Health
Extended Care Unit For Patients With Severe Mental Illness Opens at H+H Kings County
The new unit works on rehabilitating and reintegrating patients into the community, allowing longer in-patient stays at the hospital.
Health
Health
The “Big F” - Opioid Overdose Deaths Double in Brooklyn
Deaths form overdoses of non-heroin opioids doubled during COVID, killing four times as many Brooklyn residents as just a few years ago, with fentanyl playing a leading role.
Education
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.
Health
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.
Health
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.
Health
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.
Health
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.
Health
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/city-seeks-feedback-on-plan-for-the-future-of-the-waterfront/] . But I hope people will think beyond the immediate waterfront. Right now, policymakers in Brooklyn are on the verge of allowing a step that will endanger lives in the
Food & Drink
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 Maps)Public review has begun on a proposal to expand the number of neighborhoods where developers can build bigger in exchange for providing ground-floor space for a supermarket. The Food
COVID-19
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, 2021. Credit; Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office.If you want to get a vaccine, these days you can get it just about everywhere, including the Natural History Museum, no appointment
Central Brooklyn
Opinion: What We Can Do This Spring to have a Maskless Summer
Photo by Julie Ricard [https://unsplash.com/@jricard?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] on Unsplash [https://unsplash.com/s/photos/brooklyn-nyc?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] By Dr. Sanjiv S. Shah, Chief Medical Officer of MetroPlusHealth Before COVID,
Health
Brooklyn Doctor Under Investigation in Sha-asia Washington’s Death During Childbirth
By Claudia Irizarry Aponte, THE CITY. This article was originally published [https://www.thecity.nyc/health/2021/4/29/22411019/brooklyn-doctor-investigation-sha-asia-washington-childbirth-death] by THE CITY [https://www.thecity.nyc/] A former Woodhull Hospital anesthesiologist is under investigation by the New York State Board for Professional Medical Conduct in connection with the