Health Care

If the coronavirus is airborne, reopening certain businesses such as nail, hair and tanning salons and tattoo shops – all of which are included in Phase Three – may not be as safe as previously thought.

With new data available regarding COVID-19’s transmissibility, the state would be wise to rethink some of the industries it’s allowing to reopen.

By AMANDA LUZ HENNING SANTIAGO

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Governor Cuomo at Pathways Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.

Health Care

What Cuomo’s nursing home report does not say

Nursing home deaths from COVID-19 are more complicated than the state Department of Health report explains.

By ZACH WILLIAMS, AMANDA LUZ HENNING SANTIAGO

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The line for a COVID-19 testing site in April.

Health Care

NYC’s coronavirus tracing program is making small strides

One month in, New York City Health + Hospitals is finding its footing.

By AMANDA LUZ HENNING SANTIAGO

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Health Care

How the coronavirus harkens back to another modern epidemic

Survivors of the HIV/AIDS crisis see similarities in the fears and stigma of the current health crisis.

By KAY DERVISHI

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Governor Andrew Cuomo holds daily briefing and opens the Mario M. Cuomo Bridge Path on the Mario M. Cuomo Bridge on June 15, 2020.

Health Care

What will New York’s pandemic response look like in the future?

Previous disasters have inspired policy and structural change.

By KAY DERVISHI

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A crowded Madison Square Park on Memorial Day this year.

Health Care

NY should brace itself for a COVID-19 resurgence

The state’s reopening, warmer weather and protests could all contribute to an uptick in coronavirus cases.

By AMANDA LUZ HENNING SANTIAGO

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First Lady Chirlane McGray meets with then-New York City Police Department Commissioner James O'Neill and then-Deputy Commissioner of Collaborative Policing in the NYPD Susan Herman at Safe Horizon, discussing how to help victims of crime and violence hea

Health Care

What role should police play in New York’s mental health response?

The COVID-19 pandemic is creating a mental health crisis, and recent turmoil amid protests against police brutality may make it more acute.

By KAY DERVISHI

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Health Care

De Blasio gets heat for keeping city beaches closed

Are beaches the next battleground between New York City and the state?

By ANNIE MCDONOUGH

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Funeral workers and hospital staff retrieve deceased bodies for burial amid COVID-19 pandemic at Brooklyn Hospital Center.

Health Care

What happens when you die in New York City?

Here’s why bodies have piled up in bags on trucks during the COVID-19 outbreak.

By ANNIE MCDONOUGH

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Some doctors have switched from giving their patients intravenous chemotherapy to oral chemotherapy medication so they can receive their treatment at home, but this doesn't work for all patients.

Health Care

Critical medical procedures delayed by COVID-19

Everything from cancer treatments to organ transplants have been put off due to the pandemic.

By AMANDA LUZ HENNING SANTIAGO

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