Pressure Builds to Lift Ban on Gay Men Giving Blood
Jun 29, 2010
Photo byMichael Lehet New Yorkers know devastation. When the Twin Towers collapsed nine years ago they saw that the blood supplies that might have been desperately needed could dry up in
A New Tactic for the War on Rats
Jun 18, 2010
Photo (cc) pieter.morlion Natalie Hunnicutt’s first assignment as a pest control aide for the city, was, she recalls, also her most memorable: crashing a party of dozens of rodents at a
Despite Budget Boost, Public Hospitals Face Cuts
May 24, 2010
Jim Henderson Harlem Hospital is one of 11 hospitals run by the city's Health and Hospitals Corp. With almost every city agency, the key word this spring has been "cut." Mayor Michael
New Healthcare Law Offers Little to Undocumented Immigrants
May 11, 2010
New York City Department of Health r Javier Espinosa had not visited a doctor in 13 years. After crossing U.S.-Mexico border illegally desperate to find work to support his family in
State Budget Puts Spinal Cord Injury Research in Jeopardy
Mar 11, 2010
flickr.com/photos/seaniz/ State trooper Paul Richter was lying on the ground, looking up at the man who had just shot him. Death seemed all but certain. The Queens-born Richter had been shot
Doubts Grow About City's Capital Spending
Mar 10, 2010
Photo (cc) 2008 Department of Environmental Protection The digester eggs at the Newtown Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant -- one of the city's many capital projects. New York City, you have a problem. Yes,
Problems at St. Vincent's Reflect Health Care System's Woes
Feb 16, 2010
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cresny/ In the lobby of the Service Employees International Union Local 32BJ’s lower Manhattan headquarters on Feb. 10, senior citizens with oxygen masks who might lose their closest hospital gathered with
Food Deserts Could Bloom if City Hall Helps
Jan 28, 2010
Photo (cc) h-bomb City health officials have now rolled out a voluntary program to reduce the salt in foods. This follows the ban on transfats, the requirement that many
Nanny Mayor's Anti-Salt Drive Ignores Sense and Science
Jan 26, 2010
(Earlier this month, the Bloomberg administration announced a new initiative aimed at encouraging food processors and restaurants in New York and across the country to cut back on salt in
Cutting Back on Salt Will Save Lives
Jan 25, 2010
(Earlier this month, the Bloomberg administration announced a new initiative aimed at encouraging food processors and restaurants in New York and across the country to cut back on salt in |