Health News – QNS

Queens College hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the newly renovated Gertz Hall, known as the Speech-Language-Hearing Center, which helps support the college’s speech-language pathology graduate program, on Oct. 30.

Flushing

Gertz Hall at Queens College upgraded to better support speech-language pathology graduate program

By Renee DeLorenzo

healthy aging

News

Hundreds gather in Queens for Healthy Aging and Wellness Expo presented by VillageCareMAX

By QNS News Team

baby

News

Queens hospital saves life of premature baby ‘Myracle’

By Patrick Stachniak

pharmacies

Flushing

Nonprofit recognizes Queens pharmacies for improving health of members with Medicare

By Renee DeLorenzo

runner

NYC MARATHON | Running the distance: Queens runner gears up for 25th TCS New York City Marathon with NYRR’s Team Inspire

By Paulina Albarracin

street vendors

Ridgewood

Myrtle Wyckoff Plaza getting overcrowded with illegal street vendors, leading to an excess of trash, rodents and fear of ICE

By Patrick Stachniak

Curtis Sliwa visited St. Margaret’s Parish Hall to discuss the mayoral race and answer questions at the Middle Village Resident’s Association.

Mayoral Candidate Curtis Sliwa makes appearance at Middle Village community meeting

By Patrick Stachniak

expo

Flushing

Flushing Health and Wellness Expo returning to provide seniors free screenings and resources Oct. 28

By Ethan Marshall

food as medicine

EHS launches ‘Food as Medicine’ pilot program to address link between nutrition and disease management

By Ethan Marshall

A fundraiser will be held in Forest Hills to support Jeanette Mercado, a young woman living with Stage 4 breast cancer.

News

Queens breast cancer survivors unite for Forest Hill fundraiser

By Bill Parry

mammogram

Sen. Addabbo bringing mobile mammogram screening bus to Middle Village

By Ethan Marshall

LIJ Forest Hills Hospital President Lorraine Chambers Lewis and Council Member Lynn Schulman join River Fund staff to distribute 14,000 feminine hygiene products in Jamaica.

News

Long Island Jewish Forest Hills Hospital and River Fund distribute thousands of feminine hygiene products

By Bill Parry

queens community board

Long Island City

Queens Community Board 5 gives update on proposed flood-relief system public hearing

By Patrick Stachniak

raga

Elmhurst

AM Raga announces new partnership with ACE to clean up streets in western Queens

By Patrick Stachniak

khurana

EHS appoints Dheeraj Khurana, MD as new Chief of Cardiology

By Ethan Marshall

primary care

News

Op-ed | Why prioritizing primary care matters for every family

By Sergelyne Cadet-Valeus, MD, Interim Chief Medical Officer, Joseph P. Addabbo Family Health Center

breast cancer

Whitestone

Queens residents participate in breast cancer walk, ribbon dedication at Francis Lewis Park

By Ethan Marshall and Ramy Mahmoud

Parcel D is one of two city-owned sites on the LIC waterfront that has not yet been developed. Photo via NYCEDC.

Long Island City

More than 1,000 sign petition calling for LIC’s Parcel D to be converted into open space

By Shane O’Brien

suicide

Long Island City

Beyond stigma: The life-saving shift in how we talk about suicide

By Jessica Militello

Fumes are emitted from the Green Asphalt plant in Blissville.

News

DEC fines Green Asphalt $25K over ‘nuisance conditions’ as Blissville community continues to voice concerns

By Shane O’Brien

thyroid care

EHS surgery chair shares tips for thyroid care in recognition of Thyroid Cancer Awareness Month

By Ethan Marshall

The Health Department will spray pesticides in parts of Queens to reduce the risk of the mosquito-carried West Nile Virus.

News

Health Department to spray pesticides for West Nile Virus in parts of southern Queens

By Athena Dawson

JASA residents joined TFFJ members at the organization's hydroponics farm at Scholar's Academy. The organization has provided 5,000 pounds of fresh produce to Queens seniors. Photo: Scholar's Academy.

News

New York youths provide 5,000 pounds of fresh produce to Queens seniors

By Shane O’Brien

Frank Parlatore poses for photographs with Mount Sinai medical staff after recovering from a major cardiac arrest. Photo Cathy Clarke/Mount Sinai Hospital

Astoria

Mount Sinai staffer makes emotional return to work after making miraculous recovery from major cardiac arrest

By Shane O’Brien

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