Profile America: Wise Health Consumer Month
The nation’s first college of pharmacy was founded in Philadelphia on this date in 1821.
Health & Nutrition
Bronx – Food, Fitness and Faith Summit, 10/24
Bronx – Food Fitness & Faith Summit 2016 On Monday, October 24, the New York City Health Department’s Bronx Neighborhood Health Action Center, the Office of Faith Based Initiatives and the Bronx Multi-Faith Advisory Group, is hosting the Second Annual […]
Bronx Assemblymember Sepulveda Joins with Institute For Family Health to Celebrate Renovation and Expansion of Former Soundview Healthcare Clinic
Assemblyman Luis Sepulveda joined with officials of the Institute for Family Health and its Stevenson Family Health Center in Soundview, the Bronx, on Thursday, Sept. 8 to announce major funding to the health center for its renovation and expansion. Assemblyman […]
Sepulveda, Institute For Family Health Celebrate Renovation and Expansion of Stevenson Healthcare Clinic
Bronx Assemblyman Luis Sepulveda and The Institute For Family Health Celebrate the Renovation and Expansion of the former Soundview Healthcare Clinic Assemblyman Luis Sepulveda joined with officials of the Institute for Family Health and its Stevenson Family Health Center in Soundview, the […]
Bronx REACH CHAMPS Worksite Wellness Forums, July 18-19
Worksite Wellness Forums, July 18-19, at 4101 White Plains Road, Bronx NY 10466.
City Doesn’t Want Bronxites Drinking Too Much
One in six New Yorkers drinks alcohol to excess.
BP Diaz Hosts Bronx Week 2016 Health Day
Health Day events kick off at 7 am at Fordham Plaza (3rd Avenue & East Fordham Road) in the Bronx.
Profile America: Honoring America’s Nurses
This is National Nurses Day, the start of National Nurses Week honoring the nurses who keep Americans healthy.
Profile America: Doctors in the House
The nation’s foremost professional organization, the American Medical Association, was founded this week in 1847 in Philadelphia.
Profile America: Social Insurance
On this date in 1942, Rhode Island became the first state to set up a health or temporary disability insurance program for its working citizens unemployed because of sickness.
CDC: No Doubt Zika Virus Causes Microcephaly and Birth Defects
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention made it official Wednesday in a publication rushed into the New England Journal of Medicine that the Zika virus causes birth defects. “It is now clear … that Zika does cause microcephaly,” […]
City Health Department Finalizes
The Health Department today published final rules governing the operation and maintenance of cooling towers. The local law – created in partnership with the City Council in response to the Legionnaires’ disease outbreak last summer – authorized the Health Department […]
Profile America: Insulin Lifesaving Medicine
One of world’s foremost lifesaving medicines — insulin — became available this month in 1923 for treating diabetes.
Profile America: Nutrition and Frozen Food Month
NUTRITION AND FROZEN FOOD Thursday, March 24 — A number of various causes are recognized in March. Two of these seem to go hand in hand, or hand to mouth — National Nutrition Month and National Frozen Food Month. […]
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