Health & Wellness

A new report from NYC Comptroller Brad Lander reveals major staffing shortages, fragmented funding and inequitable access to mental health supports across public schools.

The health network has launched new Critical Time Intervention teams and expanded its Peer Bridger program

The State University of New York Downstate Health Services University Hospital will begin the design phase of its $1.1 billion reconstruction, according to Governor Kathy Hochul.

Dr. Selwena Brewster takes on the role of Chief Medical Officer at South Brooklyn Health, overseeing clinical operations and advancing quality, safety and patient care.

New data from the NYC Health Department shows new HIV diagnoses rising for a fourth year, with sharp disparities and looming federal funding cuts threatening progress.

NYC Health + Hospitals is failing to fully provide required language access services, revealing barriers across call lines, mobile units, training, and vendor oversight, with over $215,000 in overpayments, a state audit found.

A new law will require health plans to cover one rescue and one maintenance inhaler at no cost, easing financial pressure on New Yorkers living with asthma.

NYC Health + Hospitals/Woodhull celebrates the opening of its renovated 3,500-square-foot hemodialysis unit, designed to improve safety, comfort and clinical efficiency for patients.

The lawsuit looks to stop Maimonides Hospital’s merger with NYC Health + Hospitals, and raises concerns over care quality and community impact, the New York Post reported.

A breast cancer awareness walk in Brownsville drew attention to the lack of health resources in the predominantly minority neighborhood.