Get our email updates
Stay up-to-date on the companies, people and issues that impact businesses in Syracuse, Central New York and beyond.
What's New
Upcoming Events
CNYBJ Job Board
Health Care
Oneida Health to use $25K Community Foundation grant for PPE, testing supplies
ONEIDA, N.Y. — Oneida Health announced it will use a grant of $25,000 from the Central New York Community Foundation to help purchase personal protective
Vetted Tech pitches in to assist first responders
DeWITT — When Mike Mowins, president of Vetted Tech, Inc., recently learned that several local first responders were short of critically needed personal protective equipment (PPE), he sprang into action to make and supply face shields. Vetted Tech, established in 2019, is an additive manufacturing company specializing in advanced 3D-printed parts created in metal or
Cornell provost says there’s no guarantee students return to campus this fall
ITHACA — Even though the university remains “hopeful” that it will be able to resume campus operations for the fall semester, Cornell University says “it is simply too soon to make that guarantee.” That’s part of a letter that Cornell University Provost Michael Kotlikoff wrote to the Cornell community. Kotlikoff referred to a recent message
Cayuga Health using Rheonix same-day COVID-19 testing for faster results
ITHACA — Cayuga Health is working with Rheonix Inc. to provide same-day turnaround for COVID-19 test results. The organizations announced their partnership April 30, a day after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (or FDA) had granted Rheonix emergency use authorization for its Rheonix COVID-19TM MDx assay. The “rapid” sample-to-answer test enables the “fully automated”
Oneida Health offering telehealth service for patient visits
ONEIDA — Oneida Health has implemented telehealth at all of its primary-care offices, its Quick Care locations, and many of its specialty practices throughout Madison and Oneida counties. The organization announced that it took the step to help meet the needs of patients during the COVID-19 pandemic. Across the nation, the public-health crisis has led
Upstate Medical University holds virtual commencement ceremony
SYRACUSE — Upstate Medical University on May 1 conducted its first-ever virtual commencement, conferring degrees on 419 students who graduated from Upstate’s four colleges. The event was originally set for May 3 at the SRC Arena on the Onondaga Community College campus, but since the COVID-19 pandemic, all large gatherings have been canceled, “necessitating the
Area hospitals ready to resume outpatient, elective surgical procedures
Rome Memorial Hospital (RMH) on May 1 announced it is now ready to restart elective surgical procedures. In collaboration with its physicians, RMH says it redesigned workflows to test patients for COVID-19 before surgery. It is also designating separate entrances, elevators, units, and staff for patients’ “enhanced safety,” Mark Murphy, president and CEO of RMH,
Crouse receives financial boost with resumption of elective surgeries
SYRACUSE — Crouse Health has received a vital fiscal shot in the arm now that it has restarted elective surgeries. The Syracuse–based health system was slated to resume outpatient elective surgeries and procedures on May 7, now that the state has allowed them in our region and across much of upstate New York. Crouse had
Onondaga County COVID-19 death toll rises to 60 with 19 previously uncounted nursing-home deaths
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The death toll from COVID-19 in Onondaga County jumped by nearly 50 percent to 60 on Thursday, after New York State informed
City of Binghamton, UHS, Rheonix team up on same-day COVID-19 testing
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — The City of Binghamton is working with United Health Services (UHS) and an Ithaca–area business on providing same-day COVID-19 test results. Binghamton
Get our email updates
Stay up-to-date on the companies, people and issues that impact businesses in Syracuse, Central New York and beyond.