NYC Health + Hospitals is the city’s largest provider of behavioral health services, accounting for nearly 60% of that care. In 2023, 76,000 patients relied on its emergency, inpatient and outpatient ...

“Over the past two decades, health insurance for New York City's workforce and retirees has skyrocketed from $1.6 billion to a staggering $11 billion,” said New York City Council Member Lynn Schulman, ...

Doctors at NYC Health and Hospitals are being directed to cut the amount of time they allot for primary care visits in half — a measure meant to squeeze in more new patients as demand for care ...

Starting this fall, NYC Health + Hospitals plans to cut primary care visit times for new patients from 40 minutes to 20 minutes. The change will address growing demands for care at the nation's ...

One program receiving funds, New York City Health + Hospitals’ telehealth service, Virtual ExpressCare, saw more than 500 patients with substance use disorder and prescribed buprenorphine just ...

NEW YORK – The New York City health department will be spraying pesticides in parts of the city next week to reduce mosquito activity and the risk of West Nile virus. Crews have been out ten ...

The director of the city Department of Health's Zoonotic Borne Disease Unit told CBS News New York the pesticide used is safe, but it is recommended that residents stay indoors when trucks are ...

Jerusalem confirms widespread reports that Ibrahim Aqil was killed at Beirut, with the Israel Defense Force saying it acted ‘in a targeted manner and eliminated Aqil and other Hezbollah commanders.’ ...

New York City restaurants are facing a shortage of Department of Health inspectors according to the newly released Fiscal 2024 Mayor’s Management Report (MMR). The report admits to a 17 percent ...

Health insurance rates in New York for individuals will increase 12.7% on average next year while small-group plan rates rise 8.4%, state records show. Those premium rate increases came in below ...

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