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Founders of Butterflies BBI

Health

Butterflies BBI mother, daughter team, producing custom-designed wigs for cancer victims

By Tangerine Clarke

Cecille White during Cancer Survivor Celebration on Sunday at Fenimore Street United Church.

Health

Breast cancer survivor Cecille White continues to give God thanks

By Nelson A. King

Cancer survivor Shelly Thorpe.

Health

Coping with breast cancer is ‘up and down’: Shelly Thorpe

By Nelson A. King

Allison Alexis (third from left) surrounded by cancer survivors, Council General of Trinidad & Tobago in New York, J. Andre Laveau (back row), Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz (ninth) (front row) and NYS Senator Joseph P. Addabbo at the recently held 7th Annual Queens Cancer Walk in Smokey Park.

Health

Breast cancer awareness champion is 11-year survivor

By Tangerine Clarke

From left: Dr. Claudette McFarquhar, president, Claudette Powell (former president and honoree) and Congresswoman Yvette Clarke.

Jamaica

Jamaica Nurses Group of New York honors outstanding three

By Nelson A. King

PAHO Director Dr. Carissa Etienne

Caribbean

Caribbean agrees to improve pandemic preparedness, recover progress towards SDGs

By Nelson A. King

Some of the participants moving to soca music at the Tuesday Sept. 27 Humana on Hillel Plaza health and fitness, session in Little Caribbean, Flatbush Junction in Brooklyn.

Brooklyn

‘Little Caribbean’ seniors workout to Soca music

By Tangerine Clarke

One Brooklyn Health

Brooklyn

One Brooklyn Health opens diabetes center in Crown Heights

By Drew Richardson

Mayor Eric Adams gets his COVID-19 booster shot.

Health

Adams launches COVID-19 booster campaign

By Nelson A. King

Allison Alexis with District Leader Richard S. David front, followed by supporters and survivors, as they circle Smokey Park at the 7th Annual Queens Cancer Walk on Sept. 17.

Health

Queens Cancer Walk celebrates seven years with health fair, circle of reflection

By Tangerine Clarke

Book cover of "The ABC's of Women's Health" by Sylvia M. Barchue and Betty Gadson.

Books

Retired Vincentian hospital administrator co-authors ‘The ABCs of Women’s Health’

By Nelson A. King

Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso with officials and others at Coney Island Hospital.

Brooklyn

$18.5M for Coney Island Hospital to expand integrated women’s health services

By Nelson A. King

Health

NY distributes Monkeypox vaccines amid Feds allocation

By Nelson A. King

City Council Member Mercedes Narcisse

Guest Perspective

New York leaders must act now to help thousands suffering from sickle cell disease

By City Council Member Mercedes Narcisse

NYC Health + Hospitals/Kings County. NYC Health + Hospitals/Kings County

Health

Kings County Hospital launches Clinical Forensic Medicine Fellowship

By Nelson A. King

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Brooklyn Paper

New med student residency program at One Brooklyn Health looks to deepen doctor-patient relationships, improve care

More from Around NYC

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Early morning fire in Mott Haven apartment building injures four, displaces 62 residents

When this photo was taken, the street where these men are pictured was located in a section known as St. James Park.

A forgotten name for a Ridgewood community: Our Neighborhood, The Way it Was

Holden Vets

Holden says City Council wants veterans to ‘drop dead’

Jaxson Dart Giants run

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