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WTEN: St. Peter’s Hosts Cancer Screening for Firefighters

April 26, 2022 Courtney Weisberg

St. Peter’s Health Partners’ free cancer screening for firefighters in Cohoes was featured in a story on WTEN/News10. The screening was part of a pilot program aimed at raising awareness about the cancer risk firefighters face as a result of battling fires.

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WTEN: Women’s Health – National Kidney Month

April 5, 2022 Courtney Weisberg

Dr. Jorge Cerda, chief of the department of medicine at St. Peter’s Hospital, speaks to News10 about kidney disease and how best to prevent it.

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WTEN: Health Officials Discuss Mask Recommendations as Sick Calls Increase

April 5, 2022 Courtney Weisberg

WTEN/News10 interviewed Kassandra Foley, director of infection control for St. Peter’s Health Partners, about the state of COVID-19 infections and mask recommendations.

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WTEN: HPV vaccination rates up among New York adolescents

March 17, 2022 Robert Webster Jr.

WTEN/News10 spoke to Mark Osborn, M.D. about rising HPV vaccination rates in adolescents.

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WTEN: Remarkable Women – Rene Kerner

March 10, 2022 Courtney Weisberg

Congratulations to Rene Kerner, NP, of Samaritan Hospital, on being nominated as a Remarkable Woman by WTEN/News10!

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WTEN: Colorectal Cancer Screenings Save Lives

March 3, 2022 Courtney Weisberg

March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. Joseph Choma, M.D., Albany Gastroenterology Consultants and Chief of Gastroenterology at St. Peter’s Hospital, talks to WTEN about the importance of getting screened.

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WTEN: Signs of a Heart Attack in Women that Get Missed

January 27, 2022 Courtney Weisberg

Dr. Jessica Saunders of Albany Associates in Cardiology, discusses heart attack symptoms and how they can differ in women, during an interview on WTEN/News10.

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WTEN: Podcast – On the Story with Trishna Begam – COVID Testing Confusion

January 13, 2022 Courtney Weisberg

Tom LaPorta, Microbiology Line Manager at St. Peter’s Hospital, is featured in the latest episode of WTEN’s podcast, “On the Story with Trishna Begam.” LaPorta helps sort through some COVID testing confusion.

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WTEN: Despite Case Surge, Local Hospital Says Capacity is Not an Issue

January 13, 2022 Courtney Weisberg

Steven Hanks, M.D., chief operating officer and chief clinical officer for SPHP, speaks to WTEN/News10 about hospital capacity concerns in the midst of the latest COVID-19 surge.

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WTEN: Officials Ask People to Avoid Emergency Services for Mild COVID Symptoms

January 4, 2022 Courtney Weisberg

During an interview with WTEN, Thea Dalfino, MD, chief medical officer for SPHP Acute Care, stressed that people with mild COVID symptoms, or those who are asymptomatic, should not go the emergency department to get tested.

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