STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — New York City public schools have announced new initiatives to address systemic inequities and promote safer and more supportive schools. Mayor Eric Adams and Schools ...

The Citywide Doula Initiative, which launched in 2022, works with community-based organizations to provide free doula care to ...

NYC Health Commissioner Dr. Ashwin Vasan to resign 01:47. NEW YORK -- New York City Health Commissioner Dr. Ashwin Vasan submitted his resignation, the third time in recent weeks that an Adams ...

Six months into the year, health officials in New York tout the steep decline in overdose deaths as proof that public health initiatives have had major success. They hope the trend continues ...

The public health department in New York is one of the largest agencies of its kind. In addition to local health challenges, the city is a place where new diseases can enter the country. May 29 ...

To have a match rate where we’re paying 80% for our public health activities in New York City while every other public health department in the state is paying 64% doesn’t make sense to us.

A group of 80 public health advocacy groups, community health centers and other organizations recently sent a letter to state leaders demanding that they support legislation that would restore public ...

The best and worst developments in public health have always come from moments of crisis.. In 1937, when the Food and Drug Administration was still a tiny, toothless backwater unable to enforce ...