Yankees offer free skin cancer screenings

Yankees offer free skin cancer screenings

Skin cancer is a potentially fatal disease that affects thousands of people in the country every year. In an effort to detect the disease early, the Yankees held a free event Thursday to offer skin tests to fans. Ana Enriquez has been working at Yankee Stadium for 8 years, and although she tries to take … Read more

The closure of Mount Sinai Beth Israel hospital was authorised

The closure of Mount Sinai Beth Israel hospital was authorised

“It’s totally unhappy. “I’ve labored right here for over 30 years as a nurse and it is unhappy to listen to they have not performed extra to maintain the hospital open.” The nurse’s lament comes after spokespeople for the state Division of Well being introduced this Thursday conditional approval for the Mount Sinai Beth Israel … Read more

Aaron James’ Incredible Transformation: The First Ever Partial Face and Whole-Eye Transplant

Aaron James’ Incredible Transformation: The First Ever Partial Face and Whole-Eye Transplant

Aaron James’ transformation is incredible and remarkable in the before and after photographs of partial face transplant surgery, and for the first time in the history of medicine, a single donor eye transplant. The operation lasted more than 21 hours, however, the planning and virtual rehearsals of the 140 surgeons and nurses lasted months, as … Read more

Oliver’s Journey: Finding Hope at the Ronald McDonald House

Oliver’s Journey: Finding Hope at the Ronald McDonald House

Oliver, the youngest of the Cueto Acosta family, of Dominican origin. In March 2022, they traveled to New York after the child began to show unusual symptoms and while here he was diagnosed with a type of pediatric cancer. Thanks to a social worker at the hospital where he was treated, the family learned about … Read more

Elmhurst Hospital Receives $17.5 Million Investment for Surgery, MRI, and Pediatric Center Projects

Elmhurst Hospital Receives .5 Million Investment for Surgery, MRI, and Pediatric Center Projects

Elmhurst hospital receives $17.5 million that will be used for various projects in surgery, the MRI area and the pediatric center. According to the hospital director, this investment will bring a lot of good to the community while patients say that this money is welcome. With this applause, Elmhurst Hospital employees received the announcement of … Read more

Annual “Advancing Breast Cancer” Walk Raises Funds and Awareness in NYC Parks

Annual “Advancing Breast Cancer” Walk Raises Funds and Awareness in NYC Parks

Cancer survivors, family members, doctors and friends participated this Sunday in city parks for the annual walk “Advancing Breast Cancer.” Hundreds of attendees gathered wearing pink in Central Park, Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in Queens and Midland Beach on Staten Island. The goal is to raise money for research, progress in treatments and inform New Yorkers … Read more

Brooklyn’s Woodhull Hospital Forced to Evacuate Patients After Power Outage from Rain

Brooklyn’s Woodhull Hospital Forced to Evacuate Patients After Power Outage from Rain

Brooklyn’s Woodhull Hospital remains closed after a power outage caused by rain on Friday forced the evacuation of more than 100 patients over the weekend. The hospitalized people were transferred to other health centers and hospitals in the city. Critical patients were transferred on Friday night and around 120 other patients on Saturday. The Con … Read more

81% of Overdose Deaths in New York City Caused by Fentanyl, With Increase in 2022

81% of Overdose Deaths in New York City Caused by Fentanyl, With Increase in 2022

81% of overdose deaths in New York City are caused by fentanyl, according to figures revealed today by the city’s Department of Health, which also warned that overdose deaths grew by 12% in 2022 compared to to the previous year. According to a statement from the agency, it is the highest number of deaths (3,026) … Read more

Federal Government Begins Mailing Free Home COVID-19 Tests Amidst Spike in Hospitalizations

Federal Government Begins Mailing Free Home COVID-19 Tests Amidst Spike in Hospitalizations

Starting this Monday, the federal government has once again begun mailing free home COVID-19 tests to those who request them. This announcement comes in the wake of a spike in coronavirus hospitalizations across the country over the summer. Erick Cediel, who works in a hospital, tells us that it is an excellent idea given the … Read more

Construction Workers Leave Their Mark on New Public Laboratory in Harlem, Signatures Included

Construction Workers Leave Their Mark on New Public Laboratory in Harlem, Signatures Included

With a permanent marker, the Mexican Emanuel Gómez put his signature on this beam, just like him, all his other construction workers colleagues made him happy to be part of this project. Emanuel Gómez, construction worker: “Very, very proud, I just sent photos to my parents, so they can see what their son is doing, … Read more