Jackson Heights school health clinic closed by city with little explanation

Jackson Heights school health clinic closed by city with little explanation

The little-explained closure of a city-run Gotham Health clinic inside a Jackson Heights school is hitting students and parents hard, and has left a gap in healthcare for students and families struggling to find it elsewhere.

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‘Their loss is not forgotten’: Officials pitch bill to fund futures for kids who lost parents to COVID

‘Their loss is not forgotten’: Officials pitch bill to fund futures for kids who lost parents to COVID

As the federal government’s emergency COVID-19 declaration came to end on Thursday, a group of families, doctors and lawmakers gathered in the Queens neighborhood that was once the epicenter of the pandemic and called on New Yorkers not to forget them, or the loved ones they lost.

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Residents set strike dates for higher wages at two Queens hospitals

Residents set strike dates for higher wages at two Queens hospitals

Interns and residents at two of Queens’ hospitals have announced that they will soon go on strike after the health network that runs the facilities did not meet their union’s demands for higher wages.

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Elmhurst Hospital urgent care remains closed nearly two years after pivot to vax hub

Elmhurst Hospital urgent care remains closed nearly two years after pivot to vax hub

In January 2021, an urgent care clinic in Elmhurst Hospital that offered undocumented and uninsured Queens residents needed access to low- and no-cost medical care was turned into a vaccination hub. But even as the city’s vaccination efforts have stalled, the hospital has not committed to reopening the clinic to in-person visits.

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Public defenders look for answers about monkeypox on Rikers

Public defenders look for answers about monkeypox on Rikers

Though there has yet to be a case detected in the city’s jails, the Legal Aid Society is calling on the city to be more transparent with its plans for vaccinating and treating its incarcerated population for monkeypox.

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‘People are going to go hungry': La Jornada continues search for new home following NYCHA eviction

‘People are going to go hungry': La Jornada continues search for new home following NYCHA eviction

Officials continue the search for a new home for La Jornada, a major food pantry in Western Queens that was evicted from its headquarters in a Flushing NYCHA complex at the end of last month.

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‘Get them to the door safely': Jamaica abortion clinic sees escort numbers grow following Roe reversal

‘Get them to the door safely': Jamaica abortion clinic sees escort numbers grow following Roe reversal

Following the overturning of federal abortion protections, a local women’s health clinic has seen an uptick in the number of people volunteering as clinic escorts – those who help patients make their way passed anti-abortion protestors and into the clinic.

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