By Dr. Jerry Balentine Underserved communities in the Bronx, where health disparities run rampant, may find themselves on the front lines of a new crisis. Gov. Kathy Hochul will soon decide whether to sign a well-intended but deeply […]
New York City is continuing to expand access to monkeypox vaccine by opening a new location, more appointments and expanding second dose appointments. A new Tremont vaccination clinic will open to first dose walk-in clients. The clinic will be able […]
By Robert Press Mayor Bill de Blasio came to Lincoln Hospital (one of the New York City-run hospitals) to announce a partnership with the NYC Health + Hospitals Corporation and Bronx-based health insurer Metro Plus called New York Care. New […]
NEW LAW WILL MAKE IT EASIER FOR PUBLIC EMPLOYEES TO DETECT CANCER EARLY This legislation, sponsored by Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz and State Senator Kemp Hannon and recently signed into law by Governor Cuomo, will grant excused leave to public employees […]
Friday, April 21 — Health insurance coverage has been a major topic of media and political interest for the past decade or so, but the concept goes back 170 years. The Massachusetts Health Insurance Company of Boston was organized on this […]
The nation’s first college of pharmacy was founded in Philadelphia on this date in 1821.
Rep. José E. Serrano announced that eight healthcare centers in the Bronx were awarded a total of $811,493 in federal Health Center Cluster grants.
This morning the US Supreme Court upheld the Affordable Health Care (ACA) plan derisively referred to as ‘Obamacare’ by conservative critics. For the second time in three years, Chief Justice John Roberts sided with the Court’s liberal Justices in upholding […]
A Bronx resident, student and single mother, Angelita Cordova-Hayes, recently spent a week providing medical assistance and health education to the Fonfrede community in Haiti. Her trip, which took place from February 17 through February 24, was part of Monroe […]
Today, Congressman Serrano spoke at the Community Advisory Boards (CABs) of Lincoln Medical Center, Morrisania Diagnostic and Treatment Center, and Segundo Ruiz Belvis Diagnostic and Treatment Center Eleventh Annual Legislative Summit. The purpose of the summit is to develop a […]
(New York, NY) — NY State of Health, the State’s official health plan Marketplace, announced a special enrollment period (SEP) for individuals and families who had to pay a federal penalty for 2014 and had not been aware or had […]
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