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Category: Health & Wellness

COVID in New York City
Posted inFeatured News

Health Commissioner: NYC is Entering a New Risk Alert for COVID-19

by BK Reader May 2, 2022May 2, 2022

With COVID-19 cases rising across the country and cases now surpassing a rate of 200 per 100,000 people in the five boroughs, the city has entered the “medium risk” alert […]

EmblemHealth, Study, Report, endemic
Posted inUncategorized

Report: As COVID’s Threat Moves from Pandemic to Endemic, People are Less Likely to Get Booster

by BK Reader April 27, 2022April 27, 2022
We Run Brownsville
Posted inUncategorized

Meet the Brownsville Running Club for Women of Color Disrupting Systemic Inequity

by Miranda Levingston April 22, 2022April 22, 2022
Citi Bike
Posted inUncategorized

Citi Bike Offering Free, 1-Day Passes During Car-Free Earth Day on April 23

by BK Reader April 21, 2022April 21, 2022
CAMBA, Black maternal Health, Margaret-Mary Wilson, Mary T. Basset, Valerie Barton-Richardson
Posted inUncategorized

Community Conversation at Kings Theatre Explores Solutions Around Black Maternal Health

by BK Reader April 20, 2022April 20, 2022
Posted inHealth & Wellness

Do You Need a Second Booster Shot? An Epidemiologist Scoured the Latest Research and Has Some Answers

by Brooklyn Reader April 14, 2022April 14, 2022
Posted inUncategorized

In NYC, Black Women Are 8 Times More Likely to Die Than White Women in Child Birth. Brooklyn BP Wants to Tackle That.

by Anna Bradley-Smith April 11, 2022April 11, 2022
Posted inCovid-19

What Is the New COVID-19 Variant BA.2, and Will It Cause Another Wave of Infections in the US?

by Brooklyn Reader April 7, 2022April 7, 2022
Posted inHealth & Wellness

BK’s Oldest Hospital, The Brooklyn Hospital Center, Gets $9.2M Investment for Emergency Department Upgrades

by Anna Bradley-Smith March 28, 2022April 15, 2022
Posted inHealth & Wellness

BK Student Goes From Running 2 Miles to Running 2 Marathons Around Prospect Park

by Jessy Edwards March 25, 2022March 25, 2022
Posted inCovid-19

Photos: Frontline Hospital Staff Hold Candlelight Vigil in Brooklyn to Mark Two Years of COVID-19

by Anna Bradley-Smith March 24, 2022March 25, 2022
Posted inHealth & Wellness

Nature Nonprofit to Distribute 2,000 Native Trees to New Yorkers

by Brooklyn Reader March 24, 2022March 25, 2022
Posted inCovid-19, Featured News, Health & Wellness, Uncategorized

What is the New COVID-19 Variant BA.2, and Will it Cause Another Wave of Infections in the US?

by Brooklyn Reader March 22, 2022March 22, 2022
Posted inFeatured News

Long COVID Leaves Newly Disabled People Facing Old Barriers – a Sociologist Explains

by Brooklyn Reader March 15, 2022March 15, 2022
Posted inFeatured News

Even Mild Cases of COVID-19 Can Leave a Mark on the Brain, Such as Reductions in Gray Matter – a Neuroscientist Explains Emerging Research

by Brooklyn Reader March 8, 2022March 8, 2022
Posted inCovid-19

As School Mask Mandates End, Concerns Linger Around Student Vaccination Rates

by Anna Bradley-Smith March 7, 2022March 8, 2022
Brookdale Hospital, Dr. Mason Pimsler, COVID-19 testing, coronavirus tests, Zoe Mungin, Nassau University Medical Center
Posted inCovid-19

‘Structural Racism’ Saw Black NYers Hospitalized by Omicron at Twice the Rate of White NYers: New Report

by Jessy Edwards March 3, 2022March 10, 2022
nurse, doctor, healthcare worker
Posted inHealth & Wellness

How Long Does Protective Immunity Against COVID-19 Last AfterInfection or Vaccination? Two Immunologists Explain

by Brooklyn Reader March 1, 2022March 1, 2022
Posted inHealth & Wellness

‘My Son Did Not Die in Vain:’ BK Pols March for Affordable Maternal Healthcare

by Jessy Edwards February 25, 2022February 28, 2022
Sol Sips owner Francesca Chaney outside her restaurant in Bushwick.
Posted inSmall Business

Sol Sips Owner Relieves Food Insecurity Through Vegan Cooking

by Katey St. John February 25, 2022February 25, 2022

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