The community’s first AIDS walk attracted about 180 marchers. Walking from Southern Boulevard to the Peninsula they wanted to raise awareness about the high HIV rate in the neighborhood.
Posted on 25 September 2012.
The community’s first AIDS walk attracted about 180 marchers. Walking from Southern Boulevard to the Peninsula they wanted to raise awareness about the high HIV rate in the neighborhood.
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Posted on 07 September 2012.
The city’s Stellar Farmers Markets are the only programs like them for Food Stamp recipients in the nation.
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Posted on 22 January 2012.
City legislators are trying to toughen sanctions for buyers and sellers of HIV medications on the black market.
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Posted on 13 November 2011.
Two syringe exchange programs in the South Bronx play an important role in the lives of drug users
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Posted on 12 November 2011.
School officials hope learning about health will help young kids make better choices
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Posted on 21 October 2011.
Nutrition support from Soundview Health Center saved this Bronx grandmother’s life. With the center under threat of closure, others might not be so lucky.
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Posted on 18 October 2011.
A Bronx food-share project has reached its membership limit so now organizers are hoping to spread the healthy eating message in other ways, such as the potluck supper, which was made by members using their recent supply of produce.
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Posted on 06 October 2011.
Breast cancer kills over 1200 people in New York every year and still 23 percent of women 40 and older have not had a recent mammogram.
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