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Queens resident hospitalized with West Nile virus as city confirms first cases of season

Posted on August 22, 2025

NY: Woodhull Hospital Groundbreaking of Labor and Birthing Suite

Brooklyn Paper

Brooklyn Beep, Woodhull Hospital break ground on $20M birthing suite upgrade

a rendering of Northwell Health'S Lenox Hill Hospital

Health

City Council approves modified Lenox Hill Hospital expansion amid concerns

Posted on August 20, 2025

Nunzio Quinto, a construction worker hospitalized with Legionnaires’ disease, speaks alongside Rev. Al Sharpton during a press conference at the National Action Network headquarters in Harlem, Wednesday.

Health

Harlem Legionnaires outbreak: Workers sickened with disease file negligence lawsuits against Harlem Hospital contractors

Posted on August 20, 2025

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Bronx Times

Supermarket manager in Bronx warns of SNAP cuts’ impact on small businesses

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Bronx Times

Hochul and Torres rally at Lincoln Hospital against ‘cruel’ Trump health care cuts

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Mets and Francisco Alvarez can’t catch a break; young catcher undergoes MRI for jammed thumb

Posted on August 18, 2025

Harlem Health + Hospitals is one of the buildings in Central Harlem where a cooling tower tested positive for Legionella bacteria

Harlem

MAPPED: Harlem Hospital and 11 other cooling tower locations tied to deadly Legionnaires’ disease outbreak

Posted on August 14, 2025

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Politics

Mayor Adams floats state bill to involuntarily hospitalize individuals for public substance use, amid reelection push

Posted on August 14, 2025

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Health

Push to ban NYC carriage horse industry continues with City Hall rally days after equine’s death

Posted on August 14, 2025

people dressed in white crossing a street in Harlem during a Legionnaires' disease outbreak.

Health

Legionnaires’ outbreak in Harlem exposes grim future risks for NYC as steep Medicaid cuts loom

Posted on August 14, 2025

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Harlem

Harlem Legionnaires’ outbreak contained, city health officials say — but residents demand more transparency

Posted on August 13, 2025

Vice Chairs Hollis Forbes, Jean Shafiroff, Melanie Wambold, and Cindy Willis, Chair Sarah Wetenhall, Vice Chairs Margo Nederlander, Sheila Fuchs, and Laura Lofaro Freeman

Health

Southampton Hospital gala raises $1.6 million for emergency care in a night of Moroccan glamour

Posted on August 13, 2025

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Bronx Times

How Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ is ending Food Bank’s two nutritional programs for Bronx families

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Harlem

Harlem Legionnaires’ outbreak rises to 58 cases, three deaths

Posted on August 6, 2025

The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene's offices in Long Island City, Queens.

Gay City News

New York City sees seasonal increase in mpox cases

emergency room entrance at a hospital in Harlem with people walking by

Health

Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in Harlem: 22 diagnosed, one dead in cluster of contagion

Posted on July 31, 2025

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Health

How to keep your skin safe this summer

Posted on July 26, 2025

NYC H+H/Metropolitan CEO Julian John cuts the ribbon to mark the relaunch of the Pride Health Center.

Gay City News

NYC Health + Hospitals/‌Metropolitan relaunches Pride Health Center

Malaria Infected Mosquito Bite. Leishmaniasis, Encephalitis, Yellow Fever, Dengue, Malaria Disease, Mayaro or Zika Virus Infectious Culex Mosquitoe Parasite Insect Macro.

Health

Health Department to spray Staten Island for disease-born mosquitoes

Posted on July 16, 2025

Woman standing next to community fridge in Manhattan

The vanishing of Lower Manhattan’s community fridges: Where are they now and how has their absence affected the homeless?

Posted on July 13, 2025

Saint Hung, Universal Processing CEO honored for funding 35,000 Asian-American businesses during COVID

Posted on July 9, 2025

Since 2023, The Health Department has recommended all New Yorkers carry overdose-reversing medicine Naloxone

Health

NYC opioid deaths hit five-year low, latest data shows

Posted on July 9, 2025

U.S. Respresentative Ritchie Torres, Borough President Vanessa L. Gibson State Assembly Member Landon Dais and nonprofit partners and small farms gathered to warn about the potential devastating impacts that the proposed $300 million in cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) could have on families in the Bronx.

Bronx Times

Bronx leaders rally against proposed $300B SNAP cut, warn of devastating local impact

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Bronx Times

The Bronx was the moldiest borough in NYC in 2024: report

hochul signing data protection bill

Brooklyn Paper

Landmark child data protection law by Gounardes and Rozic goes into effect

Thousands came out for Solstice Yoga in Times Square.

Health

Finding calm in the chaos: Thousands gather for solstice yoga in Times Square

Posted on June 25, 2025

Guide to Staying Safe in the Sun This Summer (and When to Stay Inside)

New York Family

Guide to Staying Safe in the Sun This Summer (and When to Stay Inside)

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Health

EXCLUSIVE | Caesars Palace pledges $5M investment in community sexual health center if Times Square casino bid approved

Posted on June 24, 2025

Mayor Eric Adams speaks announces new social services hub in Brooklyn

Health

Mayor Adams will not switch city retirees to Medicare Advantage plan

Posted on June 20, 2025

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Health

New York’s top court rules against city retirees opposed to Medicare Advantage healthcare plans

Posted on June 20, 2025

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Bronx Times

New GrowNYC food distribution warehouse opens in Hunts Point

overnor Kathy Hochul announces major health care investments for Central Brooklyn at SUNY Downstate Health Science Education Building in Brooklyn.

Health

New York State investing $1B plus in Downstate hospital

Posted on June 18, 2025

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Health

AI revolutionizing healthcare coding

Posted on June 12, 2025

State Sen. Brad Hoylman-Sigal, and Sen. Jessica Scarcella-Spanton lead a news conference on the Million Dollar Staircase at the New York State Capitol in Albany ahead of Monday's vote.

Health

New York on the cusp of allowing medical aid in helping terminally ill die as state Senate sends controversial bill to Hochul’s desk

Posted on June 10, 2025

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Brooklyn Paper

To save cash-strapped SUNY Downstate, advisory board recommends expanding services with massive state investment

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Bronx Times

Mayor Adams announces plan to close Rikers jail barge, create marine terminal in Hunts Point

bed-stuy volunteer ambulance corps volunteers with amblance

Brooklyn Paper

‘We’ve touched a lot of lives’: Bed-Stuy Volunteer Ambulance Corps prepares to celebrate 37 years of service

Doula working with pregnant woman

Health

City Council hears proposed legislation for permanent doula training and services program

Posted on June 3, 2025

The nonprofit Samaritan Daytop Village filled a Bronx park with purple ribbons to memorialize all the people in the borough who died of an opioid overdose in 2023 and raise awareness about harm reduction tools like Narcan to reverse an opioid overdose.

Bronx Times

Bronx leaders and recovery advocates remember 858 Bronxites who died of an overdose

Vapes

Health

Long Island vape retailer agrees to permanently shutdown following city lawsuit

Posted on May 22, 2025

Brooklyn

‘Mouth of America’: How this likeness of the Statue of Liberty filled with pills at Brooklyn park aims to expose a hidden health crisis

Posted on May 20, 2025

NYC Council Majority Leader Amanda Farias introduced a couple of furry friends to a young girl Friday at the unveiling of the new dog park at Castle Hills Houses.

Bronx Times

First NYCHA dog park in the city opens in the Bronx

Former President Joe Biden

Health

Former President Biden battling ‘aggressive’ form of prostate cancer, spokesperson says

Posted on May 18, 2025

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Brooklyn Paper

For the love of care: Brooklyn nonprofit group home grapples with staffing crisis

In New York State, 25 influenza-associated pediatric deaths were reported in the last year - the highest recorded amount ever in New York.

Health

New York sees highest-ever child flu-related deaths, 10 in NYC: state health officials

Posted on May 7, 2025

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Brooklyn Paper

‘Spoonful’ of change: One man’s mission to make healthy breakfast more accessible

Candace Castro, who has been a nurse in the Bronx for nearly 40 years, inspired all three of her daughters to follow in her footsteps and enter the medical field.

Bronx Times

Three daughters follow in their mother’s footsteps by becoming nurses

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