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Richmond University Medical Center names new senior vice president of Richmond Health Network

Richmond University Medical Center (RUMC) has announced that Jeffrey Lieto has been named senior vice president of the Richmond Health Network. Lieto will oversee the operations of the network, which ... read more

Dozens of deaths reveal risks of injecting sedatives into people restrained by police

An investigation led by The Associated Press has found that the practice of giving sedatives to people detained by police has spread quietly across the nation over the last 15 years, built on ... read more

Richmond University Medical Center holds Fourth Annual RUMC/Arnold Obey 5K Run/Walk in Clove Lakes Park

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Nearly 500 people took part in the Fourth Annual RUMC/Arnold Obey 5K Run/Walk, complete with 189 runners, 243 walkers and 51 children. read more

Students from the Michael J. Petrides School rally to support Richmond University Medical Center

Students and faculty members at The Michael J. Petrides School invited Daniel J. Messina, president and CEO of Richmond University Medical Center, to the Sunnyside school to present him with care ... read more

Medical Marvels

Veterans turn to the Richmond VA Medical Center for a variety of treatments to raise their quality of life. But sometimes, what a veteran really needs is something that doesn’t exist, like a way to ... read more

Virginia delegate hopes to end state’s high Black maternal mortality rate

In Virginia, the Black maternal mortality rate is about two times greater than white women, according to VCU Health. Infants born to Black women pass away up to three times more than other races ... read more

At least 16 people died in California after medics injected sedatives during encounters with police

An investigation by The Associated Press has found that at least 16 people died in California over a decade following physical encounters with police during which medical personnel also injected them ... read more

University of Chicago opens much-anticipated micro-hospital bringing academic medicine to Region

The University of Chicago Medicine, one of the top-ranked healthcare systems in the country, will bring its advanced academic medicine to Northwest Indiana when it opens its much-anticipated multispec ... read more

Long-lived warm up around the corner

Cade Cooper, left, from Powhatan and Amanda Yowell, right, from Culpeper, took advantage of great weather on the first day of summer to float down the James River past a group of sunbathers near the ... read more

Virginia Board of Education approves $25.4M for six new lab schools

The Virginia Board of Education approved $25.4 million for six new lab schools Thursday. State officials accelerated the approval process to use the existing lab school funding before the current ... read more

OU's Stephenson Cancer Center to open Tulsa hospital

Tulsa, will help fill a void in treatment and screening created when Cancer Treatment Centers of America closed in 2021. read more

Hundreds gather at the Richmond County Country Club for the College of Staten Island’s ‘Spring Into Giving’

The College of Staten Island held it's 'Spring into Giving' on April 18, 2024 at the Richmond County Country Club. From the left are Timothy G. Lynch, president, and Sam Farag. (Steve White for the ... read more