Care, hospitals and public health.
Two weeks after opening its first U.S. clinic in SoHo, Neko Health says 50,000 people are now on its New York waitlist, roughly double the 25,000 who signed up before its doors opened in September. The preventive health company, co-founded by Spotify founder…
NYC Health + Hospitals/Jacobi is set to receive upgrades, thanks to a recent allocation of more than $4 million in funding from City Council. Late last month, NYC Council members Shirley Aldebol and Amanda Farías announced the allocation of $4.5 million in…
I was thin my whole life. I never understood why anyone needed a GLP1, and honestly, I was against them. Then COVID hit. I gained 20 pounds and could not lose it. Worse, I started thinking about food day and night. That…
Beyond Hollywood glitz, Los Angeles now has another crown. It has become the most mosquito infested city in the US. A deadly combination of record-shattering heatwaves and El Niño threats has turned Southern California into a breeding paradise for the…
For some women diagnosed with stage zero breast cancer, treatment can mean surgery even if the disease has not spread beyond the milk ducts. Now, Montefiore Einstein Comprehensive Cancer Center (MECCC) is participating in a national clinical trial examining whether…
A new clubhouse in the Bronx is offering something medication alone cannot: connection, purpose and community. The NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (NYC Health) held a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Sept. 28 to celebrate the opening of the newly constructed…
Jacqueline Lukasik and Jenny Maenpass are among the “Faces of Hope” aiming to inspire New Yorkers during Breast Cancer Awareness Month all throughout October. Both Lukasik and Maenpass are participating in the American Cancer Society’s “Making Strides Against Breast Cancer…
The Mamdani administration is entering into two contracts totaling $8.9 million to provide “gender-affirming” sex reassignment care to transgender patients under the age of 18. The move backs a policy the federal Department of Justice has challenged as medically dangerous and illegal.
Oct 6, 2026, 6:15 AM New York has declared a disaster emergency as measles cases continue to rise across the state. The state Health Department said there are more than 100 measles cases statewide, including seven in New York City and four in Rockland…
New York Governor Kathy Hochul declared a statewide disaster emergency on Monday over a measles outbreak, the first such declaration by a U.S. state since cases began surging in 2025. The state also expanded the pool of health professionals allowed to administer…