Prescriptions of life-saving buprenorphine lag in the Bronx. A legacy of bureaucracy and stigma are to blame.
Archive | October, 2019
Prescriptions lag as Bronx battles opioid epidemic
Posted on 13 October 2019.
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Where are the overdose prevention centers Cuomo promised?
Posted on 12 October 2019.
“With over 20,000 overdose deaths under Governor Cuomo’s tenure, his legacy will be marked by his choice to either stand with New Yorkers or stand in the way of their survival,” according to an advocacy group for overdose prevention sites.
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Bronx Cricketers Push For More Pitches
Posted on 12 October 2019.
Every weekend, the Bronx’s Van Cortlandt Park becomes a hub for New York City cricket.
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Food Stamp cuts pose hardships for home health care workers
Posted on 12 October 2019.
For low-income workers like Elsilia Carrasco, food stamps are essential to help feed her family. Cuts have already posed hardships. And they are about to get worse.
Posted in Bronx Neighborhoods, Featured, Food, Money1 Comment
ASPCA to expand free, subsidized animal care to South Bronx
Posted on 11 October 2019.
ASPCA is expected to open a community veterinary center in the South Bronx next Spring. The community hopes the center will address some of the persistent issues with the mobile clinics.
Posted in Bronx Life, Community Resources, Featured, Former Featured, Front Page, Health, Southern Bronx2 Comments
Young Albanians work to address inherited trauma
Posted on 11 October 2019.
The now-adult children of Albanian immigrants are promoting conversation about mental health while grappling with the traumas of their parents’ treacherous pasts.
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Next to Woodlawn Cemetery, another graveyard: abandoned cars
Posted on 10 October 2019.
One fall day, the Bronx Ink counted 26 18-wheelers, five abandoned vehicles, four RV’s, eight parked tow trucks, six cargo vans, five minivans, three double decker buses, two piles of at least six trash bags each, and one dead raccoon.
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