SHARON OTTERMAN
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More New Yorkers Are Using Fentanyl Test Strips to Avoid Overdose
In New York, fentanyl test strips are becoming more common as a way to fight an overdose crisis, and more states are pushing to legalize...
AOC May have Broken House Ethics Rules Over Met Gala
An investigation found that Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez might have broken House ethics rules by delaying paying for her gala expenses.
Who’s Spending $1 Million to Attack This Struggling Brooklyn Hospital?
A group called Save Maimonides has financed a relentless, monthslong campaign to disparage a struggling Brooklyn medical center. Is the best way to fix the...
Unusual Deaths in NYC Are Still Up. Drug Overdoses Are the Largest Factor.
The rising tide of death that began during the pandemic is now the “new normal” for the New York City medical examiner’s office.
‘Chaotic’ Scenes Inside 2 New York City Hospitals During Nurses’ Strike
Nurses have remained on the picket lines this week at Mount Sinai Hospital and Montefiore Medical Center, which have been less full but still tumultuous...
More Than 7,000 Nurses Go on Strike at Two NYC Hospitals
More than 7,000 nurses at Mount Sinai Medical Center and Montefiore Medical Center are seeking better wages and working conditions.
NYC Ends Monkeypox Emergency and Mobile Vaccine Vans
As the monkeypox emergency subsides, the city has stopped placing vaccine vans outside nightclubs and sex parties. Vaccinations will still be available at sexual health...
Covid, Flu and RSV Are Increasing Hospitalizations in NYC
New Yorkers are falling ill with new variants of Covid and old illnesses like flu and RSV that masking and other precautions once held at...
Why Polio, Once Eliminated, Is Testing N.Y. Health Officials
Health officials are facing a number of obstacles to containing polio as it continues to circulate in New York State and threatens to become endemic.
Officials Apologize for Snafus in Monkeypox Vaccine Roll Out
The city has struggled to respond to a growing monkeypox outbreak, the first major public health crisis since the Covid pandemic began.
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