NYSBHA News

Interested in learning about vaccinations for adolescents and young adults? Join Unity Consortium on May 6 at 12:00 PM for a panel on this crucial topic, moderated by Chelsea Clinton! Learn more and register here: https://bit.ly/3d5m4Gh Unity Consortium is hosting a...

Original article Eliza Shapiro for the New York Times. Earlier this month, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that he would alter the rule that required school buildings to shut temporarily whenever two virus cases were detected, resulting in schools reopening and closing...

The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine comes in 1,170-dose packages at minimum and expires after five days in a fridge, meaning too many doses on too tight a deadline for many rural communities to manage. KEY TAKEAWAYS The logistical challenges of eventually getting the shots to...

April 21, 2021 PRESS RELEASE Significant Wins for School-Based Health Centers in New York State ALBANY, New York, April 21, 2021: School-Based Health Centers (SBHCs) are in-school clinics that offer students comprehensive and convenient care in partnership with...

ITEMS YOUR KIDS WILL NEED WHEN SCHOOLS REOPEN 1. Water Bottle2. Multiple face masks 3. Hand sanitizer 4.Extra school supplies 5.Tissues or disinfecting wipes Continue reading here. Katie Conner April 18, 2021 

Westchester/Rockland, NY] --The Open Door Family Medical Center’s School-Based Health Center Program will become known as the Nita M. Lowey Center for Health in Schools. The program provides primary health care services for students in elementary, middle and high...

Almost 80% of American school staff and child care workers have received at least one coronavirus vaccine dose, according to the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. On Tuesday, the CDC released its new estimates on the same day President Joe...

WATERTOWN — Turning the page into April, the North Country Family Health Center continues to hold COVID-19 vaccine clinics using both state and federal vaccines. In addition to this, the federal vaccinations allow the health center to have mobile sites. The first will...

On April 5, Congressman Mondaire Jones (D-NY) visited the Town of Ossining to highlight the transformative impact of the American Rescue Plan, the $1.9 billion COVID relief bill he helped get passed into law last month, on small businesses and community health centers...

The Foundation for Community Health has awarded a $100,000 grant to the Webutuck Central School District (WCSD) for construction costs for the first full-service, school-based health center (SBHC) in our community. The aim is to establish the health center for the...

Interested in learning about vaccinations for adolescents and young adults? Join Unity Consortium on May 6 at 12:00 PM for a panel on this crucial topic, moderated by Chelsea Clinton! Learn more and register here: https://bit.ly/3d5m4Gh Unity Consortium is hosting a...

Original article Eliza Shapiro for the New York Times. Earlier this month, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that he would alter the rule that required school buildings to shut temporarily whenever two virus cases were detected, resulting in schools reopening and closing...

The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine comes in 1,170-dose packages at minimum and expires after five days in a fridge, meaning too many doses on too tight a deadline for many rural communities to manage. KEY TAKEAWAYS The logistical challenges of eventually getting the shots to...

April 21, 2021 PRESS RELEASE Significant Wins for School-Based Health Centers in New York State ALBANY, New York, April 21, 2021: School-Based Health Centers (SBHCs) are in-school clinics that offer students comprehensive and convenient care in partnership with...

ITEMS YOUR KIDS WILL NEED WHEN SCHOOLS REOPEN 1. Water Bottle2. Multiple face masks 3. Hand sanitizer 4.Extra school supplies 5.Tissues or disinfecting wipes Continue reading here. Katie Conner April 18, 2021 

Westchester/Rockland, NY] --The Open Door Family Medical Center’s School-Based Health Center Program will become known as the Nita M. Lowey Center for Health in Schools. The program provides primary health care services for students in elementary, middle and high...

Almost 80% of American school staff and child care workers have received at least one coronavirus vaccine dose, according to the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. On Tuesday, the CDC released its new estimates on the same day President Joe...

WATERTOWN — Turning the page into April, the North Country Family Health Center continues to hold COVID-19 vaccine clinics using both state and federal vaccines. In addition to this, the federal vaccinations allow the health center to have mobile sites. The first will...

On April 5, Congressman Mondaire Jones (D-NY) visited the Town of Ossining to highlight the transformative impact of the American Rescue Plan, the $1.9 billion COVID relief bill he helped get passed into law last month, on small businesses and community health centers...

The Foundation for Community Health has awarded a $100,000 grant to the Webutuck Central School District (WCSD) for construction costs for the first full-service, school-based health center (SBHC) in our community. The aim is to establish the health center for the...