Health & Wellness

Older New Yorkers make up 20% of the city’s population, yet the New York City Department for the Aging receives just half of one penny of every dollar the city spends.

Nurses at the Fort Greene hospital say management needs to steady their health care fund over the long term so they do not lose benefits again.

New York City Health + Hospitals/South Brooklyn Health unveiled a $2 million expansion of its Oncology and Infusion Center, nearly doubling capacity and adding new cancer support services.

Once the merger with New York City Health + Hospitals closes, the maternity ward will likely get a major overhaul.

From March 1 through March 5, all regular blood donors who make a donation at New York Blood center's Brooklyn Donor Center will be entered into a daily sweepstakes, drawing five winners each day, for a chance to win two tickets to the Nets vs. Hawks game on April 3 at Barclays Center.

Simcha Weinstein, a rabbi and autism advocate from Brooklyn, is named to New York’s Developmental Disabilities Council following years of statewide advocacy.

New York moves forward with a major SUNY Downstate overhaul, and as its first step, will demolish an old parking garage.

A new agreement will bring Maimonides into the NYC Health + Hospitals system, expanding access to care across Brooklyn.

Wealthier New Yorkers are more likely to report better health and less psychological distress, while Black and Latino respondents, even in higher wealth groups, often reported worse health outcomes, a new health survey found.

NYC Health + Hospitals/Kings County opened the ACE Center in Brooklyn, offering trauma-informed evaluation, treatment and prevention services for children facing abuse or neglect.