Home Health Care Workers and Supporters Push for Decent Wages
By BILLY WOOD Home care workers in New York, like so many essential workers, have been a driving force throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. However, due …[read more]
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Nobel Scientist Claims It’s All Luck
By: SAMIA AFSAR “Science is a nasty four-letter word called luck,” said renowned physician-scientist and Nobel Prize winner Michael Brown. Brown, whose research on cholesterol …[read more]
Public Advocate Hosts Panel on Birth Equity
By ANNABELLE PAULINO In honor of both Black History and Women’s History Months, New York City Public Advocate Jumaane D. Williams hosted a conversation on …[read more]
Clergy Rally with Home Care Workers to Support Fair Pay
By SHIRLEY ALVAREZ New York City faith leaders and homecare workers gathered to support the fight for a wage increase for people who care for …[read more]
Advocates Call for Better Elder Care at CUNY Conference
By BILLY WOOD One in every five New Yorkers will be 60 or older by 2040. Yet the nation is struggling with elder care. There …[read more]
“No-Cost Face Covering Give Away” low on N95 masks amid citywide shortage
By ANNABELLE PAULINO Some New Yorkers will have to wait for shipments of N95 masks to protect them from the Omicron variant. At midday, February …[read more]
Advances in Fighting HIV Cited at BC Conference
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 …[read more]
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 …[read more]
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 …[read more]
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 …[read more]