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US President Joseph Biden.

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Biden proclaims National Breast Cancer Awareness Month 2024

By Nelson A. King

Phlebotomist Jorge Hernandez, from the New York Blood Center, left with repeat donor, Michelle, and NYS Senator Kevin Parker at the 6th Annual Edward Swire Memorial Blood Drive, in collaboration with the Sons of Kings Lodge #123, in Fellowship Hall of Vanderveer Park United Methodist Church, on Sep. 21.

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Sen. Parker partners with Sons of Kings Lodge #123 for 6th annual Edward Swire Memorial Blood Drive

By Tangerine Clarke

NY: 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers show support for Haitian Community

Brooklyn Paper

Brooklyn healthcare workers stand with Haitian immigrants, denounce Trump’s ‘pet eating’ claims

Dara Mormile and her father, Joseph Mormile, taken three or four years before he died from Stage 4 Esophageal Cancer (EC) on Oct. 16, 2010.

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Brooklyn native hosts Annual Esophageal Cancer Awareness event

By Milette Millington

Dr. Michael Reinhardt.

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Downstate hospital’s mission empowers immigrant caregivers: Distinguished physician

By Nelson A. King

A test tube labelled "Mpox virus positive" is held in this illustration taken August 20, 2024.

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CARICOM appeals for vigilance over mpox outbreak

By Bert Wilkinson

blank clipboard with modern stethoscope, space for messages.

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NYC Health + Hospitals appoints Dominican Republic, Trinidadian natives to top posts

By Nelson A. King

Paper with Medicaid and stethoscope. Medical insurance concept.

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Congresswoman Clarke leads bipartisan measure to prevent Medicaid cuts to NY hospitals

By Nelson A. King

Sept. 26, 2023 - Albany, NY - Governor Kathy Hochul speaks during a news conference in the Red Room at the State Capitol.

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$27.5M to expand maternal and pediatric health care at Queens hospital

By Nelson A. King

NY state comptroller readies for a DACA fight

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‘Black women dying at over four times the rate of white women’: DiNapoli wants DOH to do more to reduce maternal deaths

By Nelson A. King

New variant of mpox virus, Clade I

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Caribbean countries urged to strengthen Mpox surveillance amid potential spread of new variant detected in African region

By Nelson A. King

Patients who found their new home through NYC Health Hospitals’ Housing for Health initiative

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Housing for Health initiative houses over 1,200 patients, families

By Nelson A. King

Doctor consulting patient with digital tablet, giving diagnosis and medical checkup in a hospital. Healthcare worker and trusted physician in appointment with medicine advice, wellness and feedback

AMNY

Op-Ed | Primary care needs significant investment to break the cycle of underfunding

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Know your risk for blood clots before taking birth control

By Statepoint

Sherry Algreo and son, Joseph, and friends walked around Phil “Scooter Rizzuto Park/Smokey Oval, in Richmond Hill, on May 4, to bring awareness to Autism and Developmental Disabilities, at the second annual walk.

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Loved ones unite: 2nd Annual Autism and Developmental Disabilities Walk draws families and community support in Queens

By Tangerine Clarke

Rosslyn Taylor (left) receives the Dr. Jean Leon Award from Dr. Leon.

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RN Jean G. Leon remains ‘fully committed as a healthcare change agent’

By Nelson A. King

More from Around NYC

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Director Joel Alfonso Vargas debuts Bronx-centered film, ‘Mad Bills to Pay’

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Victoria’s Secrets: Times of togetherness

Mayor Zohran Mamdani delivers his preliminary budget presentation in the Blue Room at City Hall, outlining options to address New York City’s projected $5.4 billion deficit.

Mamdani’s first 100 days milestone ends where governing begins: The budget, and fixing a $5.9 billion hole

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Editorial | TikTok goes the clock. How’s Mamdani doing after his first 100 days?