Health

1+ week, 1+ hour ago   (261+ words) Ellis Medicine is planning to set up shop at the former Veterans Affairs Clinic in Schenectady County. Ellis Medicine is in the process of signing a lease for the old VA clinic in the Town of Rotterdam and is planning…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (340+ words) SCHENECTADY, NY (WRGB)- Ellis Medicine is holding a community conversation in Schenectady as questions swirl about the future of local health care access, including an ongoing legal fight over cardiology services. The event is being held at the DoubleTree by…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (571+ words) Content warning: This story contains mentions of death. For years, Albany Care has faced scrutiny due to concerns about patient safety. These worries came to the fore when, in April, the Illinois Department of Public Health issued a Level 6 sanction…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (282+ words) Dozens gathered outside Dunkirk Rehabilitation and Nursing Monday morning to sound the alarm about what they warn is an impending healthcare crisis putting hospitals and nursing homes at risk of closure in the Southern Tier. The healthcare union 1199SEIU, representing more…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (270+ words) Health and Me Nearly 20 prescriptions for life-ending medication were reportedly issued in New York during the first month of its Medical Aid in Dying (MAiD) law, according to a Columbia University bioethics expert However, state health officials have not yet…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (642+ words) The contract requires payments even if the hospital closes; officials say county can afford estimated $2 million annually without raising tax rate. Contract requires payments even if hospital closes; officials say county can cover cost without raising taxes. LEESBURG — Lee County…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (870+ words) The practice of allowing a doctor to help terminally ill patients end their lives with medication has been legalized in recent years in several countries across the world. In the U.S., New York and Illinois recently became the latest of 13 states…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (852+ words) The practice of allowing a doctor to help terminally ill patients end their lives with medication has been legalized in recent years in several countries across the world. In the U.S., New York and Illinois recently became the latest of 13 states…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (1602+ words) Fordham Law Remembers Erin Piacenti We Still 'Belong Together' Curtain Call for Accountability The New York State Medical Aid in Dying (MAID) Act went into effect on Aug. 5, after it was signed into law under Public Health Law Article 28-F…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (1726+ words) CHICAGO – Deb Robertson counted the days, hoping she’d live long enough for a new Illinois law to go into effect that allows terminally ill people like her to use a lethal prescription to end their lives. A diagnosis of a…...