Health & Wellness

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.

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.