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Mayor’s bid to shift 250,000 public sector retirees to Medicare Advantage plans approved by MLC

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Bill to ban youth tackle football in New York state has been a decade in the making

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Maimonides’ Dr. Patrick Borgen to chair nationwide clinical conference

By Brooklyn Paper

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EXCLUSIVE | To fight battery fires, new City Council bills would enact trade-in program, get fireproof containers to delivery workers

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Potful of trouble: NYC stores skirting marijuana licensing rules, prompting legal confusion and safety concerns

Congress Member Nydia Velazquez, left, speaks during a check presentation to fund the construction of a gastroenterological procedures space at Wyckoff Heights Medical Center on Thursday.

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Wyckoff Heights Medical Center gets $2 mil grant to expand gastrointestinal wing

By Caroline Ourso

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Op-ed | The city must clean up healthcare and hospitals pricing now

A slide from Ernest Barthélemy's presentation "Decolonizing Neurosurgery in Black Communities."

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SUNY Downstate hosts talk on colonial legacy in neurosurgery

By Aidan Graham

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Health

Music as medicine: Brooklyn musician Sean Fentress bonds with 17-year-old hospice patient

By Ximena Del Cerro

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Interfaith Medical Center clinic granted $20k to fund free contraceptive care program

By Caroline Ourso

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New York Blood Center, Sickle Cell/‌Thalassemia Patient Network team up to encourage diverse blood donations

Health

‘I’m here for them’: Sunset Park cardiologist followed her heart into medicine

By Adam Daly

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Politics

Brooklyn mental health advocates, pols push to change ‘ill-conceived’ involuntary hospitalization policy

By Megan McGibney

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Health

‘A collaborative effort’: Brooklyn police, health experts, and community leaders address gun violence as public health issue

By Isabel Song Beer

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Hospitals in Crisis

Farmstand alleviates food desert in Crown Heights with sustainably acquired products

By Ximena Del Cerro

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Maimonides Health and SUNY Downstate announce new cancer care collaboration

By Isabel Song Beer

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Hospitals in Crisis

Maimonides union workers fight for more funding, Medicaid reimbursement reform for safety-net hospitals

By Kirstyn Brendlen

Women's Right

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Op-Ed | The future of women’s rights and health

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Health

A Decade of Advancements in Cardiac Care at Maimonides: Continuing to Foster a Record of Clinical Excellence

By Maimonides Medical Center

The new shop opened on Jan. 7 on Third Avenue, the areas busiest block.

Bay Ridge

Bay Ridge entrepreneur opens his first local storefront, ‘Soul Detox’ on 3rd Avenue

By Jada Camille

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US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. listens at a Make Oklahoma Healthy Again kickoff event at the Oklahoma State Capitol in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S. June 26, 2025.

RFK abruptly cancels meeting of task force responsible for determining preventive services

New York State Assembly Member Rodneyse Bichotte-Hermelyn.

Bichotte Hermelyn welcomes judge’s ruling on birthright citizenship

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A Parent’s Guide to School Options in NYC

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NYC Council expected to vote Monday on wage and workplace protections for delivery workers