Health
Metropolitan Jewish With Bronx Facility
Brooklyn-based Metropolitan Jewish Health System recently held a reception and ribbon-cutting ceremony to officially open its Bronx location. The new site at Hutchinson Metro Center will allow the health system to offer its home health and hospice services throughout the community.
Free Bronx Health Fair Welcomes All
Founded in 1986, Bronx AIDS Services (BAS) is a not-for-profit community-based organization that helps more than 8,000 Bronx residents each year with services and programs that touch people who are living with HIV/AIDS, people who think they might have been exposed to HIV, and those who are at high risk of exposure to the virus....
Bronx Health Disparities Conference
On July 10, 2009, The Bronx Center to Reduce & Eliminate Ethnic & Racial Health Disparities (Bronx CREED) of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine will host a free day-long conference at Fordham University entitled "Building Healthy Neighborhoods: Working Together to Achieve Health Equity in the Bronx."...
The Bronx Knows - HIV/AIDS Testing
This Wednesday, the Health Department and community partners will gather at the New York Botanical Garden to celebrate the anniversary of “The Bronx Knows,” a borough-wide HIV testing initiative launched one year ago....
City Dumping Toxic Materials?
Citing possible health hazards, New York City Comptroller William C. Thompson, Jr. yesterday called on City Hall to disclose potential health risks associated with plans to dump dredged materials from New York Harbor as fill at various parks and development projects across the City....
HIV Testing In The Bronx
On June 29 and 30 and on July 1, 2009, Bronx AIDS Services (BAS) will commemorate National HIV Testing Day by operating six testing locations across the Bronx. This special day serves as a reminder, that as the epidemic of HIV/AIDS in America approaches its fourth decade, awareness of one’s own HIV status has become more important than ever....
St. Barnabas' Unique Lab
The doctors fear they are losing the patient, who continues to gasp for breath, his pulse growing increasingly faint....
Osborne Hosts Bronx Health Fair
Access to good medical care helps people prevent illnesses, identify health conditions early, and treat health problems; however, nearly 26% of Bronx residents do not have access to a regular doctor or health care provider....
Clear Guidance On Swine Flu Needed
With another death due to the H1N1 virus, also known as swine flu, in Queens, Councilman Eric Gioia (D-Queens) today asked for the City to provide clear guidance about what preexisting conditions can cause critical or fatal complications from swine flu, and to give teachers and school staff with those underlying conditions the option to stay home from work....
Brett Eisenberg - BILS' New Executive Director
Brett L. Eisenberg has been selected to serve as BILS next Executive Director, effective March 23, 2009. Brett served as Membership Specialist for the National Business and Disability Council (NBDC), which is the leading resource for employers who seek to integrate people with disabilities into the workplace, and for companies which seek to reach them in the consumer marketplace. ...
Jimmy Fallon Joins Einstein
Jimmy Fallon (seated) celebrates with the Einstein Cancer Center/Sisters & Survivors team at the 2009 Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF) Revlon Run/Walk....
Adults Can Now Take President's Fitness Test
If you didn't get a Presidential Physical Fitness Award in school, the government is giving you another chance to prove you're in shape....
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