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TOMORROW X TOGETHER (TXT) performing at the Prudential Center.

‘TOGETHER FOR TOMORROW:’ TXT launches global campaign for mental health and holds two nights of ‘MAGIC’ at the Prudential Center

Posted on October 10, 2025

The trajectory of mpox cases in New York City so far this year.

Gay City News

NYC mpox cases increase again in September, surpassing 2025 monthly high

A frame from a TikTok video shows what a woman described as a razor blade she found in a hot dog purchased at the Brooklyn landmark

Brooklyn

Hard to swallow: NYC probes Nathan’s Famous Coney Island flagship after family says razor found in hot dog

Posted on October 8, 2025

The Annual Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk is returning to Central Park.

Health

A step closer to healing: The annual Making Strides Against Breast Cancer is back in Central Park on Oct. 19

Posted on October 8, 2025

Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Brooklyn Paper

‘It’s about the fight’: Brooklyn residents share stories of breast cancer survival and community support

Asian woman show pink ribbon as sign of October Breast Cancer Awareness month

Health

Rising rates of early-onset breast cancer: Busting the myths

Posted on October 6, 2025

Mount Sinai's Mammvon is providing breast cancer screenings across NYC.

Health

Mount Sinai’s Mammovan hits the road to bring screening access to every borough

Posted on October 6, 2025

Health

How a New York City mother turns to her daughter’s art to cope with loss with The Lael Project

Posted on October 1, 2025

Retired and active city workers rally outside District Council 37 headquarters in Lower Manhattan on Tuesday, protesting the Municipal Labor Committee’s approval of a new self-funded health insurance plan. Demonstrators expressed concern over the plan’s secrecy, potential cost increases, and reduced member input.

Health

City’s public sector unions approve sweeping healthcare shift for 750,000 workers amid secrecy criticism

Posted on September 30, 2025

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QNS

Beyond stigma: The life-saving shift in how we talk about suicide

Lakisha Plowden, holding her 6-year-old daughter Brooke, speaks alongside attorney Ben Crump during a press conference at the House of Justice in Harlem on Sept. 23

Health

‘Medical non-practice’: Wrongful death claims filed as Harlem Legionnaires’ victims’ families demand answers

Posted on September 23, 2025

Gay City News

Bellevue’s chief psychiatrist underscores importance of ‘behavioral cues’ and warning signs in suicide prevention

Environmental advocates, Bronx residents, and tenants from the Bronx River Houses NYCHA development called on state officials to stop the Cross Bronx Expansion. The New York State Department of Transportation designed projects to repair five bridges along the expressway that involve constructing additional "traffic diversion structures," which Bronx residents oppose as a highway expansion.

Bronx Times

Inside the fight for cleaner air, dignity and the truth about the Cross Bronx Expressway

woman injects herself with needle at Greenwich Village park

Greenwich Village

Pains of addiction: How this West Village plaza has become a hotbed of suffering for drug users and locals alike

Posted on September 16, 2025

Hochul receives COVID-19 shot from pharmacist

Health

Hochul seeks to keep COVID-19 vaccine available to all New Yorkers despite RFK Jr.-led restrictions on lifesaving shot

Posted on September 16, 2025

A homeless man sits in Chelsea

Politics

NYC homeless advocates livid over Fox News host Brian Kilmeade’s remarks about killing the unhoused, despite his apology

Posted on September 14, 2025

Bottles of immune turmeric ginger energy shot drink with fresh raw ginger roots and oranges fruits on light background. Naurii wellness pop-up Soho

Soho

Wellness pop-up to take over Soho streets for one day only

Posted on September 12, 2025

L: New York City Department for the Aging Commissioner Lorraine Cortes-Vazquez. R: Tracy Walsh, in center, with co-workers from Bryan Skilled Home Care Agency in Amityville.

Health

Caregiving summit seeks solution amid shortage

Posted on September 10, 2025

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

Health

Harlem Legionnaires’ disease outbreak declared over as two city sites confirmed as source

Posted on August 29, 2025

Dr. Demetre Daskalakis during his time in the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.

Gay City News

‘Enough is enough’: Gay CDC official resigns, says ‘nation’s health security is at risk’

Cans of diet soda coke and pepsi

Health

Bye, bye dyes and diet soda: NYC making big menu changes at public schools, hospitals and senior programs

Posted on August 27, 2025

Mosquito Skin Bite. Culex Mosquito

Health

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

Mets player Francisco Alvarez celebrates after hitting a home run

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

man smiling while holding microphone and talking to person in hard hat

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

microscopic magnification Legionella pneumophila, Gram-negative bacillus that causes pneumonia. 3d illustration

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

Woman putting sunblock lotion on shoulder before tanning during summer holiday on beach. Sun cream. Suntan. Beautiful Woman Applying Sunscreen Solar

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

Solstice Yoga

Health

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

Posted on June 25, 2025

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The Bronx Chamber of Commerce board members saluted its 2017 Veterans Luncheon honorees.

Bronx Chamber of Commerce seeks nominations for annual veterans luncheon honoring local heroes

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Victoria’s Secrets: A glorious week

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Proposed Downtown Brooklyn tower could obstruct neighboring views, change landmark row

Participating artists (standing left to right) Sharon De La Cruz, Mariela Figueroa, Eliana Falcón-Dvorsky, Ivan Velez, and panel moderator Megami.

From ‘cringe’ to celebration: Puerto Rican queer comics take the spotlight