Testing proved that a Long Island woman had been exposed to the mosquito-borne virus, which is more commonly seen in the Caribbean and Central and South America. Source: New York Times
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Woman, 95, Charged With Killing 89-Year-Old Roommate in Nursing Home
By Gotham Rex on September 17, 2025
A witness found the suspect washing her hands in a room spattered with blood in a nursing home in Coney Island, Brooklyn, the authorities said. Source: New York Times
Questions Arise Over Hiring of Firm to Run $11 Billion Health Care Program
By Gotham Rex on September 5, 2025
The bidding process was questioned on Friday after the company, Public Partnerships LLC, admitted it had exchanged unspecified communications with state officials before the contract was awarded. Source: New York Times
Covid Almost Broke This Hospital. It Also Might Be What Saves It.
By Gotham Rex on November 17, 2022
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
Nursing Home Cited 7 Times by Inspectors Before Legionnaires’ Outbreak
By Gotham Rex on November 12, 2022
But the Manhattan facility, Amsterdam Nursing Home, was far from the only home flagged in New York City for failing to take steps to prevent the spread of the airborne infection. Source: New York Times
Rare Case of Polio Prompts Alarm and an Urgent Investigation in New York
By Gotham Rex on July 22, 2022
Health officials in Rockland County offered pop-up polio vaccinations and urged the public to get shots as they investigated whether the disease had spread to others. Source: New York Times
First Polio Case in Nearly a Decade Is Detected in New York State
By Gotham Rex on July 21, 2022
A man who lives in Rockland County was infected by someone who received the oral polio vaccine, which is no longer used in the United States, officials said. Source: New York Times
New York Will Distribute 8,000 Monkeypox Vaccine Doses
By Gotham Rex on June 30, 2022
The city quickly ran out of doses during an earlier distribution effort, at a single clinic in Chelsea, after hundreds of people lined up for the vaccine. Source: New York Times
Two Years Later, New York City’s Lessons from the Pandemic
By Gotham Rex on March 17, 2022
The city was slow to react, and the vaccine rollout was flawed. Poor neighborhoods still need help. But shutdowns and mandates saved lives. Source: New York Times
Health Agency Under Cuomo ‘Misled the Public’ on Nursing Home Deaths
By Gotham Rex on March 15, 2022
The New York State Health Department presented nursing home data that concealed the deaths of 4,100 people, according to an audit by the state comptroller. Source: New York Times
NYC Ends School Mask Mandate in a Key Step to Recovery
By Gotham Rex on March 7, 2022
Not all New York’s students were ready to give up masks, even after Mayor Eric Adams said they could. Source: New York Times
Some New York Schools Resume Maskless Classes
By Gotham Rex on March 2, 2022
On the first day for some school districts to go maskless, there was disagreement at one Long Island school over whether the change came too soon or was overdue. Source: New York Times
As Omicron Spreads, Some Nursing Homes Struggle to Boost Residents
By Gotham Rex on December 26, 2021
Medical experts say the government should do more to get booster shots into long-term care residents in New York. Source: New York Times
U.S. Governors Respond to Omicron Variant
By Gotham Rex on November 28, 2021
No cases of the new coronavirus variant have been confirmed in the U.S., but leaders said they were using existing safeguards and watching closely. Source: New York Times
Cuomo's Office Undermined Health Department, Top Doctor Testifies
By Gotham Rex on November 22, 2021
The N.Y. Health Department became a “toxic work environment” early in the pandemic, a high-ranking doctor told officials investigating ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Source: New York Times