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Rheonix Laboratories launches in Lansing
Offers COVID-19 PCR testing LANSING, N.Y. — Rheonix Laboratories LLC in Lansing is a CLIA-certified clinical laboratory that recently opened and will initially offer COVID-19 PCR testing. Rheonix Inc. of Ithaca on Aug. 1 announced the lab’s opening. Rheonix is a manufacturer of a highly advanced microfluidic molecular testing platform. CLIA is short for clinical […]

Drakos Clinical Laboratories opens new HQ, lab in DeWitt
DeWITT, N.Y. — Drakos Clinical Laboratories has opened its headquarters and a new laboratory facility at 6333 New York Route 298 (near Carrier Circle) in DeWitt, in the KPH Healthcare Services Inc. building. “This is a business office and clinical laboratory,” says Heather Drake Bianchi, CEO of Drakos Clinical Laboratories, referring to the firm’s new

Oswego Health Foundation names new board chair, vice chair
The foundation has appointed Pete Cullinan as board chair. A lifelong native of Oswego and recent Exelon retiree, he also serves as secretary of the Oswego Health board of directors. Before retiring from his job at the end of 2021, Cullinan worked in the emergency planning field with a focus on nuclear-plant emergency planning since

Medication-collection kiosks available at all Kinney Drugs stores in New York
GOUVERNEUR — Kinney Drugs says all of its 75 locations in New York state now include a medication-collection kiosk. The company on Aug. 1 announced it had finished installing the kiosks at its stores across the state. The effort was part of a partnership with the New York State Bureau of Narcotic Enforcement and MED-Project,

Syracuse gets $1M donation for Lally Athletics Complex
SYRACUSE — He played football for Syracuse University in the mid-1970s and is now providing financial help as the school plans to turn Manley Field House into the John A. Lally Athletics Complex. David Tate, who is pledging $1 million for the project’s first phase, is the founder and CEO of Healthgram, a health-care consultancy

USDA awards New York grant funding to grow its farm-to-school program
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has awarded the state a $110,000 Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) grant to grow its farm-to-school program. The money

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The season’s final Jazz in the City concert — that includes a focus on public health — is set for Thursday evening

Excellus offering nonprofits funding to deal with racial and ethnic health disparities
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Nonprofit organizations can apply for funding to help fund health and wellness programs that “address racial and ethnic health disparities in upstate

Oswego Health creates student-program liaison position to aid recruitment efforts
OSWEGO, N.Y. — Oswego Health says it has hired Nicole Damboise as a student-program liaison, a new position that will be “serving as an extension

MVCC uses COVID-relief funds to erase student debt
UTICA, N.Y. — Mohawk Valley Community College announced it has erased just over $1 million in unpaid balances for 809 students via the Higher Education
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