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“Shed the Meds” event at Carthage Area Hospital collects more than 60 pounds of prescription drugs
CARTHAGE, N.Y. — A recent event held at Carthage Area Hospital collected 62.5 pounds of “unused, expired, or unwanted prescription drugs” that can now be

Syracuse University names new dean of Whitman School of Management
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Syracuse University has selected Eugene (Gene) Anderson as the new dean of the Martin J. Whitman School of Management. Anderson is currently

CNY Psychiatric Center employee charged with falsifying report to obtain workers’-comp benefits
MARCY, N.Y. — New York State Inspector General Catherine Leahy Scott today announced the arrest of an employee of the Central New York Psychiatric Center

Excellus awards St. Joseph’s Health Foundation grant for retinopathy vision-screening equipment
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — St. Joseph’s Health’s primary-care centers plan to use diabetic retinopathy vision-screening equipment. Excellus BlueCross BlueShield (Excellus BCBS) has awarded St. Joseph’s Health
DEC, Great Lakes Research Consortium award $136K in grants to area schools
The Great Lakes Research Consortium (GLRC) and New York State have awarded more than $136,000 in grant funding to area schools for research projects focused
FamilyCare Medical Group affiliates with Molina Healthcare subsidiaries
Syracuse–based FamilyCare Medical Group, PC (FCMG) has affliated with two wholly owned subsidiaries of Long Beach, California–based Molina Healthcare, Inc. (NYSE: MOH). The two subsidiaries
Hill-Rom Holdings breaks ground on expansion project at Welch Allyn campus in Skaneateles Falls
SKANEATELES FALLS, N.Y. — Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: HRC) on Friday broke ground on an expansion project that will add about 100,000 square feet to
SUNY names new presidents for Jefferson and Tompkins Cortland Community Colleges
Jefferson Community College (JCC) in Watertown and Tompkins Cortland Community College (TC3) in Dryden will have new presidents for the 2017-18 academic year. The SUNY
Survey examines generational differences in consumer involvement in health-care plans
Millennials are more involved than other generations in making health-care choices, including some that are costly for health-plan sponsors. That’s among the “key” findings on

NIH awards SUNY Poly professor a nearly $900K grant for breast-cancer research
ALBANY, N.Y. — A professor at SUNY Polytechnic Institute (SUNY Poly) in Albany will use a federal grant of $890,000 in breast-cancer research that involves
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