Happy St. Patrick s Day! While we have no control on what day of the week St. Patrick s Day falls, it would be great if it could always be on a Saturday so we could celebrate properly. Translation, drink more (be responsible of course) and not have to deal with going to work the next day.
This year, we missed the biggest and most popular parade of the year, traditionally held on the first Saturday of March, but if all goes well, the parade will return again next year.
Did you know that as long as I have been on this planet, I have never experienced a corned beef and cabbage meal? Did you know it s not really a traditional Irish dish? Check out the article for the details.
The 58th annual New York State Dairy Princess Pageant will be a livestreamed virtual event this evening and you can see the contestants and meet last year’s winner.
Our Community has been hard hit by the pandemic, and the United Way of Broome County is looking to help nonprofits with some of the challenges they have faced this past year.
According a news release, the United Way of Broome County is pleased to announce the Capacity Building Grant for 2021-2022.
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The program is being put into place to provide funding to help not for profit agencies with funding for building and capital projects.
The goal is to support and strengthen the organizations that provide valuable services to our community, through strategic priorities, that include health, education, and financial stability.
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo says the new Office of Pharmacy Benefits is investigating big price increases for six drugs connected to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The government is looking into price increases for treatments that went up by, on the low end, around 60% to over 1,350% for one drug during the pandemic.
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The Department of Financial Services says a formulation of Vitamin C that goes into IVs manufactured by McGuff Pharmaceuticals went up in price 110% about a week after clinical trials were announced for using the drug as a treatment of COVID patients with severe symptoms.
A steroid treatment produced by Cipla USA, Incorporated had its price increased by over 1,350% in the middle of the first wave of COVID-19 cases in the U.S. and right after the announcement of clinical trials.