Health & Wellness

New York City is marking a moment of recognition for a physician whose work has quietly shaped care for thousands across the city’s most underserved communities.

Plant Powered Metro New York will host its fourth annual Health Freedom Walk in Bed-Stuy on Jan. 19, featuring a guided walk, plant-based dishes from local eateries and reflections on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy.

A study published in JAMA Network Open in 2022 found a 33% reduction in mortality among patients hospitalized at NYU Langone Hospital—Brooklyn since the merger with Lutheran Medical Center in Sunset Park.

Over 128,000 flu cases have been reported in the New York City this flu season, of which 54% were among children under 18. The number of cases have fallen in January, according to city health officials.

Nurses who work at One Brooklyn Health Interfaith Medical Center, One Brooklyn Health Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center, Maimonides Medical Center and Wyckoff Heights Medical Center said they will not strike as planned as hospital management and the nurse's union reached a tentative labor agreement.

Citywide life expectancy rose to 82.6 years in 2023, but Black New Yorkers still face significant health gaps, according to new Health Department data.

Starting Jan. 1, 2026, New Yorkers will see new protections in their health coverage aimed at lowering out-of-pocket costs for critical care.

As part of the potential agreement, Maimonides would receive $2.2 billion in state funding over five years and higher Medicaid reimbursements as it merges with NYC Health + Hospitals, the city's public health system.

Nurses at the Brooklyn Hospital Center, Interfaith Medical Center / One Brooklyn Health, Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center / One Brooklyn Health, Maimonides Medical Center and Wyckoff Heights Medical Center voted to strike if contracts, which expire at the end of the year, are not approved by hospital management.

New York City Council members announced a $2 million investment to expand and modernize the neonatal intensive care unit at Wyckoff Heights Medical Center in Bushwick.