Overdose deaths, fueled by nonmedical use of opioids, have reached epidemic proportions. In fact, this crisis has been declared a public health emergency. The crisis is impacting various demographic groups within New York State and across the country. Brett Harris,...

Manhattan Times Former Yankees closer baseball Hall of Famer Mariano Rivera paid a visit to New York-Presbyterian’s (NYP) school-based health center at the George Washington Educational Complex in Washington Heights October 2nd. The health center, run by NYP at the...

Watertown, New York — North Country Family Health Center (NCFHC) received a $300,000 grant from the United States Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to assist with the expansion of oral health services in...

The American Journal of Managed Care Residents of North Pasadena, Texas, struggling with food insecurity who obtained “prescriptions” for healthy food from their clinic providers were able to boost their intake of fruits, vegetables, lean protein, beans, and whole...

Newswise — In its initial year of operation, New York’s first school-based vision center at PS 188 in Coney Island provided prescription eyeglasses to nearly half of the 314 children who received routine eye exams­—with no out-of-pocket cost to their families. “The...