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Vaping considered dangerous to health By Barbara Pierce Teen vaping is an emergency — a public health emergency. Vaping involves the use of an e-cigarette

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The Oneida County Health Department, Rome Memorial Hospital and Mohawk Valley Health System collaborated with key community stakeholders to develop a three-year community health

Karen Fournier of Oriskany is the winner of the 23rd annual $100,000 Miracle Drawing. Proceeds of the fundraiser benefit the Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals at the Mohawk Valley Health System. Celebrating the occasion are, from left, Karen Fournier, Andrea MacDiarmid, CMN Hospitals coordinator; and family members Katie, Renee and Robert Fournier. This was Karen’s first time purchasing a Miracle Drawing ticket. She bought the ticket at Chanatry’s Supermarket located in Utica. On the evening of the drawing, Karen was making dinner and her son tuned into WKTV NewsChannel2 to see who won. “My son came into the kitchen and told me I had won,” said Fournier. “I thought he was kidding and just laughed it off but then I realized he was serious.” The project, which benefits maternal child services at MVHS, has raised more than $4.8 million over the past 23 years. For more information and to view the recipients of the nine bonus prizes, call the MVHS Foundation at 315-624-5600 or visit mvhealthsystem.org/CMN.

Oriskany resident wins 23rd annual $100,000 Miracle Drawing

Photo: Karen Fournier of Oriskany is the winner of the 23rd annual $100,000 Miracle Drawing. Proceeds of the fundraiser benefit the Children’s Miracle Network

MVHS names new nurse manager

Tracey Barone has been named director of nursing for emergency services at the Mohawk Valley Health System. Barone has served as the St. Elizabeth

Rome practice welcomes new physician assistant

Board-certified physician assistant Philip Downs has joined the staff at Rome Medical Practice Surgical Specialists, located in Suite 300, 267 Avery Lane, Rome. He

MVHS Medical Group welcomes new physicians

The Mohawk Valley Health System recently welcomed a host of new primary care physicians. • Sophie Alesna-Sabang, a specialist in family medicine, has joined the

MVHS names medical director for ICU

Ghassan Koussa has been named medical director for the intensive care unit at the St. Luke’s Campus of the Mohawk Valley Health System in

Mohawk Valley organizations explore autism

Masonic Medical Research Institute, the Kelberman Center, Resource Center for Independent Living, ADHD & Autism Psychological Services and Advocacy and Upstate Cerebral Palsy recently

MVHS welcomes new hospitalist