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State grants aided Liberty Resources’ expansion project
SYRACUSE — Liberty Resources, Inc. used two state grants to expand outpatient substance-use treatment services and increase capacity for primary care. It used a $625,000 from the New York State Department of Health and an $874,000 award from the New York State Office of Alcohol and Substance Abuse Services. Liberty Resources, a Syracuse–based human-services agency, […]

Oswego Health breaks ground on new behavioral health services facility
OSWEGO, N.Y. — Oswego Health on Thursday broke ground on a project to renovate the former Oswego Price Chopper building into a 32-bed inpatient unit

State formally opens youth behavioral health outpatient clinic at Greater Binghamton Health Center
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — The New York State Office of Mental Health (OMH) on Wednesday formally opened the new behavioral health outpatient clinic for children and

People news: MMRI names Bell manager of radiology department
DeWITT, N.Y. — Medical Management Resources, Inc. (MMRI), a medical billing and practice management firm in DeWitt, announced it has promoted Jennifer Bell to manager

Bankers Healthcare Group, JMA Wireless to expand, create jobs in Syracuse
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Bankers Healthcare Group, LLC (BHG) and JMA Wireless have plans to expand and add jobs. BHG will relocate into a new building

Binghamton University professor Whittingham shares Nobel Prize for chemistry
VESTAL, N.Y. — M. Stanley Whittingham, a professor of chemistry and materials science at Binghamton University, is one of three people sharing the Nobel Prize

People news: MVHS names medical director for intensive care unit at St. Luke’s Campus
UTICA, N.Y. — The Mohawk Valley Health System (MVHS) announced it has named Dr. Ghassan Koussa medical director for the intensive care unit at its

Syracuse iSchool, City of Syracuse, Microsoft form Smart Cities collaboration
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The School of Information Studies at Syracuse University (iSchool), the City of Syracuse, and Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) on Tuesday announced they planned

Syracuse has highest multiple-sclerosis diagnosis rate in U.S., report finds
The multiple-sclerosis diagnosis rate in the Syracuse area is higher than anywhere else in the country. That’s according to a new study of medical claims

Schuyler Hospital president and CEO Watson to retire in February, successor named
MONTOUR FALLS, N.Y. — Jim Watson, president and CEO of Schuyler Hospital in Montour Falls, has announced his plan to retire in February. The Cayuga
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