Alex Sanchez, like tens of thousands of 9/11 responders and workers, suffers from worsening physical and emotional health. Mount Sinai Medical Center in East Harlem recently published the first long-term study on the effects of toxic dust at ground zero.
Targeting health risks in cosmetics, WE ACT is surveying Harlem women about their use of ethnic beauty products.
While needle exchange programs encounter opposition across the country, uptowners support local efforts to reduce AIDS and HIV infection among drug users.
Uptown residents contend with a higher diabetes rate than the rest of city and nation.
Michelle Obama visited Harlem Thursday to encourage children to turn off their video games and play.
Union members and the Institute for Family Health sign a new contract, ending a five-month strike.
A hip hop duo take to uptown schools to teach children and parents about healthy living.
1199 SEIU union representatives say a deal between the Institute for Family Health and former North General employees is imminent.
Harlem Hospital will fire 42 staff members, 13 of them doctors, by year’s end.
As Club United switches to a new mental health care program, its East Harlem twin faces shutdown.
