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‘If those of us in the medical community are to better understand the mechanisms of medical interventions in different ethnic groups, we need better representation in trials.’

ByKathie-Ann Joseph 0Comments

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Oct 2018

Education In Depth Investigations

Missing Teachers: Attendance, Turnover and Staffing Gaps in NYC Classrooms

Across the city, state and nation, students deal with missing teachers every day. It’s a multifaceted problem whose impact on school performance is often overlooked in the debates about education…

ByPatrick Donachie 1Comment

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Sep 2018

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.

ByHelen Rosenthal 1Comment

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Jan 2018

Health Opinion

CityViews: Act Now to Prevent Heat Deaths and Build a Greener Gowanus

‘The proposed rezoning of Gowanus presents an unprecedented opportunity to tackle the urban heat island effect, saving lives while creating a more equitable and sustainable community.’

ByMichelle de la Uz 1Comment

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Oct 2017

Health

Hearing the Call to Help, Closing the Gap on Health

A Bronx church is both a place of worship and a community center that draws people of different religions and cultures in by providing resources that are inaccessible to them…

ByAlexandra Semenova 1Comment

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Jul 2017

Opinion

CityViews: A Call to Action on Racial Disparities in NYC’s Maternal Health

Each year in New York City approximately 3,000 women suffer a life-threatening complication during labor and delivery. Black women are three times more likely to experience a severe event in…

ByHannah Searing

ByDeborah L. Kaplan

ByGeorge L. Askew 1Comment

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Jan 2017

Health In Depth Investigations

Hospital Closures and Medicaid Shifts Took Toll on NYC’s Health

For families living in poor neighborhoods, more hospital closings have put greater pressure on the surviving facilities, and they have also stretched the distances people have to travel to receive…

ByRuth Ford 16Comments

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Jul 2016

Health

When New Moms Get Sick, Race—and Hospitals—Matter

Maternal morbidity—moms who get really sick before or after childbirth, sometimes with years-long effects—is a growing problem in New York. Racial health disparities are part of the picture, but so…

ByBob Kirsch 0Comments

More Questions Than Answers About the Racial & Ethnic Skew in COVID-19 Deaths

CityViews: How to Close the Racial Gap at the Frontier of Medicine