Lincoln to receive $2.9M for new nurse call bell system
Lincoln Hospital is slated to receive $2.9 million in capital funding to create a new call bell system for nurses. The system was announced at a ceremonial check presentation on…
Birth workers provide essential services for local families
As the pandemic continues to expose racial and socioeconomic disparities in health care, three Black Bronx-based birth workers decided to join forces to help Black families within the Bronx. Founded…
Bronx Community Board 1: COVID vaccines to the rescue
South Bronx residents should expect access to Pfizer’s free COVID-19 vaccine by mid- or late-spring 2021, according to Bronx Community Board 1. At Board 1’s Zoom meeting on Thursday, Dec.…
Montefiore opens new COVID-19 vaccine unit
Majority of candidates for vaccine trial will be people of color, people over 65 A new vaccine unit at Montefiore Hospital in the central Bronx has opened, with the goal…
Running groups make a quarantine comeback
As schools reopen and indoor dining tentatively resumes, running groups in the Bronx have also started meeting again for the first time during the pandemic under strict parameters. Bronx Sole,…
Diaz Jr. denounces the Yanks for inviting Trump to throw out first pitch
The Yankees may have to sign a new pitcher, because the one they have lined up for Opening Day at Yankee Stadium on Aug. 15 ain’t cuttin’ it. After learning…
Lincoln voted US’ top hospital for civic leadership
A new hospital ranking system that uses community involvement as a key criteria, lists Lincoln among the top hospitals in the country. The new ranking system was devised by the…
Eight candidates for Congress in the South Bronx debate post-coronavirus recovery
As the South Bronx continues to grapple with the effects of the novel Coronavirus, eight of the 10 Democratic primary candidates in New York’s 15th Congressional race debated on Thursday…