Archive for 'Heathcare News'
NY asks farms and residents for help in stopping the spread of bird flu
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Posted: February 3rd, 2025 under Agricultural News, Business News, Heathcare News, State Legislator News, Statewide News.
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Social Media is not social anymore
By Ellenburg Center 10th Grader Clara Parsons Click here for the Adirondack Daily Enterprise story
Posted: February 3rd, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, General News, Heathcare News, National History, Northern NY News, Peru/Regional History.
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Clinton Community College Plans Move of Nursing, EMT Programs to UVM Health Network – CVPH
CCC News Release – Clinton Community College plans to relocate the educational space for its renowned nursing and EMT programs to The University of Vermont Health Network – Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital (CVPH) beginning with the Fall 2025 semester. The move is a unique opportunity to further develop the college’s leading nursing and emergency medical […]
Posted: January 29th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, City News, Education News, General News, Heathcare News, Northern NY News, Peru/Regional History.
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Adirondack Regional Blood Donor Center Drives Offers Many Opportunities to Give
Blood collected by Donor Center supports regional hospitals PLATTSBURGH, NY (01/29/2025) – The Adirondack Regional Blood Donor Center, a program of the University of Vermont Health Network – Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital (CVPH) in partnership with numerous community sponsors, has several blood drives open to the community planned this month. Blood and blood products collected […]
Posted: January 29th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, City News, Heathcare News, Northern NY News, Peru News.
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CVPH Peru Blood Drive, Monday, Feb. 17
Peru – CVPH Donor Center Blood Brive, Monday, February 17, from 3 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., at St. Augustine’s Parish Center, 3030 Main St. in Peru. St. Augustine’s Knights of Columbus Council 7273 is coordinating the drive.
Posted: January 28th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Community Events, Heathcare News, Northern NY News, Peru News.
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Ban smartphones in NY schools to break tech’s hold over kids (Editorial Board Opinion)
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Posted: January 27th, 2025 under Education News, Heathcare News, Opinion, Political News, State Government News, Statewide News.
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NY to open HEAP applications after short closure
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Posted: January 25th, 2025 under Heathcare News, State Government News.
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UVM Health Network executives made $3 million in bonuses in 2024
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Posted: January 24th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Heathcare News, Northern NY News, Regional NY-VT News.
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Caring for the homeless in Clinton Co. ‘These are our residents. These are not a migrant population.’
The Peru Gazette also covered this story. Sun Community News reporter Kim Dedam wrote such a great story. I will post hers because I can’t top it. Kim is an outstanding reporter. Press-Republican reporter Carly Newton wrote an exceptional and even more detailed story in today’s Paper. I will post a video of the 54-minute […]
Posted: January 23rd, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Community Events, County Government News, Education News, General News, Heathcare News, Northern NY News, Peru/Regional History, Social Issues.
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Community health centers are critical in the North Country. But stagnant funding is putting them at risk
Hudson Headwaters is one of those organizations Click here for the NCPR story
Posted: January 20th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Heathcare News, Northern NY News, State Government News.
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Saving Lives by Wearing Red
CVPH News Release – Foundation of CVPH fundraiser supports women’s heart health The National Institutes of Health (NIH) says, on average, 86 women in Clinton County die each year from heart disease. PLATTSBURGH, NY (1/20/2025) – Getting dressed for the day is not typically considered a lifesaving activity. In this case, it could do exactly […]
Posted: January 20th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, City News, Heathcare News, Northern NY News.
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Market 32/Price Chopper has a pizza dough recall
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Posted: January 18th, 2025 under Business News, Heathcare News.
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CVPH Nationally Recognized for Improving Care for Older Adults
Skilled Nursing Facility Named Age-Friendly Health Systems Participant CVPH News Release – PLATTSBURGH, NY (1/16/2025) – Older adults are living and working longer, redefining later life and enriching our communities. Delivering care that values them and addresses their unique needs leads to better outcomes, more satisfied patients and families and lowers overall costs. This is […]
Posted: January 17th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, City News, Heathcare News, Northern NY News, Peru/Regional History.
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Booth family donates $25K to Plattsburgh YMCA
Family’s association with the Y dates back to the early 1900s Click here for the Sun Community News story
Posted: January 11th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Charity Events, City News, Community Events, Heathcare News, Northern NY News.
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CVPH Clinical Assistant Answers the Call for Caring
Abigail Middlemiss Receives BEE Award (CVPH News Release and photos) PLATTSBURGH, NY (1/10/2025) – Oftentimes, it’s the simplest of gestures that make the difference in health care. In the case of Abigail Middlemiss, CA, her difference comes in the form of a smile that brightens even the darkest of days for patients and colleagues alike. She […]
Posted: January 10th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, City News, General News, Heathcare News, Northern NY News.
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Patient, Staff Safety Focus of CVPH Emergency Department Initiative
Education and awareness can support a safer environment and a positive patient experience PLATTSBURGH, NY (01/09/2025) – While the incidence of workplace violence in health care remains a serious concern for healthcare professionals across the country, the University of Vermont Health Network – Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital (CVPH) is taking steps to ensure patients continue […]
Posted: January 9th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, City News, Heathcare News, Law Enforcement News, Northern NY News, Regional NY-VT News.
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Attorney General James Puts Medical Transportation Industry on Notice, Announces New Actions to Stop Ongoing Fraud
AG James Has Secured More Than $10 Million From Transportation Companies, Won Criminal Convictions of 11 Individuals January 8, 2025 Attorney General News Release NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James today announced new measures to stop a major source of Medicaid fraud by transportation companies that use fake billing schemes to steal […]
Posted: January 9th, 2025 under Heathcare News, Law Enforcement News, Statewide News.
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Carbon monoxide that sent 5 to hospitals came from food warmer in kitchen, school official says
The charter school did not have carbon monoxide detectors Click here for Syracuse.com story
Posted: January 8th, 2025 under Education News, Heathcare News, Upstate New York.
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Tatum Hendrie, first baby of 2025 at CVPH
Baby girl Tatum Hendrie was born January 2, at 9:44 am to parents Paula Blazonis and Will Hendrie of Plattsburgh. The first baby born in 2025 at the University of Vermont Health Network – Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital weighed a perfect 8 lb. 5 oz and was 20 ¼ inches long. Tatum received a huge […]
Posted: January 4th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Community Events, General News, Heathcare News, Northern NY News.
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The U.S. surgeon general wants cancer warnings on alcohol. Here’s why
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Posted: January 4th, 2025 under Heathcare News, National News, Peru/Regional History.
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Climate Smart Community Grants Awarded
DEC Interim Commissioner Sean Mahar has announced more than $16 million in Climate Smart Communities Grant awards to municipalities across the state. The grant awards represent the largest ever awarded since the program was created thanks to funding from the Clean Water, Clean Air and Green Jobs Environmental Bond Act of 2022. The funded projects […]
Posted: January 3rd, 2025 under Education News, Heathcare News, Northern NY News, State Government News.
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A Christmas Blessing – 21 attempts, 17 successful
Twenty-one kind people attempted to donate blood at CVPH’s December 23 blood donor drive at St. Augustine’s Parish Center. Seventeen were successful. Remarkably, so many people donated during such a busy time of year. The CVPH Adirondack Regional Health Center, in a thank-you letter to the sponsoring organization, St. Augustine’s Knights of Columbus, stated, “Donors […]
Posted: December 31st, 2024 under Adirondack Region News, Charity Events, Community Events, Heathcare News, Northern NY News.
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Flu cases on the rise across NYS
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Posted: December 31st, 2024 under Heathcare News, Statewide News.
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New law expands access to home heating aid for seniors
Legislation aimed at helping to get assistance and information to EPIC participants CLICK HERE FOR THE SUN COMMUNITY NEWS STORY
Posted: December 23rd, 2024 under General News, Heathcare News, State Government News, State Legislator News, Statewide News.
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As UVM Health Network cuts services in Vermont, it expands in New York
Different regulatory environments in the two states have led to contrasting situations on either side of Lake Champlain. Click here for the VTDigger story
Posted: December 23rd, 2024 under Adirondack Region News, Business News, General News, Heathcare News, Northern NY News, Peru/Regional History, Regional NY-VT News.
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