Dr. Monica Sweeney, chairperson of Health Policy and Management at SUNY Downstate Medical Center, tells students at Brooklyn College about the success achieved in protecting infants in New York City…
Barbers Help Researchers Battle HIV in Brooklyn
By RADHIKA VISWANATHAN Brignel Camilien works at the Arthur Ashe Institute of Urban Health, designing projects that help communities increase awareness of health issues. But his path leading to public…
BC Vending Machines Still Sell Unhealthy Snacks
Student Nikki Orozova relies on vending machines at Brooklyn College for afternoon snacks. (Michelle Cummings) By MICHELLE CUMMINGS It’s noon and you’ve been on campus for an hour. You didn’t…
Rising Rents Lead More to Bed-Stuy Soup Kitchen
By ALAIN GAILLARD The soup kitchen starts serving food at 10:30 every morning. A few soup kitchen guests begin gathering outside the main entrance of St. John’s Bread and Life…
City’s first lady urges funds for mentally ill
For Mental Health Awareness month, Renee Beyda reports on Chirlane McCray's efforts to enhance New York City's aid to the mentally ill. In honor of Mental Health Awareness Month, First…
Challenges for Teens with Type 1 Diabetes
Ludny Jean-Alcime discusses how she learned to live with Type 1 diabetes. (Christell Cherenfant) By CHRISTELL CHERENFANT Ludny Jean-Alcime, a freshman at York College in Queens, remembers herself as a pudgy…
Council eyes limits on hookah smoking
By RENEE BEYDA The City Council Health Committee is considering proposed legislation that would limit the use of non-tobacco smoking products in restaurants and prohibit sale of shisha and hookah.…
Mayor: No local danger from Zika
By RENEE BEYDA With fears of the quickly spreading Zika virus growing, Mayor Bill de Blasio has announced that city health officials see no danger from it at this time…
Cleaner Gowanus Could Lead to Higher Rents
By SEAN EGAN Swimming through the sewage-infested waters of the Gowanus Canal, Christopher Swain had to paddle through a thick layer of dirty yellow foam that floated on top of…
The toll of dementia: One family’s story
By ELIZABETH COLUCCIO Mornings are very bad at the grandparents’ house. Early morning peace is interrupted by a low groaning from the narrow hospital bed that now resides in what…