Mar. 1, 2024 By Elena Okhotnikova Nearly 280,000 New Yorkers rely on a Managed Long Term Care plan for their care. Many of these members are among the state’s most at-risk residents, with multiple health conditions that require coordination of numerous services. This includes both physical health and home health care, long-term services and supports,…
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Jan. 24, 2024 By Isabel Song Beer After years of chronic underfunding and structural issues at SUNY Downstate University Hospital, Gov. Kathy Hochul has ordered the institution to come up with a wide-ranging plan to keep the facility above water — but the healthcare union United University Professions warns the plan could have devastating effects on hospital workers and patients, and may even force the hospital to close. SUNY Downstate Hospital —which is part of the second largest medical school in the state, and is the only state-run hospital in New York City — has been facing financial challenges for…
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Jan. 23, 2024 By Jada Camille
After a surge in COVID-19 cases around the holidays in Brooklyn, and across the Big Apple, the illness is beginning to trend downward thanks to the help of some committed first responders — including one healthcare professional who has been getting up close and personal with patients since the onset of the pandemic.
Jan. 18, 2024 By Jada Camille
Maimonides Health surgeons performed the borough’s first shoulder replacement surgery using new technology that creates individualized, computer-generated prostheses, allowing doctors to map out a patient’s personal shoulder anatomy to make a customized implant.
Jan. 15, 2024 By Jada Camille
Leaders from the Brownsville Community Culinary Center say the neighborhood-focused non-profit is in need of major financial support to keep their doors open.
Jan. 8, 2024 By Melissa Fishman
Maimonides Children’s Hospital has successfully completed an expansion of its Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) after an emotional and long-awaited ribbon cutting ceremony last week.
Dec. 20, 2023 By Jada Camille
Bay Ridge Prep dismissed its Upper School for holiday break early due to high number of COVID cases among students and staff.
Dec. 13, 2023 By Isabel Song Beer
After several years of organization and planning, One Brooklyn Health Brookdale Hospital has debuted its new, state-of-the-art laboratory automation system in partnership with Beckman Coulder Diagnostics.
Nov. 28, 2023 Sponsored post by Duet Care
Scientists know more about Mars than they do about the human brain, which makes Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia so confounding.
Nov. 16, 2023 By Jada Camille
Nearly two years into the war between Russia and Ukraine with no end in sight, a group of internationally-trained doctors from Maimonides Medical Center headed to Ukraine on Nov. 4 to spend a week training local doctors and medical students in emergency care.