As New York City braces for hotter summers, health officials are sounding the alarm about the deadly toll extreme heat takes ...

Air quality has improved or remained steady across New York City since congestion pricing launched, city health department ...

In 2023, Southern California store owner Lauri Carleton was shot and killed over a Pride flag display. O'Shae Sibley, a gay ...

The New York City Department of Health is pushing reparations as an answer to racial and wealth inequities among New Yorkers, according to a new report. The report, headlined "Analyzing the Racial ...

To add to that stress, the pig was the subject of an anonymous 311 health department complaint earlier this month, saying the ...

Public health, explained: Sign up to receive Healthbeat’s free New York City newsletter here. Overdose is the leading cause of pregnancy-associated death in New York City, the Department of ...

Drug overdose deaths in New York City have hit a record high and it comes, tragically, as no surprise. As reported by the city Department of Health last week, 2,668 New Yorkers died from overdoses ...

New York City has become the first major city to designate social media as an environmental toxin, or “public health hazard,” Mayor Eric Adams (D) announced Wednesday. Adams, during his State ...

Of the more than 430 budgeted full-time positions dedicated to mental health services within the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, the city filled just 258 for fiscal year ...

The New York City Department of Health on Thursday announced 31 newly identified cases of measles within the Orthodox Jewish community in Brooklyn, the city's most populous borough, ...

WHO SHE IS: Executive deputy commissioner of mental hygiene, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. GREW UP: Westerleigh, Staten Island. RESIDES NOW: Westerleigh, Staten Island.