City & State New York

Delivering on New York’s mental health needs

Dr. Ann Marie Sullivan, commissioner of the state Office of Mental Health, is charged with carrying out Gov. Kathy Hochul’s ...

New York is first state to establish registry for a misunderstood brain disorder

Marking a critical step forward in researching a long-misunderstood and misdiagnosed progressive brain disorder, a new law signed recently by Gov. Kathy Hochul will create a registry for ...

State health department launches first-in-the-nation program to boost organ donations

This story first appeared in New York Focus, a non-profit news publication investigating New York state politics. Sign up for their stories at nysfocus.com/newsletter. Organ donors in New York can now ...
Observer Today

Hochul declares state of emergency regarding food-funding crisis

New York state Gov. Kathy Hochul has declared a state of emergency in response to the Trump administration stripping food assistance from 3 million New Yorkers come Saturday. As the federal government ...
City & State New York

Increasing access to New York’s health insurance marketplace

Danielle Holahan was appointed as executive director of New York State of Health in 2021 after serving as its deputy director for the prior decade. Under Holahan’s leadership, 6.6 million New Yorkers ...
WTEN Albany on MSN

NYS lawmakers and district attorneys highlight the importance of mental health court

New York State lawmakers stood alongside state district attorneys at the New York State Capitol on Wednesday to highlight a bill that would allow more people to access ...
Crain's New York Business

New York-Presbyterian plans $24M cancer treatment center in Flushing

New York-Presbyterian filed plans Thursday to construct a new oncology infusion suite at its Queens hospital, becoming the ...
City Limits

What You Need to Know: How Can New York DACA Recipients Enroll in ACA Health Coverage?

Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients can now apply for health coverage through HealthCare.gov and individual state marketplaces. Here’s a guide for accessing care through New York ...

New York health officials confirm state's first locally acquired case of chikungunya virus

MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) — A person living in New York has tested positive for the chikungunya virus in what state health officials say is the first reported transmission of the mosquito-borne illness ...

Locally acquired chikungunya virus case confirmed in New York, health officials say. Here's what we know.

The case was confirmed in Nassau County. It's the first locally-acquired case reported in the U.S. since 2019, and the first-ever locally acquired case in New York. Three other cases of chikungunya ...

New law opens New York's state parks to farmers markets

A new state law aims to change that. Late last month, Gov. Kathy Hochul signed legislation allowing farmers markets to ...
The Ithaca Journal on MSN

Three Broome County eateries have flawless health inspections; one marked with critical violations in October

This article originally appeared on Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin: Three Broome County eateries have flawless health ...