By Adam Stone When Utah native Derek Anderson was coming of age in the early 2000s, and exploring how best to serve the world, his journey took him to Cambodia, where he delivered on a volunteer, self-funded mission in the
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By Susan R. Eisenstein Marta Shedletsky is always looking for opportunities to help her clients. Born in Poland, the Yorktown resident was already the founder of Mushika Wellness Solutions in Yorktown. On Feb. 21, she has officially added her new
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An agreement was reached last week between two area healthcare providers to form a regional partnership that representatives of both nonprofit organizations believe will result in improved and more accessible care. The agreement between Northwell Health and Nuvance Health was
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By Adam Stone At first, it was mostly just about seizing a once-in-a-generation business opportunity for Beth Smith. The lifelong Westchester resident and veteran public school special education teacher knew securing a license from New York’s Office of Cannabis Management
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When Andrew Lippmann meets with congressmen and U.S. senators from across the country this week in Washington, it won’t be a typical lobbying effort from one of many special interest groups – at least not for Lippmann. Thousands of lives
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This is the 13th installment in an ongoing investigative series, launched in December 2022, about CareMount/Optum, broader local healthcare issues and corporate medicine. By Adam Stone Although I’ve done a ton of reporting over the past 14 months about Optum,
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It would be understandable if Louise Praino was ever skittish about how long she might have to live given her family history. Praino’s father died of a heart attack when he was 32 years old. Her mother died of a
Read MoreTwo positive cases of toxoplasmosis stemming from one of two events at the American Legion Hall in Mount Kisco last month prompted the Westchester County Health Department to issue an urgent alert last Wednesday. Health officials are calling on anyone
Read MoreTwo Westchester County departments have collaborated to launch what is believed to be a first-in-the-nation program that trains former prisoners with addiction to become peers to help others facing similar challenges. The program, “Lives Forward,” brings together the Department of
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This is the 12th installment in an ongoing investigative series, launched in December 2022 about CareMount/Optum, broader local healthcare issues and corporate medicine. By Adam Stone One result of launching an ongoing series about the problems at CareMount/Optum, and the
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