WNYT: Local Community Walk in High Heels to Raise Awareness on Sexual Assault

On March 23 and 24, St. Peter’s Health Partners held the 19th annual Journey Through The Body, co-sponsored by  WNYT-NewsChannel 13.  Children and families gathered at Crossgates Mall to walk through a giant ear, listen to their heartbeat, and stroll through a 16-foot brain. […]

The Times Union published an article on pop-up vaccination clinics held in Albany and Troy during the week of February 1. St. Peter’s Health Partners worked in partnership with the New York State Governor’s Office and the Troy Housing Authority to establish and run one of the sites, located at the Kennedy Towers building in Troy. From the article: Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said Wednesday the pop-up sites are expected to reach over 25,000 New Yorkers this week. They are being organized at churches, community centers, public housing complexes and cultural centers in an effort to get the vaccine into poor and minority communities that have been hit hardest by COVID-19. “COVID brought the ugly truth of inequity and inequality in this country to a tipping point,” Cuomo said. “COVID has killed Black and Latino New Yorkers at a higher rate and that is why these community-based sites are one of New York’s vaccine priorities.” St. Peter’s Health Partners began vaccinating residents of Kennedy Towers on Wednesday and was expected to continue that effort Thursday. Mohawk […]

WNYT interviewed James K. Reed, M.D., president & CEO of St. Peter’s Health Partners, for its story on the health care system’s 20,000th robotic surgery milestone. From the story: These minimally invasive robotic surgeries began back in 2004 using a computer enhanced Da Vinci Surgical System. The system allows surgeons to see in 3D, so they can perform operations with extreme precision. There are only 26 health systems worldwide that have achieved this same accomplishment. Click here to watch WNYTs report.