Health & Wellness

By: William Petri , University of Virginia When COVID-19 first began spreading, public health and medical experts began talking about the need for the U.S. to reach herd immunity to stop the coronavirus from spreading.

Governor Cuomo said New York’s mask mandate would be lifted for fully vaccinated New Yorkers on Wednesday

Adina Jones, the AdvantageCare Physicians’ Regional Clinical Director for Brooklyn, is a nurse who has been working throughout the pandemic.

By: Kristine Bowman , Michigan State University With the first COVID-19 vaccine now authorized for adolescents , ages 12 and up, a big question looms: Will students be required to get the vaccine before returning to their classrooms in the fall? As a

Women of color shared their stories of issues faced while pregnant at a town hall held Friday by Brooklyn Public Library and EmblemHealth.

By: Mousumi Som , Oklahoma State University Two vaccines — the Johnson & Johnson vaccine in the U.S. and the AstraZeneca vaccine in Europe — have been linked to an increased chance of a rare type of blood clot.

UJA-Federation of New York saw a need in the community and immediately stepped up to serve some of our most vulnerable seniors

More than 3 million New York City residents have now had at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine

Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Thursday that city would relaunch and expand its curbside composting program after it was cut in last year’s budget

Is there any link between what you can notice after a vaccine and what’s happening on the cellular level inside your body?