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
The new unit works on rehabilitating and reintegrating patients into the community, allowing longer in-patient stays at the hospital.
Health
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
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
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 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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Central Brooklyn
Meisha Ross Porter at City Hall. By Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography OfficeBy Reema Amin and Amy Zimmer, Chalkbeat New York [https://ny.chalkbeat.org/2021/4/8/22373503/de-blasio-nyc-school-closures-2-case-rule] Two unrelated cases of coronavirus among staff and students will no longer trigger building closures for New York City schools, Mayor
Central Brooklyn
Monday, March 22, 2021. Credit: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office.By Alex Zimmerman and Reema Amin, Chalkbeat New York [https://ny.chalkbeat.org/2021/4/5/22368832/opt-in-person-learning-nyc] The nation’s largest school system was among the first to throw open its doors. But it has struggled to entice most
Central Brooklyn
NYCHA vaccination site at Nostrand Houses in Brooklyn on Friday, February 12, 2021. Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography OfficeBy Brian Benjamin, Roxanne Persaud, and Kitaw Demissie, MD, PhD New York City is one of the most racially diverse cities in the world – it’s what makes our city incomparable to all
Central Brooklyn
Governor Cuomo. Darren McGee- Office of Governor Andrew CuomoGovernor Cuomo announced today that New Yorkers over the age of 30 will be eligible to receive the Covid-19 vaccine starting tomorrow. In addition, on April 6, residents over the age of 16 will be eligible for the vaccine, making eligibility universally