Urgent care clinic aims to ease ER overcrowding
Patients in Mott Haven say they are seeing shorter wait times and quicker care for common illnesses since the opening of a new express clinic at Lincoln Medical Center six…
Program offers plain talk about sex and STDs for young people
Sexually transmitted disease rates rose among all age groups in the city, from 452 per 100,000 people in 2014 to 497 per 100,000 in 2016. STD rates per 100,000 among…
Groups help Bronxites navigate health care red tape
NYC Health + Hospitals/Lincoln Hospital tapped Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to collaborate on a detailed training for community members and leaders to master the upcoming enrollment periods for…
Officials: Health care cuts would hit hard locally
Public health officials are concerned that programs designed to treat asthma and other illnesses in low-income neighborhoods like the South Bronx could be doomed if the federal government moves ahead…
Police beat: Dec. 23-29
Assaults A dispute between a brother and sister ended with a chokehold, police said. The siblings, who live together on East 152nd Street, argued at about 8 p.m. on Dec.…
Police beat: Dec. 3-9
Robbing for Apples The Charter High School for Engineering, Architecture and Construction Industries in Melrose fell victim to a crook who stole over $42,000 worth of laptops sometime in September,…
Police beat: Nov. 20-26
Police are on the hunt for a 43-year-old Brooklyn man wanted in connection with the rape of his girlfriend early on the morning on Nov. 24. The victim, a 42-year-old…
Hurricane evacuee murdered in Mott Haven
Body of 22-year-old Madonna Martin found in car A South Bronx man is being held without bail after prosecutors charged that he strangled a co-worker and drove her body to…