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New York City Has Been Slow To Vaccinate Homebound Elderly, Causing More Sickness

A sticker reads, "I got vaccinated," at a vaccination site inside Penn Station last month in New York City. Noam Galai/Getty Images hide caption

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New York City Has Been Slow To Vaccinate Homebound Elderly, Causing More Sickness

Kaiser Health News

Despite being hit hard early in the pandemic, New York City lags behind in vaccinating people 65 and older, and its efforts to reach the homebound and disabled have been disorganized.

New York City Has Been Slow To Vaccinate Homebound Elderly, Causing More Sickness

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Laborers From India Are Suing New Jersey Hindu Temple For Worker Abuse

Laborers from India have filed a lawsuit against one of the largest Hindu temples in the United States. They allege that the temple held them against their will and paid illegally low wages.

Laborers From India Are Suing New Jersey Hindu Temple For Worker Abuse

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Grounded For Spring Break, College Students Talk About Who Got The Shot, And How

It's impossible to know how often college students are getting vaccinated. Rumors of it happening illegitimately are widespread, but many situations aren't so duplicitous upon closer examination, because the vaccinated students are actually eligible, because they work in labs or health care settings, or have underlying health issues that make them high risk for severe COVID-19. Joe Raedle/Getty Images hide caption

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Grounded For Spring Break, College Students Talk About Who Got The Shot, And How

Kaiser Health News

For the second year, undergraduates in New York City are mostly sticking to campus. But there is plenty of gossip about classmates exploiting loopholes to get vaccinated in order to travel or party.

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New York City's Vaccine Outreach Aims To Dispel Mistrust Among Communities Of Color

WNYC Radio

New York City is trying to build trust for coronavirus vaccines by doing pop-up food banks and flu vaccine clinics at churches and community centers in minority neighborhoods.

New York City's Vaccine Outreach Aims To Dispel Mistrust Among Communities Of Color

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Battle-Weary Nurses Wonder If New York Hospitals Can Handle Another Coronavirus Surge

Nurses at Montefiore Medical Center in New York City protest what they say is a staff shortage at several of the network's hospitals in the Bronx and nearby suburbs. During the Nov. 19 demonstration they walked from the hospital to a nearby cemetery. Fred Mogul/WNYC hide caption

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Battle-Weary Nurses Wonder If New York Hospitals Can Handle Another Coronavirus Surge

WNYC Radio

Compared to last spring, there's more clinical knowledge about how to treat COVID-19, and bigger stockpiles of protective equipment. But nurses worry about staffing shortages as patient numbers grow.

Battle-Weary Nurses Wonder If New York Hospitals Can Handle Another Coronavirus Surge

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New York Health Care Workers Are Worried Amid Another COVID-19 Spike

WNYC Radio

New York City hospitals say they're better prepared for the growing number of COVID-19 cases than they were earlier this year, but some health care workers are worried.

New York Health Care Workers Are Worried Amid Another COVID-19 Spike

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New Coronavirus Clusters Appear In New York City

WNYC Radio

New York City was hit hard in the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, and it appears it might be on the rise again — particularly in Orthodox Jewish communities.

New Coronavirus Clusters Appear In New York City

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Welcome To New York, Traveler. Now Please Begin Your Quarantine

Members of the Test & Trace Corps meet travelers arriving by Amtrak from Miami at Penn Station in New York. Members of the Test & Trace Corps were out to educate visitors about quarantine restrictions for travelers from coronavirus hot spots. Pacific Press/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Ge hide caption

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Welcome To New York, Traveler. Now Please Begin Your Quarantine

WNYC Radio

New York City is setting up quarantine "checkpoints" for travelers from states that are COVID-19 hot spots. The city wants travelers from high-risk states to quarantine for 14 days upon arrival.

Welcome To New York, Traveler. Now Please Begin Your Quarantine

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NYC's Health Commissioner Resigns After Clashes With Mayor

WNYC Radio

The replacement of New York City's health commissioner, Dr. Oxiris Barbot, comes as the city braces for a possible resurgence of the coronavirus.

NYC's Health Commissioner Resigns After Clashes With Mayor

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Why Doctors Keep Monitoring Children Who Recover From Mysterious COVID-Linked Illness

Marcelina Alvarez, a technician at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx, administers an EKG to Israel Shippy to check the functioning of his heart. Fred Mogul/ WNYC hide caption

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Why Doctors Keep Monitoring Children Who Recover From Mysterious COVID-Linked Illness

WNYC Radio

After contracting coronavirus, almost 200 kids in the U.S. developed a new inflammatory syndrome. Most recovered, but pediatric researchers have started a study to watch for long-term effects.

Why Doctors Keep Monitoring Children Who Recover From Mysterious COVID-Linked Illness

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Doctors Continue Research Into Rare Inflammatory Syndrome In Children With COVID-19

WNYC Radio

A tiny subset of children exposed to the coronavirus have later developed a strange new inflammatory syndrome. Most fully recover, yet doctors still want to track them for long-term health problems.

Doctors Continue Research Into Rare Inflammatory Syndrome In Children With COVID-19

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As Nurses Aid New York, Other States Worry They'll Be Short-Staffed Too

New York says more than 25,000 workers have come from outside to help in their hospitals. That's left leaders in other states worried they may not have the help they need when cases peak elsewhere.

As Nurses Aid New York, Other States Worry They'll Be Short-Staffed Too

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Shortage Of Dialysis Equipment Leads To Difficult Decisions In New York ICUs

Ambulances arrive at a hospital in New York City, where concerns are rising about the supply of dialysis equipment for ICU patients. John Minchillo/AP hide caption

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Shortage Of Dialysis Equipment Leads To Difficult Decisions In New York ICUs

WNYC Radio

Hospital workers on the front lines in the New York metro area have been sounding the alarm about an insufficient supply of dialysis machines for patients with COVID-19-related kidney damage.

Shortage Of Dialysis Equipment Leads To Difficult Decisions In New York ICUs

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Doctors At Hard-Hit Hospitals Say They're Facing Shortage Of Dialysis Equipment

WNYC Radio

Fears about ventilator shortages have dominated headlines. But doctors in coronavirus hotspots are finding themselves scrambling for enough dialysis machines, to save patients with damaged kidneys.

Doctors At Hard-Hit Hospitals Say They're Facing Shortage Of Dialysis Equipment

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Victims Of Jersey City Shootings Remembered

WNYC Radio

Services have begun for victims of the shootings at a Jersey City kosher grocery. They were members of a tightly knit Orthodox Jewish community that had recently put down roots in Jersey City.

Victims Of Jersey City Shootings Remembered

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