NYC dropped record .3B on healthcare last year

NYC dropped record $10.3B on healthcare last year

“NYC dropped record $10.3B on healthcare last year” The Big Apple dropped a record $10.3 billion on healthcare last year — mostly for its own government workers — helping New York earn the dubious distinction of spending more on the services than any state except Alaska. The finding was quietly reported in a city Health…

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#NY sees a 30% spike in COVID deaths in December

#NY sees a 30% spike in COVID deaths in December

“NY sees a 30% spike in COVID deaths in December” COVID deaths in New York state spiked 30% last month — to the highest tally since early 2022 — nearly three years after the virus first ravaged the state, a Post analysis shows. There were 915 deaths linked to coronavirus and its variants in the Empire…

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#Brooklyn hospital network victim of cyber hack crash

#Brooklyn hospital network victim of cyber hack crash

“Brooklyn hospital network victim of cyber hack crash” New York State health officials acknowledged that a network of Brooklyn hospitals whose computer systems crashed last month — causing chaos for patients and staffers — had been subjected to a cyber hack attack. “The New York State Department of Health is aware of an incident and…

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#Dismissing censorship won’t work, Apple CEO’s cowardice and more commentary

#Dismissing censorship won’t work, Apple CEO’s cowardice and more commentary

“Dismissing censorship won’t work, Apple CEO’s cowardice and more commentary” Twitter files: Dismissing Censorship Won’t Work Twitter’s censorship of the Hunter Biden scandal to “protect the Biden campaign” was a “tragedy” for democracy that’s now ending in “farce, as the same censorship apologists struggle to excuse” it, sighs Jonathan Turley at Fox News. “The back…

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#NYC Democrats blast Biden over monkeypox vaccine mess

#NYC Democrats blast Biden over monkeypox vaccine mess

“NYC Democrats blast Biden over monkeypox vaccine mess” Just get us the shots, Joe! Top Democrats running to represent the heart of the Big Apple’s LGBTQ community in Congress ripped the Biden administration Friday for letting red tape tie up the importation of 1 million doses of much-needed monkeypox vaccine. The comments came just hours…

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#Normalizing drug addiction leads to even more overdoses

#Normalizing drug addiction leads to even more overdoses

“Normalizing drug addiction leads to even more overdoses” The city Health Department’s subway ad campaign reassuring hard-drug users that they can be “empowered” by “using safely” is not an isolated approach to the epidemic of overdose deaths. It’s part of a larger “harm reduction” movement based on the idea that the combination of decriminalization or…

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