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Health

Give a pint of blood, get a pint of ice cream

ALBANY — This June, the American Red Cross and Stewart’s Shops will offer a refreshing treat to people who step up to give blood. For a sixth year, Stewart’s Shops is treating Red Cross blood donors to free pints of ice cream as part of the “Give a Pint, Get a Pint” program. From ...

Data breach exposes Adirondack Health patient information

SARANAC LAKE — The personal information of more than 800 patients of Adirondack Health may have been exposed in a contract company’s data breach three-and-a-half months ago, the health care network announced late Thursday. The patient information that was exposed included certain ...

Trudeau Institute names business man Douglas Colson to board

SARANAC LAKE — The Trudeau Institute has announced the appointment of Douglas Colson to its Board of Trustees. Colson comes to Trudeau with an acute awareness of the impact that infectious disease has on rural poverty. He spent extensive time in East Africa as a founding board member of ...

St. Joseph’s Ross joins AHI board

GLENS FALLS — Adirondack Health Institute announces the appointment of three new members to its Board of Directors. Robert Ross, Jeannie Cross and Geoffrey Peck will each serve a three-year term. Since 2007, Ross has served as the chief executive officer at St. Joseph’s Addiction ...

Stuntwoman’s fight for health coverage returns to lower court, again

SARANAC LAKE — A Saranac Lake stuntwoman who had a long career in Hollywood is still in the middle of a now-decade-long lawsuit with her health plan to get coverage for on-set injuries. In March, a court gave her case a lift, ensuring it continues by sending it back to a lower court ...

NY to set workplace safety standards for airborne diseases

ALBANY — State regulators in New York will soon draft rules that will require employers to protect workers from airborne infectious disease. A new state law tasks state labor and health officials with coming up with minimum workplace standards around things like the availability of ...