Health & Wellness

NYC Health + Hospitals/Woodhull is expanding access to same-day procedures, reducing wait times and enhancing patient-centered surgical care in northern and central Brooklyn.

Maimonides Health opens Brooklyn’s largest freestanding children’s emergency department and only pediatric trauma center, expanding access to world-class emergency care for families across the borough.

Overdose deaths declined sharply in 2024, but communities of color and low-income neighborhoods continue to face the highest rates of loss.

The CRIB housing pilot and NYC Baby Boxes programs aim to prevent infant homelessness and help families build stable futures.

Most see the cost of health care as a source of at least some stress in their lives, a poll from AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research found.

The Neighborhood Stress-Free Zone program will provide maternal health support for expectant mothers in Brownsville to reduce birth inequities.

Nearly 40 doctors across 14 specialties now under one roof in a state-of-the-art facility designed with patients in mind.

The City Council allocated $8 million to NYC Health + Hospitals/Kings County to upgrade the medical center's trauma and primary care units.

More than 1,500 residents joined RaisingHealth’s 10th Annual Health Empowerment Celebration in Sunset Park, featuring health screenings, cultural performances and family activities.

Th city will be spraying pesticides in eastern Brooklyn to reduce the risk of West Nile virus.