The union representing about 75 lab workers and related personnel at Optum’s Brewster laboratory accused the health care giant of “union busting” tactics last week after the employees were recently notified that they would soon be laid off. Greg Speller,
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This is the 17th installment in an investigative series, launched in December 2022, about CareMount/Optum/UnitedHealth and broader concerns about corporate medical care. Class Action Status Sought Against UnitedHealth; Allegations Include Insider Trading, Fraud, and Monopolistic Practices By Adam Stone “Just
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Making sure all of the safety features on a car work well and the driver has their lights, seat, steering wheel and mirrors in proper position is critical at any age. For older adults who are still driving, making sure
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First, to address the potential elephant in the room: No, I’ve never experimented with psychedelic mushrooms myself. And it’s important to emphasize that recreational misuse – among vulnerable young people and others – carries with it very real psychological risk,
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It’s been 30 years since Support-A-Walk was first held to provide support to individuals and family members coping with breast and ovarian cancer. The non-profit organization Support Connection, based in Yorktown, was created a year later, and with more than
Read MoreYorktown Supervisor Ed Lachterman ordered the suspension of water fluoridation in the town last Thursday following a recent federal court ruling that reviewed studies outside the United States. Fluoride was added to the water of about 40,000 residents in Yorktown
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This Sunday Mount Pleasant will be hosting its 10th Annual Wildcats Spirit Day at Westlake High School, where more than 400 youth football players in grades 1-6 will be participating, all for an outstanding cause. Since it started in 2014, Spirit Day
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Tears and smiles filled the lobby of Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital in Valhalla last Friday morning while 21-month-old Hadley Frusciante basked in the attention, enjoying the sounds of an accompanying guitarist. Family members of the Mohegan Lake toddler and hospital
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It’s good that Vivian Utko has long considered herself a bit of a daredevil. The 86-year-old former amateur pilot and retired musician and music teacher was scheduled in early August to have the leadless dual chamber pacemaker implanted in her
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Dr. Pamela Weber, Diagnostic Radiology Mammograms remain one of the best ways to screen for developing cancers. However, a mammogram shows non-dense breast tissue as dark and transparent, while dense breast tissue usually appears as a solid white area, making
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