST) on Monday said that it has recently completed the acquisition of a total of 43 Burger

MVHS secures needed loan for downtown Utica hospital
UTICA — Mohawk Valley Health System (MVHS) already has a $300 million grant for its downtown hospital project, and now it has the additional financing

Hamilton Family Health Center breaks ground on expansion, renovation project
HAMILTON — Community Memorial Hospital (CMH) in Hamilton on Oct. 2 broke ground on an expansion and renovation project of the Hamilton Family Health Center

Grant supports professor’s AI research on disease treatment
OSWEGO — A grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is allowing SUNY Oswego computer science faculty member Daniel Schlegel to apply artificial intelligence