Health & Wellness

A new NYC Health Department report links alcohol use to thousands of cancer cases each year, highlighting racial disparities, liquor store density and gaps in screening access.

Joseph P. Addabbo Family Health Center earns a 2025 Community Health Quality Recognition Badge, highlighting its nearly 60-year commitment to equitable, patient-centered care in Red Hook and Queens.

Overnight spraying is coming to Boerum Hill, Crown Heights, Flatbush, Park Slope, Sunset Park and more on Thursday, Sept. 4.

With youth depression at record highs, Brooklyn’s “A Little Unwell” circus fundraiser highlights art’s power in healing and mental health advocacy.

The updated standards restrict artificial colors, expand limits on low- and no-calorie sweeteners, remove processed meats and increase weekly offerings of minimally-processed plant proteins.

NYC Health + Hospitals/Woodhull will overhaul its maternal care unit thanks to funding from Brooklyn Borough Hall.

The funds will be used to expand abortion care, telehealth services and patient support across at 11 hospitals.

Dr. Wendy Wilcox, a leading expert in maternal health, is now Chief of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Woodhull Hospital, overseeing major department expansions plus initiatives to improve maternal and infant care.

Where do Brooklyn creatives go to rest and recharge? They head to The Brooklyn Wellness Club, a Black-owned yoga studio in Bedford-Stuyvesant.

The Health Department will spray pesticides in parts of Brooklyn on August 13 to reduce mosquito activity and West Nile virus risk, targeting neighborhoods from Canarsie to Sheepshead Bay.