By Eliza Fawcett, Healthbeat and Gwynne Hogan, THE CITY | Editorial credit: Alex Krales/THE CITY Seven cases of bird flu were found during routine inspections of live bird markets in The Bronx, Brooklyn and Queens. New York state is shuttering all live bird markets in New York City, as well as in Westchester, Nassau and Suffolk counties, […]
By: Dr. Marisa Donnelly, Healthbeat New York | Thecity.nyc This article was originally published by Healthbeat, a nonprofit newsroom covering public health published by Civic News Company and KFF Health News. Sign up for Your Local Epidemiologist New York and get Dr. Marisa Donnelly’s community public health forecast in your inbox a day early. Covid-19 is here to stay, and […]
By Urban Matters | Editorial Credit: Tada Images / shutterstock.com One of New York City’s oldest hospitals currently finds itself in what might be termed critical condition. Acquired over a decade ago by the Mount Sinai Health System, the 799-bed Beth Israel hospital on East 16th Street, founded in 1890, has been slated for eventual […]