The BriefThe ongoing federal government shutdown has delayed November SNAP payments nationwide.In both New York and New ...

Organ donors in New York can now get their costs paid by the state, thanks to a first-in-the-nation program that could save dozens of lives a year. Last Thursday, the state health department announced ...

Dr. Ann Marie Sullivan, commissioner of the state Office of Mental Health, is charged with carrying out Gov. Kathy Hochul’s ...

The New York State Department of Health has confirmed a case of locally acquired chikungunya on Long Island, marking the first case of the virus reported to be locally acquired in New York and the ...

A life saved is invaluable but the state says even in economic terms New York’s effort to distribute naloxone, a chemical ...

The New York State Department of Health is urging nursing homes and adult care facilities to boost COVID-19 vaccination rates ...

Nearly 3 million New Yorkers are poised to lose their food stamp benefits after the USDA said it wouldn’t use any of its $6 ...

The New York City Department of Health is pitching a major, yearslong expansion of community health worker programs as a way ...

The case was confirmed in Nassau County. It's the first locally-acquired case reported in the U.S. since 2019, and the first-ever locally acquired case in New York. Three other cases of chikungunya ...

Out of 13 health inspections conducted in Chemung County last month, one had critical violations, 10 had no violations, and ...

MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) — A person living in New York has tested positive for the chikungunya virus in what state health officials say is the first reported transmission of the mosquito-borne illness ...

A state appeals court dismissed claims Tuesday that health officials rigged the contracting process for New York's $11 ...