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Hello (and we’re almost to Friday!) from the joint legislative hearing on health care and Medicaid, an annual Albany event that today is focused mostly on how Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s health commissioner, Howard Zucker, defends the state’s decisions regarding Covid-19 deaths in nursing homes.
NYC Care reaches enrollment milestone, but unmet chronic needs remain
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NYC Care, the city s health-access program for the uninsured, has reached a milestone of 50,000 enrollees, it announced Tuesday.
The pandemic has accelerated membership, and the program has learned that its members have a higher prevalence of chronic conditions, such as diabetes and hypertension, than the general public, said Marielle Kress, executive director. Many of these patients are receiving care for their chronic illness for the first time through NYC Care, Kress said.
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BRONX, N.Y., Feb. 18, 2021 /PRNewswire/
Last December, 70-year-old Bronx resident Irma Vega got COVID-19. Like 52 percent of people living in the Bronx, Vega had multiple chronic conditions, meaning her case of COVID-19 could easily become life-threatening. After her positive test, she arrived at Montefiore Medical Center to begin monoclonal antibody treatment.
Dr. Priya Nori, director of the Antibiotic Stewardship Program, an infectious disease specialist at Montefiore Health System, and associate professor of medicine at Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Monoclonal antibodies are created in a lab and function like naturally occurring antibodies, fighting infections before they spread. Studies show that when monoclonal antibodies are given intravenously to high-risk people diagnosed early with COVID-19, it can prevent them from experiencing severe symptoms that lead to hospitalizations.
February 16, 2021
Phyllis Fagell
THE WASHINGTON POST – When Nick von Hindenburg, 12, moved from the Netherlands to Washington, DC at the start of seventh grade, the pandemic and online school limited his opportunities to make friends.
But after moving seven times and living on three continents, he had the skills to adapt.
“I’ve never been in this exact situation before, but I’ve had to adjust to different cultures, traditions and ways of teaching,” Nick said.
He understands that life is more like a jungle gym than a ladder, said his mother, Anisha Abraham, a paediatrician at Children’s National Hospital and author of