Health Commissioner Dr. Oxiris Barbot Archives – QNS

A makeshift morgue has been built outside of New York City's Bellevue hospital to deal with a spike in coronavirus deaths.

Health

New York City funeral homes coping with dramatic rise in coronavirus deaths

By Todd Maisel

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Elmhurst

Panic over coronavirus hits Queens as city shoots down rumor of spread to borough

By Bill Parry

Health

Health Department to add ‘X’ for non-binary gender marker on death certificates

By Angélica Acevedo

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Elmhurst

Free training session in Elmhurst to help Queens residents fight the nation’s opioid crisis

By Bill Parry

A 3-D illustration of the Measles virus

This Queens medical center prepared for any measles outbreak by using training learned during Ebola scare

By Bill Parry

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