Health Care

A woman gets vaccinated at Calvary Baptist Church in White Plains.
Health Care
Vaccine scramble leaves many Westchester residents seeking doses elsewhere
Confusion in the county has led many to book vaccine appointments in New York City.
By KAY DERVISHI
The Rev. Al Sharpton
New York State
The Black clergy takes on the virus
How leaders of faith are banding together to spread the word on COVID-19 safety and the vaccine.
By AMANDA LUZ HENNING SANTIAGO
Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem played a key roll in the civil rights movement.
New York City
Black churches give back
A short history of faith-led community outreach projects in NYC.
By AMANDA LUZ HENNING SANTIAGO
Line at Morrisania Hospital in the Bronx in 1947 for the smallpox vaccine.
Health Care
Why can’t NYC vaccinate like it’s 1947?
New York City gave smallpox vaccines to 5 million residents in just two weeks 74 years ago. What have we unlearned?
By KAY DERVISHI
New York is ahead of other large states when it comes to the number of vaccinated people per 100,000 residents.
Health Care
New York’s vaccine count is only getting started
Residents are starting to get the second doses they need to be protected against COVID-19.
By ZACH WILLIAMS
COVID-19 restrictions sign in London in November 2020.
Health Care
How should New York be preparing for the UK coronavirus variant?
The seemingly more transmissible variant is in the United States.
By KAY DERVISHI
COVID-19 vaccine
Health Care
The first potential COVID-19 vaccine scandal
New York is investigating whether ParCare Community Health Network gave out vaccines to people who didn’t qualify.
By AMANDA LUZ HENNING SANTIAGO
Governor Cuomo announcing the Vaccine Equity Task Force
Health Care
How New York could improve vaccine equity
Members of a new state task force explain what needs to be done to beat COVID-19.
By ZACH WILLIAMS
The first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine given in the United States.
Health Care
What to know about the new coronavirus mutation
It appears to be more transmissible, but it’s unclear if it’s different enough to be unaffected by existing vaccines.
By ZACH WILLIAMS
The coronavirus revealed the cracks in New York's foundation.
New York State
Ideas for a new New York
Experts, advocates and lawmakers on the ambitious policies that could remake New York after the pandemic.
By ANNIE MCDONOUGH
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