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Opinion: Put Food on the Green New Deal Menu

‘Transforming the food system has great potential to sequester carbon, expand well-paid, create clean energy jobs and help reverse the public health crises of food insecurity and diet-related diseases.’

Government Health

Report: NYC’s Seniors Have Social Resources, Face Health Risks

The new research illustrates the complexity of serving New York’s seniors as that population swells: While there are certainly common concerns, different populations within aging New York have vastly different…

Health Opinion

Opinion: City’s New and Tougher Lead Laws Demand New and Tougher Enforcement

‘To successfully protect our youth and eliminate lead poisoning, the city will need to be vigilant in enforcing the new standards and fostering a culture of compliance with lead laws.’

Health Opinion

Opinion: New York City Students Need Wellness Education

‘Put simply, setting aside time for meditation each week makes people better learners and better human beings. Isn’t that what we want for all our children?’

Health Opinion

Opinion: Tighten New York’s School Immunization Law

‘New York, an epicenter of increased measles exposure, can take a major step nationally and internationally in controlling this and other serious disease with a common-sense statutory reform of school…

Education Health In Depth Investigations

Why do Some NYC School Kids Still Eat Lunch Before Some of Us Have had Breakfast?

The teacher reminded some restless students to focus during the last 15 minutes before lunch. Standard directions for students feeling antsy before the mid-day meal. Except it was 9:25 a.m.

Health Opinion

CityViews: How Helpful Neighbors Promote New Yorkers’ Health

For the first time, the city’s Community Health Survey sought to learn whether and where New Yorkers felt they had helpful neighbors.

Health Opinion

CityViews: The Fight Against Maternal Mortality Starts With Listening

Every year in New York City, more than 3,000 women experience a life-threatening event during childbirth, and about 30 women die from a pregnancy-related cause.

Health Opinion

CityViews: Dear NYC, Here are 10 Ideas for a Fairer, Healthier Future

‘New York City, known as one of the cultural epicenters of the world, modernizes with the times, but often at the cost of smaller, community-based initiatives.’

Health Uncategorized

The Alliance for Positive Change Launches Campaign to Encourage New Yorkers to Know Their HIV Status

Every New Yorker can do something to protect themselves and others: take an HIV test.

Health

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