healthcare

Here’s how the president’s Build Back Better act can directly help New Yorkers and their families, according to the governor.

The U.S. House of Representatives voted to pass the Build Back Better plan on Friday, sending the bill to the Senate.

The program helps place primary care doctors in communities that have a hard time recruiting and retaining them.

Nurses around the U.S. are getting burned out by the COVID-19 crisis and quitting, yet applications to nursing schools are rising, driven by what educators say are young people who see the global emergency as an opportunity and a challenge

Health care giant Kaiser Permanente has put more than 2,200 employees nationwide on unpaid leave for choosing not to get vaccinated against the coronavirus.

The Affordable Care Act is now secure in the framework of the nation’s health care programs, and Democrats are eager to leap above and beyond.

Some U.S. employers and insurers want you to make telemedicine your first choice for most doctor visits

President Joe Biden is pledging that his $1.9 trillion rescue package will build on the promise of the Affordable Care Act

Former Associate FDA Commissioner Peter Pitts breaks down five critical healthcare lessons that have come from the COVID-19 pandemic and explores why many of those lessons have fallen on deaf ears.

Studies show there is still a good deal of mistrust in the coronavirus vaccines as the first wave of shots is rolling out to millions of Americans across the country. Dr. Khalilah Gates and Dr. Melissa Simon, both of Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, and who have both already received a first dose of the vaccine, talked to LX...

Mayor Bill de Blasio announced yet another delay of in-person school for most New York City students Thursday, just days before the re-scheduled restart. Reaction was swift – and mixed, with parents and educators expressing some variation of frustration, concern and relief. There was also confusion. Katherine Creag reports.

COVID-19 represents the “largest mass fatality incident in modern New York City history,” prompting a surge in deaths that more than doubled the total reported to the medical examiner’s office over last year, according to a new report from the mayor’s office. The findings were part of the COVID-19 section of the Mayor’s Management Report for Fiscal Year 2020,...

Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Thursday that most elementary school students would do remote-learning only until Sept. 29. Middle and high schools would stay remote through Oct. 1. NBC New York’s Katherine Creag reports.

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine on Tuesday released a draft proposal for distributing a coronavirus vaccine in the U.S. if and when one is approved for public use.

President Donald Trump said Friday his four executive orders would lower drug prices to match foreign prices.

This time of social distancing and staying home has meant postponing much needed procedures, surgeries, and annual screenings. But certain medical care is too important to put on hold—so you should get care now. Stay informed by visiting HackensackMeridianHealth.org/GetCareNow.

Paul tells us about the power of positivity among healthcare heroes and even talks with a nurse working on the front lines.

New research finds that cancer deaths have dropped more in states that expanded Medicaid coverage under the Affordable Care Act than in states that did not

International Nurses Day is celebrated around the world every May 12, the anniversary of Florence Nightingale’s birth — considered the founder of modern nursing. This year, in the middle of a pandemic, this day has taken on an even more special meaning. Nurses worldwide have been on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic for months. Nurses and other health care employees...

Mount Sinai Health System announced Thursday launch of the Mount Sinai Center for Stress, Resilience and Personal Growth, a first-of-its-kind initiative in North America designed to address the psychosocial impact of COVID-19 on the mental health and the lives of frontline health care providers at Mount Sinai. “Mount Sinai’s doctors, nurses, trainees, students, and clinicians and support staff are...