
Jon Harris
Health Care Reporter at Buffalo News
Reporter at @TheBuffaloNews interested in health care, other topics. President of @BuffaloGuild. @dailyorange alum. @Broncos fan. | [email protected]
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1 week ago |
buffalonews.com | Jon Harris
Marlene Silva, a resident of the GreenFields Continuing Care Community in Lancaster, worked for a decade as a licensed clinical professional, often encountering people whose health care was covered by Medicaid late in their lives. "Just because you're on Medicaid doesn't mean that you've always been poor or that you always depended on other people," said Silva, who also had a 20-year career in the corporate world.
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1 week ago |
buffalonews.com | Jon Harris
The state is investigating an assault early this month at a People Inc. site in the Town of Tonawanda after one of the provider's clients was transported to the hospital after she was attacked by another client. In the incident, which occurred April 1 at 169 Heritage Road, the victim suffered major injuries and had to be rushed to Erie County Medical Center, according to a Town of Tonawanda police report.
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1 week ago |
buffalonews.com | Jon Harris
New York's public health council has denied three nursing home ownership transfers and, in doing so, hoped to send a message to lawmakers about the larger issues plaguing the state's long-term care industry. "My hope is that this block will call the Legislature's attention to this issue, be it by changing the reimbursement rate, changing the qualifications," said John Rugge, a member of the Public Health and Health Planning Council. " ...
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1 week ago |
buffalonews.com | Sandra Tan |Stephen Watson |Jon Harris |Justin Sondel
Electing to actErie County Legislator Frank Todaro is a collision shop owner who also happens to be a card-carrying member of the Screen Actors Guild. And the Lancaster Republican recently spent an hour and a half pretending to be a lawyer, now that the Buffalo area is such a flurry of moviemaking activity.
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2 weeks ago |
buffalonews.com | Jon Harris
The University at Buffalo has had three National Institutes of Health grants terminated since March 12, resulting in the loss of at least $4.4 million in research funding. One of those grants studied peer victimization on health outcomes for LGBTQ+ youth, who are at a higher risk of suicide, mental health symptoms and riskier alcohol and substance use behaviors.
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