COVID-19

LiveSmart: The Why Behind Wait Times at the Emergency Department

January 18, 2024

You are sick or injured and head to your local emergency department (ED), only to find a room full of other patients already waiting, some for hours. Our emergency response team explains the "why" behind the wait. [...]

WTEN: Uptick in Capital Region COVID Hospitalizations

August 29, 2023

COVID-19 cases are on the rise again in the Capital Region. Kassandra Foley, regional director of infection prevention for St. Peter's Health Partners, discusses the impact this is having on hospitals during an interview with WTEN/News10. [...]

Times Union: Health Care Vaccine Mandate Stays in N.Y. as Federal Public Health Emergency Ends

May 16, 2023

The Times Union interviewed Steven Hanks, M.D., president and CEO for St. Peter’s Health Partners and St. Joseph’s Health, for its article on the end of the [...]

WTEN: NYS Maintains Healthcare Worker Vaccine Mandate Despite Federal COVID Emergency Lifting

May 16, 2023

Steven Hanks, M.D., president & CEO, St. Peter's Health Partners and St. Joseph's Health, discussed the COVID-19 vaccine mandate and its impact on staffing challenges during an interview on WTEN. [...]

WTEN: End of National COVID-19 Emergency to Impact New York

May 16, 2023

Steven Hanks, M.D., president & CEO of St. Peter's Health Partners and St. Joseph's Health, discusses the end of the federal COVID-19 public health emergency on WTEN's Empire State Weekly. [...]

WTEN: Monoclonal Antibody Clinic Recognized

May 16, 2023

WTEN/News10 aired a story on a ceremony honoring St. Peter's Health Partners' Monoclonal Antibody Clinic and its medical director, Dr. Melissa Fiorini. [...]

SPHP Marks the End of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency by Recognizing the System’s Monoclonal Antibody Clinic

May 12, 2023

St. Peter's Health Partners' monoclonal antibody clinic treated nearly 9,000 of the sickest and most at-risk patients during the COVID-19 pandemic, and in doing so saved the lives of hundreds of Capital Region residents. On May 11, the clinic's director, Dr. Melissa Fiorini, and her clinic colleagues were recognized for their life-saving efforts during a special ceremony at the Albany Memorial Campus of Samaritan Hospital. [...]