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Why This Brownsville Single Mother is 'Mom' to Many More Than Her Own

Why This Brownsville Single Mother is 'Mom' to Many More Than Her Own

Since age 17, Venus Core has been dedicated to nurturing the youth in her neighborhood, and that hasn’t stopped for COVID-19
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Free COVID-19 Antibody Testing is Coming to East New York

Free COVID-19 Antibody Testing is Coming to East New York

In an effort to get 140,000 people tested, free COVID-19 antibody testing starts next week in five neighborhoods including East New York
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Justin Cohen Wants to Tackle Racial Injustice, Defund Jails and Create Jobs in Brooklyn's 56th Assembly District

Justin Cohen Wants to Tackle Racial Injustice, Defund Jails and Create Jobs in Brooklyn's 56th Assembly District

Brooklyn community organizer and education advocate Justin Cohen is preparing to run for the NY State Assembly
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See How These Brooklyn Businesses Pivoted in Response to COVID-19

See How These Brooklyn Businesses Pivoted in Response to COVID-19

On the brink of survival, resilient companies reinvent themselves.
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Brooklyn College Student Dedicates 200 Hours, Creates Global Musical MasterPeace

Brooklyn College Student Dedicates 200 Hours, Creates Global Musical MasterPeace

Student Harrison Sheckler released a virtual version of Rodgers and Hammerstein's classic, "You'll Never Walk Alone"
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Local Pharmacies Soon Will Offer Coronavirus Testing

Local Pharmacies Soon Will Offer Coronavirus Testing

With pharmacies added as testing sites, the state hopes to increase its testing capacity to 40,000 people a day
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The puzzling questions of the coronavirus: A doctor addresses 6 questions that are stumping physicians

The puzzling questions of the coronavirus: A doctor addresses 6 questions that are stumping physicians

BY William Petri , University of Virginia Editor's Note: As researchers try to find treatments and create a vaccine for COVID-19, doctors and others on the front lines continue to find perplexing symptoms.
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Brooklyn Company Awarded $100,000 to Increase Production of its Innovative, Affordable Bridge Ventilators

Brooklyn Company Awarded $100,000 to Increase Production of its Innovative, Affordable Bridge Ventilators

Spiro Devices will now increase production of its automated resuscitator, giving hospitals another tool in their toolbox
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A majority of vaccine skeptics plan to refuse a COVID-19 vaccine, a study suggests, and that could be a big problem

By Kristin Lunz Trujillo, Ph.D. Candidate in Political Science, University of Minnesota; and Matt Motta, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Oklahoma State University for The Conversation .
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With Limited COVID-19 Testing Sites Available, Brooklynites Are Looking Outside the Borough

With Limited COVID-19 Testing Sites Available, Brooklynites Are Looking Outside the Borough

Dr. Mason Pimsler says many former patients from his time at Brookdale Hospital have followed him out to Long Island to get tested
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