Health

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When Prison Nurses Must Choose Between Loyalty to Abusive Guards and Devotion to Patients

May 1, 2025, 6:01 a.m.May 1, 2025, 3:05 p.m.

In dozens of cases, medical personnel in New York prisons were accused of covering up beatings — some under pressure — and rarely faced punishment.

An istration for Children’s Services enforcement vehicle was parked in Lower Manhattan.

Child Welfare

Revolt Against Mandatory Reporting Law Rises Among Professionals Required to Protect Children

April 28, 2025, 5:01 a.m.April 28, 2025, 1:48 p.m.

In response to a relentless rise in calls to New York state’s child abuse hotline, alongside stark racial disparities, social workers, doctors, teachers and others are mobilizing to change the law.

Health

CUNY’s Research on Vaccine Misinformation Halted by Trump istration

April 24, 2025, 6:09 p.m.April 25, 2025, 12:25 p.m.

Sixty other CUNY projects have also received stop-work orders from the National Institute of Health, according to a letter from the chancellor.

People laid white roses at the World Trade Center's 9/11 Memorial.

Health

Anxiety Is Side Effect of Staffing Cuts at Sept. 11 Health Program

April 21, 2025, 4:55 a.m.April 18, 2025, 4:39 p.m.

Mayor Eric Adams has been slow to criticize the moves of the Trump istration, which have 9/11 survivors and first-responders on edge.

Health

RFK’s War on Fluoride Rings Alarm With NYC Health Officials and Dental Experts

April 14, 2025, 5:56 p.m.April 14, 2025, 5:56 p.m.

Health commissioner says disparities in dental care will put children living in poverty at risk.

Health

Trump’s Sweeping Cuts to Public Health Hit New York

April 3, 2025, 11:56 a.m.April 4, 2025, 3:21 p.m.

The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene faces more than $100 million in cuts to its funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Health

Trump istration Slashes New York Public Health Funding

March 27, 2025, 2:01 p.m.March 27, 2025, 2:01 p.m.

The cuts from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services terminate more than $100 million in grants to the city health department and $300 million to state substance abuse and mental health agency programs.

Union rallied on the steps of City Hall to back raising the minimum wage to over $20 an hour.

Health

Hochul Digs in on Home Care Switch, Despite Labor Ally’s Call for Delay

March 21, 2025, 4:39 p.m.March 21, 2025, 4:39 p.m.

Influential health care union 1199SEIU urged postponing the April 1 start of a single to replace hundreds of companies the governor has called a costly “racket.”