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Mar
15
Extended Care Unit For Patients With Severe Mental Illness Opens at H+H Kings County

Extended Care Unit For Patients With Severe Mental Illness Opens at H+H Kings County

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Aug
18
The “Big F” - Opioid Overdose Deaths Double in Brooklyn

The “Big F” - Opioid Overdose Deaths Double in Brooklyn

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Apr
28
NYC schools to give students weekly at-home COVID tests as cases rise

NYC schools to give students weekly at-home COVID tests as cases rise

This Tuesday saw 844 positive COVID cases reported among students and staff, significantly higher than the Tuesday before masking became optional in schools when there were 229 cases reported across the city’s schools. In both snapshots, 70% of the cases were among students, Chalkbeat reports.
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Aug
23
FDA Approves Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine, NYC Mandates School Staff To Be Vaccinated

FDA Approves Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine, NYC Mandates School Staff To Be Vaccinated

Beginning September 27th, City will require proof of vaccination for all New York City Department of Education workers. The rest of the city employees are likely to be next.
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Jul
29
Pregnant Women Could Get Helping Hand From Proposed City Council Bills

Pregnant Women Could Get Helping Hand From Proposed City Council Bills

Pregnant people in New York City could get new protections in the workplace and while receiving care, under bills soon to be considered by the City Council, writes THE CITY's Claudia Irizarry Aponte.
5 min read
Jun
29
Maimonides Hospital Breaks Ground on New Emergency Department in Bay Ridge

Maimonides Hospital Breaks Ground on New Emergency Department in Bay Ridge

Maimonides Medical Center officially began work Friday on a project to open a new standalone emergency department at the site of a former hospital in Bay Ridge.
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Jun
14
Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center Stops Admitting Patients as Delayed Shutdown Proceeds

Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center Stops Admitting Patients as Delayed Shutdown Proceeds

The phased shutdown of a hospital serving eastern Brooklyn hit a turning point Wednesday: It marked the first day in more than 90 years that Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center didn’t admit patients to beds.
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Jun
01
Opinions: To Be Resilient, We Need Kingsbrook Hospital

Opinions: To Be Resilient, We Need Kingsbrook Hospital

It's good to see New Yorkers encouraged to think about climate resilience for our coastline [https://bklyner.com/
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May
21
City Proposes Expanding Supermarket Zoning Incentive to More Neighborhoods, And It’s About More Than Just Fresh Food

City Proposes Expanding Supermarket Zoning Incentive to More Neighborhoods, And It’s About More Than Just Fresh Food

The Lincoln Market supermarket in Prospect-Lefferts Gardens, which was developed under the city’s FRESH zoning incentive program. (Image: Google
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May
07
Indoor, Outdoor, Exotic, Music-Filled Vaccination Sites

Indoor, Outdoor, Exotic, Music-Filled Vaccination Sites

You can get vaccinated at the American Museum of Natural History, 200 Central Park West, Manhattan as of late April,
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