Public health, explained: Sign up to receive Healthbeat’s free New York City newsletter here. The impacts of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ sweeping cuts to public health funding in ...

The city’s public health budget has faced serious threats from federal cuts. In March, the Trump administration abruptly ...

The federal government is pursuing potentially steeper cuts to health agencies, with a proposed $40 billion reduction for the ...

The New York State Department of Health is celebrating the 30th anniversary of National Public Health Week from April 7-13, ...

Federal cuts to the state Office of Mental Health could take an axe to parts of Gov. Kathy Hochul's signature mental health agenda aimed at reaching the children and homeless adults with the most ...

Bloomberg via Getty Images New York banned flavored vapes in 2020, but the products continue to flood the market, Torres said, undermining public health efforts. He complained the vapes ...

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 ...

Health care costs are astronomical with ... One of the obstacles to having full transparency is that New York City’s largest public employee insurance provider Anthem, the parent company for ...

New York — In response to a recent uptick in measles cases, Gov. Kathy Hochul has launched a new web portal aimed at improving access to vaccines and public health information for New Yorkers.

The health secretary had promised “radical transparency ... All seven people who spoke with The New York Times said their offices had lost most or all of their employees.