Health Care
New York’s Excelsior Pass can’t be equitable until vaccinations are equitable, some advocates say.
Overcoming hesitancy among residents and getting them to vaccination sites pose challenges.
More transmissible COVID-19 variants are rapidly spreading, yet restrictions are being loosened.
Getting them back into the classroom will help, but they’ll need more mental health support when they return.
The governor is being criticized over the issue again. Here’s everything that has happened on it.
Most New York jails don’t allow the treatment, but there’s a bill to change that.
New York’s hospitals proved resilient, while health care disparities remained.
The state was quietly busting through its self-imposed Medicaid spending cap – and that was before the pandemic struck.
The state’s residents are dealing with heightened levels of anxiety, depression and substance abuse – with too few resources available to them.
New York City has a huge racial disparity in health problems among pregnant women.
