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St. Joseph’s Health names new dean of College of Nursing
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — St. Joseph’s Health has concluded its search for a permanent dean for the St. Joseph’s College of Nursing, with the hiring of Lenore Boris. She succeeds Susan Berger, who has served as interim dean since April, per a Sept. 8 announcement from the health system. Berger resumes her role as the chairperson […]

Oswego Health to use $100K M&T gift for Lakeview Center for Mental Health & Wellness
OSWEGO, N.Y. — Oswego Health says M&T Bank (NYSE: MTB) has donated $100,000 to support the newly opened Lakeview Center for Mental Health and Wellness. It represents “one of the largest corporate donations” to the Campaign for Oswego Health and brings the nonprofit “one step closer to its fundraising goal.” The new 42,000-square-foot facility provides

Matthew House in Auburn adds two to board of directors
AUBURN, N.Y. — Matthew House — an Auburn nonprofit that operates a two-bed comfort-care home for terminally ill people in their final days of life — announced it has recently added two new members to its board of directors. Beth Burgmaster and Diane Lozowsky were inducted to the board for three-year terms. Burgmaster, a life-long

Hochul names Bassett to replace Zucker as New York’s health commissioner
New leadership Bassett currently serves as director of the François-Xavier Bagnoud (FXB) Center for Health and Human Rights at Harvard University and FXB Professor of the Practice of Health and Human Rights in the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. From 2014 through summer 2018, she

Cayuga Health, YMCA team up to share resources, offer new services
ITHACA, N.Y. — Cayuga Health and the YMCA of Ithaca and Tompkins County recently formed a collaborative partnership to share resources and “leverage unique assets,” resulting in new services and offerings for the entire community. YMCAs across the nation are partnering with health-care providers to share resources, “resulting in services with an emphasis on a

McMahon says only 1 percent of county’s vaccinated have had breakthrough COVID cases
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Onondaga County Executive Ryan McMahon provided some data on the effectiveness of the COVID-19 vaccine, along with details of a new testing

St. Joseph’s Health’s 122 suspended employees have until Oct. 8 to get vaccine, or lose their jobs
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — St. Joseph’s Health on Tuesday suspended 122 employees who didn’t comply with the state mandate to get a COVID-19 vaccination. Those affected

Hochul selects former NYC health official for state health commissioner
A woman who once served as she served as commissioner of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene will soon become New

Hochul signs executive order to expand eligible health-care workforce after vaccine deadline passes
Gov. Kathy Hochul on Monday night signed an executive order that “significantly expands” the eligible health-care workforce and allows additional health-care workers to administer COVID-19

Onondaga County rolls out mass-vaccination clinic for COVID booster shots on Wednesday
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Onondaga County Executive Ryan McMahon announced that the county will offer a mass-vaccination clinic for booster shots of the Pfizer COVID vaccine
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