Douglass Dowty | ddowty@syracuse.com

Articles by Douglass Dowty | ddowty@syracuse.com

Syracuse doc’s way of battling suicides has helped 1,100 in a decade. ‘Something had to change’ - Syracuse.com

HealthFebruary 26, 2026

Syracuse, NY At her best, Veronica Ryan takes the world by storm. She swam competitively from a young age. Graduated a year early from Skaneateles High School. Accepted into nearly every local nurs…...

SUNY Upstate seeks small army of volunteers for vaccine study against common, deadly infection - syracuse.com

HealthJanuary 24, 2026

Syracuse, NY -- Upstate Medical University is looking for 1,000 volunteers -- its largest clinical trial to date -- to test a vaccine against a deadly infection that primarily afflicts people in heal…...

Onondaga County’s top doctor frets as fewer get a flu shot amid vaccine skepticism - Syracuse.com

HealthDecember 6, 2025

Syracuse, NY Onondaga Countys top public health doctor is worried that many fewer county residents are getting their seasonal flu shot this year amid skepticism over vaccines. The controversy surrou…...