An Overdose Antidote Becomes a Tricky Issue at Some Nightclubs Security guards have confiscated naloxone from bar and nightclub goers, even though city officials encourage people to carry the drug to save lives.
New York City Is Offering Free Online Therapy to Teens: Will It Work? The city’s $26 million contract with Talkspace makes mental health care very accessible. But some worry it is ‘a Band-Aid’ at a time of crisis.
What Does the End of the Covid Health Emergency Mean for New York City? The city had already stopped some services, like mobile testing sites, but many others, including free vaccines and Paxlovid, will continue for now.
New York City Welcomes Growing Number of Out-of-State Abortion Patients With the procedure now prohibited in many states, the city is advertising its abortion services in Georgia, Texas and Florida.
To Aid Mentally Ill New Yorkers, City Shifts Away From the Police In his latest plan to help people with severe mental illness, Mayor Eric Adams says the city will focus on sending more counselors and medical professionals into the streets, not police officers.