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people dressed in white crossing a street in Harlem during a Legionnaires' disease outbreak.

AMNY

Legionnaires’ outbreak in Harlem exposes grim future risks for NYC as steep Medicaid cuts loom

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Maimonides honors nearly 300 students in Brooklyn summer jobs program

By Olivia Seaman

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Dolores Catania leads Bravolebrities in ‘Battle 4 Brooklyn’ charity softball game at Maimonides Park

By Olivia Seaman

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Hospitals in Crisis

Medicaid cuts could force Brooklyn’s safety-net hospitals to close, leave thousands uninsured

By Kirstyn Brendlen

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Health

Community Baby Shower Fund returns to support high-risk maternal health neighborhoods

By Gabriele Holtermann

NY: Maimonides Health Unveils New Comprehensive Psychiatric Emergency Department

Maimonides unveils new psychiatric emergency department, expanding mental health care in Brooklyn

By Gabriele Holtermann

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Bay Ridge

‘Big Beautiful Cuts’: Protestors blast Malliotakis over healthcare ‘Poison Pill’

By Gabriele Holtermann

Exterior of Maimonides Medical Center.

Health

Maimonides Cancer Center celebrates 20 years of world-class cancer care in Brooklyn

By Olivia Seaman

Mayor Eric Adams speaks announces new social services hub in Brooklyn

AMNY

Mayor Adams will not switch city retirees to Medicare Advantage plan

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AMNY

New York’s top court rules against city retirees opposed to Medicare Advantage healthcare plans

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‘Keep shining your light’: Maimonides honors 1,700 volunteers at annual luncheon

By Meaghan McGoldrick O'Neil

State Sen. Brad Hoylman-Sigal, and Sen. Jessica Scarcella-Spanton lead a news conference on the Million Dollar Staircase at the New York State Capitol in Albany ahead of Monday's vote.

AMNY

New York on the cusp of allowing medical aid in helping terminally ill die as state Senate sends controversial bill to Hochul’s desk

SUNY Downstate

Hospitals in Crisis

To save cash-strapped SUNY Downstate, advisory board recommends expanding services with massive state investment

By Kirstyn Brendlen

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Bedford-Stuyvesant

‘We’ve touched a lot of lives’: Bed-Stuy Volunteer Ambulance Corps prepares to celebrate 37 years of service

By Kirstyn Brendlen

Doula working with pregnant woman

AMNY

City Council hears proposed legislation for permanent doula training and services program

JCCA Youth ACT Team

News

A lifeline for families: JCCA expands Youth ACT mental health services with state funding

By Gabriele Holtermann

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News

NYC Health + Hospitals/‌South Brooklyn Health celebrates one year of ‘26 Minutes with Dr. Warren Seigel’

By Arthur de Gaeta

AMNY

‘Mouth of America’: How this likeness of the Statue of Liberty filled with pills at Brooklyn park aims to expose a hidden health crisis

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Bay Ridge

For the love of care: Brooklyn nonprofit group home grapples with staffing crisis

By Gabriele Holtermann

In New York State, 25 influenza-associated pediatric deaths were reported in the last year - the highest recorded amount ever in New York.

AMNY

New York sees highest-ever child flu-related deaths, 10 in NYC: state health officials

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