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Adine Usher was diagnosed with breast cancer. She felt upset and worried. Following her surgery, when she had to find a cancer specialist, she learned about a doctor who was…

ByBob Kirsch 2Comments

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Dec 2018

Opinion

CityViews: NYS Needs Single-Payer. But Health Reforms Can’t Stop There.

Finding a better way to pay for healthcare is important. But the disparities and unfairness in the way healthcare is delivered will persist unless officials, and the advocates who push…

ByJudy Wessler 0Comments

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Oct 2018

Uncategorized

Following Up: Council Acts to Shore Up Maternal Health in NYC

The City Council passed a set of bills intended to at least partly address the problems of maternal morbidity and mortality, which, like so many health issues, disproportionately affect low-income…

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Mar 2018

Opinion

CityViews: The Sims Statue Debate Might be Over but the Issue of Health Inequity Remains

Only blocks from the statue’s new home in Green-Wood Cemetery, where Sims is buried, is a hospital where unequal care for childbearing black women is starkly evident.

ByJudith Salerno 7Comments

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Jan 2017

Health In Depth Investigations

What Drives NYC’s Health Disparities?

Diabetes and assaults, HIV and asthma, sicken or kill people in low-income areas at higher rates. Often, it isn’t that there’s no method or money to address the problem –…

ByJanaki Chadha

ByRuth Ford 6Comments

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Jan 2016

Health

NYC Health Commish Highlights Death Disparities

Residents of Brownsville die 11 years earlier, on average, than their counterparts in lower Manhattan.

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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May 2013

Uncategorized

Bushwick's Struggles With Asthma: What's Poverty's Role?

In a neighborhood with high asthma rates, it’s not hard to identify risk factors for the condition. The trick is determining which factor is most important.

ByEric Jankiewicz and Sara Sugar 0Comments

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Jun 2011

Government Housing and Homelessness Justice

Defeated In Court, Waste Station's Foes Take To The Streets

Opponents of a planned East 91st Street waste transfer station say the city should reconsider alternatives. But advocates from other neighborhoods believe the site is right for establishing a fairer…