Governor Kathy Hohcul yesterday signed a new public health law that cracks down on tobacco sales in New York State. The legislation seeks to make cigarettes and tobacco products less accessible by prohibiting their sale at stands, vending machines and in buildings in New York state. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, … Read more
Governor Kathy Hohcul yesterday signed a new public health law that cracks down on tobacco sales in New York State. The legislation seeks to make cigarettes and tobacco products less accessible by prohibiting their sale at stands, vending machines and in buildings in New York state. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, … Read more
Citing a years-long deficit, the Mount Sinai Health System will close the Beth Israel Hospital campus on 16th Street in Manhattan. The administration plans to initially reduce the number of inpatient beds and then operate with fewer beds as the campus “gradually” closes, Mount Sinai spokeswoman Lucia Lee confirmed yesterday. He added that Mount Sinai … Read more
The upcoming iOS 17 update is expected to be a gamechanger for iPhone users, with many critical features set to receive redesigns. Despite initial skepticism about the significance of this update, leaked images and reports from various sources suggest that both the Wallet and Health apps will undergo significant changes. Analyst @analyst941 has shared purported … Read more
With banners and whistles, thousands of nurses continue to protest for better working conditions on the second day of the strike in front of Montefiore Hospital in the Bronx. While on strike they are not paid or have health insurance. “It’s good enough, it was too much,” said Patricia Henríquez, a striking nurse. Henríquez has … Read more
Thousands of nurses who went on strike on Monday at two of the city’s major hospitals were still protesting on Tuesday after contract negotiations on staffing and wages stalled nearly three years after the coronavirus pandemic began. Private and non-profit hospitals have been postponing non-urgent surgeries, rerouting ambulances to other medical facilities, hiring temporary staff, … Read more
A breakthrough in talks was announced this Sunday to prevent thousands of nurses from going on strike from Monday morning unless a new labor agreement is reached. Mount Sinai West and Mount Sinai Morningside hospitals have reached a tentative agreement, which will need to be ratified by the nurses union. This agreement provides for a … Read more
Our city’s nurses may go on strike soon. Members of the New York State Nurses Association have already approved the work stoppage. The union says around 14,000 of them have voted to authorize the strike if an agreement is not reached with their private hospitals when their contracts expire on December 31. The nurses demonstrated … Read more