Healthcare News

U.S. Senator Charles Schumer has urged the Department of Justice to create a grant program that would fund tracking devices for families that want to use them. The proposed legislation is named "Avonte's Law" after the 14-year-old autistic teen who was found dead in the East River three months after wandering away from his school in New York City...

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York hospitals are now required to screen newborns for heart defects under a new law. The measure, which took effect Monday, requires all birthing facilities to administer the test called pulse oximetry screening...

Although the Countryside Care Center in Delhi, Delaware County, remains closed at this time, there may be hope on the horizon. Congressman Chris Gibson has spearheaded the campaign to find a new owner for the facility, and states that he and Delaware County officials will continue to make a concerted effort...

Mental health advocates will rally in Albany this afternoon in support of Governor Cuomo’s proposed $200 million to ramp up new community services and support for New Yorkers with serious behavioral and medical conditions. An estimated 750 mental health advocates are expected from across the state, including over sixteen buses from Long Island, New York City, Western and Central New York, the Sout

By a 4 to 3 vote the Otsego County Health Facilities Corporation decided yesterday to sell the 174-bed Otsego Manor nursing home facility, its 18.5 acre site and the alternative home health care program to Focus Ventures of Airmont, New York for $18...

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York has revised its request for a $10 billion Medicaid adjustment, which would allow using that money to pay for related health care programs, after federal officials concluded capital investment and some other programs are ineligible...