New York City’s Citywide Doula Initiative is showing measurable progress in improving birth outcomes for minority parents.

Photo by Gabriele Holtermann In 2024, the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene released its first-ever report on the state of mental health among New Yorkers. The report found that 48 ...

So far in 2025, six different raccoons in Queens have tested positive for rabies, the most of any borough. According to the ...

Adams released his $115.1 billion executive budget proposal on Friday with $2.3 billion for the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, representing a roughly $180 million increase over the ...

The legacy of former New York City Health Commissioner Ashwin Vasan shows how effective governance can transcend political ...

Dr. Michelle Morse, interim health commissioner and chief medical officer at New York City’s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, took the subject head-on while speaking at City & State’s Health ...

A public doula program improved maternal health outcomes for Black and Latino recipients and cost the city very little to do ...

City officials are rolling out a new campaign to address a spike in rabid raccoons in several neighborhoods. Special vaccine baits are being placed in parts of Queens and Brooklyn ...

BP Richards and Samaritan Daytop Village held a solemn memorial ceremony honoring the lives of Queens residents lost to ...

A brutal dog attack on the Upper West Side has sparked calls for new legislation from some New York City lawmakers, who said ...