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Campaign impact: Obama, Romney seize on ruling (2nd update)
June 28, 2012 WASHINGTON — Battling fiercely for the White House, President Barack Obama and Republican rival Mitt Romney implored voters to see the Supreme Court's health care ruling in different ways Thursday,... more »» 
Coverage for most Americans, a scramble for states
June 28, 2012 WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's health care overhaul is on the way to its ultimate jury: the families, doctors, business people and state officials who'll have to grapple with the confusing... more »»
NY health plans continue as US court OKs Obama law
June 28, 2012 ALBANY — With state health officials advancing plans to help provide uninsured New Yorkers with health coverage under President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, Thursday's U.S. more »»
Village, H’town debate Trudeau Institute annexation
June 28, 2012 SARANAC LAKE — Village of Saranac Lake and town of Harrietstown officials have been trading emails and letters over the past few weeks on the village’s potential annexation of Trudeau Institut. more »»
Hospital restricts birthing center visitors due to whooping cough-like illness
June 27, 2012 SARANAC LAKE — Adirondack Health is restricting visitors to its birthing center at Adirondack Medical Center in Saranac Lake to protect infants from an outbreak of what hospital officials describe... more »» 
Trudeau Institute: Questions linger about three-year effort to move
June 21, 2012 SARANAC LAKE — Current and former top officials at Trudeau Institute are sparring over who knew about the long-running effort to move the laboratory that continued in secret from 2008 through early... more »» 
Teachers camp out at school for Hospice
June 19, 2012 SARANAC LAKE — Three faculty members at Petrova Elementary School camped out in the school’s bus circle Monday night as part of an effort to raise money for High Peaks Hospice & Palliative Car. more »»
N.Y. agrees to sweeping reform of disabled care
June 18, 2012 ALBANY — Some of New York’s most vulnerable citizens will be protected by a hotline, special investigators and other measures aimed at improving a system marked by years of abuse and death among the... more »»
Cuomo pushing protections for disabled in state care
June 16, 2012 ALBANY — With the Cuomo administration pushing for final passage next week of sweeping legislation to protect New York’s disabled, some advocates who endorse the bill’s intent say they see critical... more »» 
Trudeau gets $9M research grant
June 15, 2012 SARANAC LAKE — Trudeau Institute faculty member Laura Haynes has been awarded a $1.89 million grant to study the impacts of aging on the immune system’s response to infection and vaccination. more »» 
Trudeau Institute gets federal research grant
June 14, 2012 SARANAC LAKE — The Trudeau Institute is receiving a $1.89 million grant to study the impacts of aging on the immune system’s response to infection and vaccination. more »»
Lawmakers pass Rx drug law
June 14, 2012 The state Legislature has unanimously passed legislation aimed at curbing prescription drug abuse. more »» 
Homeward Bound will buy Glenwood home
June 12, 2012 SARANAC LAKE — A foundation headed by Doonesbury cartoonist Garry Trudeau, who grew up in this village, is providing $125,000 to Homeward Bound Adirondacks to purchase Trudeau’s grandfather’s former... more »» 
Local officials share hopes for Lake Placid hospital site
June 12, 2012 LAKE PLACID — Town and village officials don’t appear to have any control over what Adirondack Health plans to do with its Lake Placid hospital once it’s closed, but they’d like to see it continue... more »»
House repeals medical device excise tax
June 12, 2012 Medical device manufacturers are applauding House representatives for repealing a 2.3 percent excise tax on products ranging from cotton swabs to CT scan machines. more »» 
Trudeau Institute to share in $3 million research grant
June 11, 2012 SARANAC LAKE — Trudeau Institute is a subcontractor on a $3 million research grant that will help move one of its discoveries closer to human trials and clinical use, the nonprofit biomedical... more »» 
Survivors help raise $57,000 to fight cancer
June 11, 2012 TUPPER LAKE — Tupper Lake passed the $57,000 mark for fundraising for the American Cancer Society at this year’s Relay for Life, held Saturday night into Sunday morning. more »»
AMC receives $112k grant for telemedicine network
June 8, 2012 SARANAC LAKE — The U.S. more »» 
Trudeau Institute adds Betsy Lowe to its board
June 7, 2012 SARANAC LAKE — Trudeau Institute announced Thursday that Betsy Lowe is the newest member of its Board of Trustees. The nonprofit biomedical research center, founded in 1884 by D. more »» 
Cuomo advisor explains Justice Center plan
June 7, 2012 TUPPER LAKE — The basis for Gov. Cuomo’s idea for overhauling oversight of the state’s care for people with special needs can be traced back to one man. Clarence J. more »» |
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