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Sunset Park Gets $24M Healthcare Investment

Sunset Park Gets $24M Healthcare Investment

The Family Health Centers at NYU Langone in Sunset Park received the funding from the Biden administration’s American Rescue Plan
Broadway Junction Hosts Pop-Up Vaccination Site

Broadway Junction Hosts Pop-Up Vaccination Site

Broadway Junction and the Bronx’s E. 180 St subway stations will be offering no appointment vaccine appointments
Traditional Ceramic Food and Drink Ware May Contain Lead, Health Dept. Warns

Traditional Ceramic Food and Drink Ware May Contain Lead, Health Dept. Warns

Fifteen recent cases of lead poisoning have been linked with traditional ceramic ware
Changing Your Mind About Something as Important as Vaccination Isn’t a Sign of Weakness – Being Open to New Information Is the Smart Way to Make

Changing Your Mind About Something as Important as Vaccination Isn’t a Sign of Weakness – Being Open to New Information Is the Smart Way to Make

By: Art Markman , The University of Texas at Austin College of Liberal Arts Culturally, this is an era in which people are held in high esteem when they stick with their beliefs and negatively labeled as "flip-floppers" or "wishy-washy" when they cha
Straight Outta Brooklyn: Clean-Buy Products for Afro-Textured Hair

Straight Outta Brooklyn: Clean-Buy Products for Afro-Textured Hair

During Zero Waste Week, meet the Bed-Stuy resident with a line of zero-waste, food-based products for afro-textured hair.
Do I Need a Booster Shot If I Got the Johnson & Johnson Vaccine? A Virologist Answers 5 Questions

Do I Need a Booster Shot If I Got the Johnson & Johnson Vaccine? A Virologist Answers 5 Questions

By: Maureen Ferran , Rochester Institute of Technology For people who received the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine, the past few months have been a bit of a bumpy ride with news of side effects, pauses and restarts and now boosters.
Meet the Farmer Expanding Her Fish and Veggie Farms Across Brooklyn

Meet the Farmer Expanding Her Fish and Veggie Farms Across Brooklyn

Brooklyn's Oko Farms is teaching New Yorkers how to cultivate their own food using aquaponics - a farming system that uses fish to nourish plants, and vice versa.
What Does Full FDA Approval of a Vaccine Do If It’s Already Authorized for Emergency Use?

What Does Full FDA Approval of a Vaccine Do If It’s Already Authorized for Emergency Use?

COVID-19 vaccines currently authorized for emergency use to be officially approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
Individual Dietary Choices Can Add – or Take Away – Minutes, Hours and Years of Life

Individual Dietary Choices Can Add – or Take Away – Minutes, Hours and Years of Life

By: Olivier Jolliet , University of Michigan and Katerina S. Stylianou , University of Michigan Vegetarian and vegan options have become standard fare in the American diet, from upscale restaurants to fast-food chains.

Immunocompromised NYers Urged to Get Third Vaccine Dose

The City has recommended that New Yorkers with moderate to severely compromised immune systems get a third dose of the Moderna and Pfizer mRNA vaccines