healthcare

Soaring demand for nurses during the pandemic has changed the front lines of health care. Is it sustainable?

And what advocates and lawmakers are doing to protect and expand access in a post-Roe America.

Bipartisan majorities in the state Legislature support the Fair Pay for Home Care Act. But Governor Hochul left it out of her budget.

The nation’s first supervised injection sites have opened in Manhattan. Could this effective yet controversial solution come upstate?

We talked to people around the Hudson Valley and Catskills about their experiences with the latest COVID-19 surge.

A trend toward consolidation is hamstringing our local hospitals’ ability to deliver quality, dependable care.

New York’s severe shortage of home care workers has a fresh chance of being addressed in Albany with the Fair Pay for Home Care Act.

Cases of debilitating neurological conditions called dysautonomia are showing up in COVID survivors. But patients are still struggling to find proper care.

The New York Health Act would establish a single-payer healthcare system covering every New Yorker. Its proponents say the pandemic has made it more urgent than ever.

The pandemic created new urgency around efforts to improve conditions for New York State’s beleaguered home care workers.

As the state’s population ages, home care work is in high demand. A new law would guarantee a living wage for care workers.

Frontline staff requested hazard pay for risking their lives to work during the peak of the coronavirus pandemic. After waiting more than two months, they were told no by hospital management.

A program that lets people hire and train their own home health aides is likely to change if Governor Cuomo’s budget is approved as written.

The Vassar Brothers Medical Center extension is expected to treat COVID-19 patients as soon as it's ready. But workers say the site is not safe.

The US Healthcare System is Broken. New York Could Lead the Way to Fixing It.