Health

Harlem’s renovated clinic remains shut down, maybe forever
By Andrew Schmid

The Manhattanville Health Center in Harlem closed in 2001 for renovation. It was supposed to reopen in 2005, but has not, and may never reopen. In a neighborhood with soaring rates of obesity and HIV/AIDS, community leaders and residents are puzzled at the loss of the clinic, and what happened to the money earmarked to reopen it. Read more »

9/11 responders go to the polls
By Suzanne Ma and Mirjam Donath

Ground zero workers suffering from health problems will vote their anger or optimism at the polls in the wake of the shelving of a bill to provide them health care and compensation. Read more »


Other stories in Health:


  • 9/11 responders go to the polls
  • Health care for immigrants left unaddressed
  • Healing the Healers
  • Childhood obesity takes a backseat for campaigns
  • U.S. infant mortality rate hits a plateau, but not in New York
  • Small businesses speak out on candidates’ health insurance plans
  • Juice joints aren’t just for the cool kids in Brooklyn and Manhattan anymore
  • Residents slow to pay attention to calorie counts
  • Senior center closings could have ill health effects
  • Community leaders concerned about AIDS among Latinos

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