Healthcare News

Second Strain of Flu Making The Rounds
Second Strain of Flu Making The Rounds
Second Strain of Flu Making The Rounds
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Health officials say a second wave of influenza has struck this spring and is putting more New Yorkers in the hospital now than in January. The Albany Times Union reports that a different strain of flu is circulating than the one in midwinter, and people who already had the flu can get it again -- especially if they didn't get the vaccine...
New Program Enables Law Enforcement to Carry Overdose Antidote
New Program Enables Law Enforcement to Carry Overdose Antidote
New Program Enables Law Enforcement to Carry Overdose Antidote
The Community Overdose Prevention (COP) Program will enable every state and local law enforcement officer to carry Naloxone, the antidote that can instantly reverse the effects of of an opiate overdose. The COP Program will provide funding to equip each state and local officer with Naloxone and to train the officers to properly administer the life saving drug...
Free Cancer Screenings: Delaware, Otsego, Schoharie Counties
Free Cancer Screenings: Delaware, Otsego, Schoharie Counties
Free Cancer Screenings: Delaware, Otsego, Schoharie Counties
April is National Cancer Control Awareness Month: a time devoted to raising awareness of cancer prevention, detection, and treatment methods, as well giving support to cancer patients and survivors. The Cancer Services Program of Delaware, Otsego and Schoharie Counties provides free cancer screenings to uninsured and under-insured women ages 40-64 and men ages 50-64...
New President Announced for Bassett Healthcare
New President Announced for Bassett Healthcare
New President Announced for Bassett Healthcare
After an extensive national search that began nearly a year ago, Bassett has selected a new president. Vance M. Brown. MD, has been appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of the Bassett Healthcare Network and Bassett Medical Center, effective July 1, 2014...
Almost One Million New Yorkers Sign Up for Health Exchange
Almost One Million New Yorkers Sign Up for Health Exchange
Almost One Million New Yorkers Sign Up for Health Exchange
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The state's new health exchange reports more than 995,000 New Yorkers have completed applications for insurance while more than 666,000 of them have now enrolled for specific coverage. The health department says enrollment for individual and family coverage since October includes 327,020 New Yorkers in the 16 commercial and nonprofit insurers in the exchange and 339,377 in gove
Town of Chenango Man Resuscitated by State Troopers
Town of Chenango Man Resuscitated by State Troopers
Town of Chenango Man Resuscitated by State Troopers
On March 6th State Police at Binghamton responded to a report of a 23-year-old male not breathing. Upon arriving at a residence in the Town of Chenango, troopers found the unconscious man inside. After assessing the victim and finding he was not breathing, troopers administered CPR and attached an automated external defibrillator (AED), delivering one shock...
Oneida County Nursing Home Settles Racial Discrimination Suit
Oneida County Nursing Home Settles Racial Discrimination Suit
Oneida County Nursing Home Settles Racial Discrimination Suit
New York has reached a settlement in an investigation into the Betsy Ross Nursing and Rehabilitation Center located in Rome, NY. The nursing home was cited for discrimination on the basis of race against African-American employees. The investigation was opened after the state attorney general’s office received multiple complaints about discrimination in the assignments of African-American nurses a
Empire to Provide Three Weeks of Free Coverage Following Marketplace Sign-Up Problems
Empire to Provide Three Weeks of Free Coverage Following Marketplace Sign-Up Problems
Empire to Provide Three Weeks of Free Coverage Following Marketplace Sign-Up Problems
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Thousands of consumers who faced enrollment problems will get three weeks of free coverage from Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield. Gov. Andrew Cuomo says the agreement follows a Department of Financial Services probe into complaints about Empire sending out member ID cards late, failing to send bills on time and other issues...

Load More Articles