P.S. 140 on Eagle Avenue is a pilot for a new Healthy and Ready to Learn initiative launched last month by the national health advocacy group, the Children’s Health Fund.
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Closing the gap between health and education in a Morrisania public school
Posted on 20 October 2014.
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Healthcare startups still struggling while the industry booms
Posted on 18 September 2014.
Between 2009 and 2013, the health care industry in the Bronx added nearly 5,000 new jobs in private hospitals, clinics, and other agencies. The growth has not benefited entrepreneurs equally.
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Fight against the stigma of AIDS marches on in Hunts Point
Posted on 16 September 2014.
A small yet vocal group took to the streets of Hunts Point on the morning of Sept. 13 to speak out against the continuing stigma surrounding HIV/AIDS in the South Bronx
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Obamacare Fines Set to Hit Bronx Hospitals
Posted on 30 November 2012.
Federal health care reform is forcing hospitals nationwide to drive down patient readmission rates — or risk losing Medicare revenue. Here’s a look at why and how Bronx hospitals are responding.
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Will New WIC Rules Mean Healthier Bronx Kids?
Posted on 28 October 2012.
WIC was first created to provide emergency milk and cheese to hungry children of low-income Americans. It now provides expert nutritional advice and vouchers for fresh produce. Is it working?
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West African Patients Lost in Translation
Posted on 27 October 2012.
Before the Diaspora Clinic opened, health workers at the Martin Luther King Hospital found that many patients who speak minority languages ended up in emergency rooms.
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State Pulls Funding from Highbridge’s only Mental Health Clinic for Children
Posted on 25 October 2012.
Astor at Highbridge, a mental health clinic for children and adolescents in the Highbridge section of the Bronx, will lose three-quarters of its funding from New York State by next year.
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From Weeds to a Healthy Harvest at Fordham
Posted on 25 October 2012.
A student transformed abandoned land at Fordham University into an on-campus farm, offering fresh organic vegetables to both Fordham students and residents in the Bronx.
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