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A study finding that tackle football before age 12 creates life-long health risk doesn’t appear to be generating much soul-searching by private youth teams. And the public school system, whose…

ByChristian Vasquez 13Comments

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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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Sep 2017

Health

Aging Out of Foster Care Makes Eating Right a Challenge

Every year about 1,200 New York City youth age out of foster care. Among many challenges they face is developing good eating habits and finding and affording the nutritious food…

ByDavid Brand 1Comment

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Aug 2017

Health Opinion Uncategorized

CityViews: This is a State Legislature—Not a Middle School Locker Room

“Though the current leaders of the Senate have shown us that our health care and access to contraception and abortion are not their priorities, the fight is not over.”

ByCamille De Beus 0Comments

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Jul 2017

Health Opinion

CityViews: Cuts To School-Based Health Clinics Will Hurt The Most Vulnerable

‘New York City’s school-based health clinics are under siege, as funding from New York State was cut significantly in this budget year.’

ByLiz Cohen 0Comments

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Jun 2017

Health Video

Video: The Fight Against Severe Maternal Morbidity in Brooklyn

City statistics indicate race, poverty, age, access to healthcare and even whether a patient really wanted to have a baby all have dramatic effects on the risks different women face.…

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Jun 2017

Government Health

Advocates Hope That Food Issues Will Find a Place on City’s Campaign Table

Advocates hope access to healthy food, expanding school breakfast and ways to address hunger and the forces that drive it are issues that candidates for city office will be forced…