Health and Hospitals

Many COVID Test-Seekers Lost in Translation at City-Run Testing Sites, Say Staff

Aug. 24, 2020, 7:28 p.m.Aug. 25, 2020, 10:42 a.m.

With schools about to urge testing for symptomatic students, parents with limited English face special challenges in obtaining swabs.

Coronavirus

COVID Test-Wary Sunset Park Gets Stepped-Up City Attention to Ward Off Outbreak

Aug. 12, 2020, 10:37 p.m.Aug. 13, 2020, 6:19 p.m.

Heath officials deploy door-to-door effort to reach immigrants in Brooklyn neighborhood where stats show coronavirus testing lags and infection are higher than city average.

Coronavirus

City-Run COVID-19 Testing Sites Lagging in Results Turnaround

July 20, 2020, 8:47 p.m.Oct. 12, 2023, 7:40 a.m.

The city says results arrive in 3 to 5 days. But that’s not what some New Yorkers are finding — or even what some of the free testing locations promised when we called.

Health

Brooklyn Woman’s Death During Childbirth Spurs Renewed Outcry Over Treatment Disparities

July 9, 2020, 11:03 p.m.July 9, 2020, 11:17 p.m.

The loss of Sha-asia Washington, less than three months after the death of Amber Isaac, reignited scrutiny of maternal health care for Black women in New York.

Health

Doctors Call Cancellation of Kings County Hospital Gynecological Cancer Care an Emergency

June 30, 2020, 8:37 p.m.June 30, 2020, 8:27 p.m.

Brooklyn city-run medical center pledged to continue providing chemo and radiology as protest loomed — but patients must travel to Manhattan for surgeries.

Solitary Confinement

Jailer Pushed Layleen Polanco Into Rikers Island Solitary Confinement Despite Red Flags: Report

June 23, 2020, 11:08 a.m.June 29, 2020, 3:13 p.m.

NYC’s jail oversight board also found that city jail housing policy for transgender inmates created “increased pressure” to house her in solitary, where she died last June.