For decades, smaller “safety net” hospitals like Wyckoff Heights Medical Center, in Brooklyn, have been losing money and are under pressure to close. But the pandemic has shown just how needed they are. Source: New York Times
Posts published in “Diabetes”
Medical Care Alone Won’t Halt the Spread of Diabetes, Scientists Say
By Gotham Rex on October 5, 2022
Now experts are calling for walkable communities, improved housing, and access to health care and better food, particularly in minority communities. Source: New York Times
Susan L. Solomon, Crusader for Stem Cell Research, Dies at 71
By Gotham Rex on September 13, 2022
Vexed by lags in producing cures for diabetes and cancer, she helped raise $400 million to start a foundation that has made medical breakthroughs. Source: New York Times
Why a Century-Old Vaccine Offers New Hope Against Pathogens
By Gotham Rex on August 16, 2022
The B.C.G. tuberculosis vaccine may protect against Covid-19 and other infections by broadly bolstering the immune system. Source: New York Times
Overweight Adults Should Be Screened for Diabetes at 35, Experts Say
By Gotham Rex on August 24, 2021
Nearly one in seven Americans now has diabetes, a record rate. The condition also raises the risk of severe illness after coronavirus infection. Source: New York Times
The Pandemic’s Real Toll? 300,000 Deaths, and It’s Not Just From the Coronavirus
By Gotham Rex on October 20, 2020
A C.D.C. analysis finds that overall death rates have risen, particularly among young adults and people of color. Source: New York Times
Extra Pounds May Raise Risk of Severe Covid-19
By Gotham Rex on October 10, 2020
Even people who aren’t obese may be more likely to become seriously ill when infected with the coronavirus, the C.D.C. said. Source: New York Times
‘The City Fumbled It’: How 4 Families Took On the Virus
By Gotham Rex on June 24, 2020
In the South Bronx, the coronavirus had a devastating impact on an already vulnerable population. Residents of public housing didn’t wait for the city to help. Source: New York Times