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What New Yorkers should know about Essential Plan coverage changes
If you are among the hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers set to lose Essential Plan coverage in July, you likely received notice from the State Health Department that you can select a new health insurance plan before June 30. While that may sound like plenty of time, some health insurance administrators recommend enrolling by…
As New Yorkers are monitored after hantavirus exposure, experts say public risk remains low
On Friday, the Ontario County public health department reported that a suspected hantavirus case involved a high school student in upstate New York. Local public health officials said there was no risk to students, teachers or the general public and no connection to the Andes virus outbreak tied to a cruise ship that departed Argentina…
What to know about NYC’s new $12 million peer addiction recovery investment
New York City is putting $12 million from opioid lawsuit settlements into peer-led addiction recovery and harm reduction programs across the five boroughs. Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced the investment on May 6 at the Brooklyn branch of Phoenix House, one of the leading nonprofits providing treatment and rehabilitation services for substance use disorder. Here’s what…
An ‘Essential’ fix
Some 470,000 New Yorkers will lose health insurance unless Albany can fix the state’s Essential Plan.
Black mothers face higher postpartum mental health risks. Here’s how to help
Janice Clarke still gets choked up recalling her distress as a new mom seven years ago. She struggled to breastfeed, barely slept and constantly worried her baby would fall out of even closed windows or that she was a bad mom. Her own mother was emotionally “terrorizing” her while she was trying to keep her…
Health as wealth: The $24 billion-dollar case for closing the Black maternal health gap in the U.S.
Black maternal safety is directly tied to improved health outcomes and economic success. The racial divide in maternal and infant health is stark: Black women face a risk of pregnancy-related death four times higher than women from other backgrounds, with Black infants dying at more than double the rate of other babies during their first…
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