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CORRECTION: A previous version of this story, which ran in the April 18 issue of Health Pulse, misstated that the report measured outcomes for newborns through 18-year-olds and included data from transgender and gender nonconforming young people. It measured outcomes only for young people ages 12-17 and only included data from people who identify as lesbian, gay and bisexual.
NEW CONTRACT: The city Department of Homeless Services has awarded Bhrags Home Care, a Canarsie-based home health care and skilled nursing provider, a nearly $45 million contract to provide 400 units for adults at 130 Third St. in Gowanus. According to the notice published in the City Record Thursday, the contract is an emergency purchase.
COMMUNITY GRANT: The Downtown Brooklyn-based nonprofit Housing Works held a ribbon cutting for its new community health center in East Harlem on Thursday, which will provide primary care, psychiatry and psychotherapy services. In addition to opening the center, Housing Works also received a $300,000 grant from Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Foundation, the philanthropy arm of Anthem, and physician network EngageWell IPA to expand digital technologies that address social determinants of health.
ICYMI: Twenty-four New Yorkers were diagnosed with an infectious disease borne from rat urine in 2023, more than in any other year on record, the city Health Department said in a health advisory last week. People infected with the disease, known as Leptospirosis, typically present with acute kidney or renal failure and sometimes severe pulmonary complications.
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Jacqueline Neber , 2024-04-19 11:33:03
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