A new law signed by the governor in late December is aimed at keeping sexual assault victims informed about their health care and treatment rights and making it easier to get updates on the status of their evidence kits. The new law requires the Department of Health, in consultation with […]
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Hudson Valley journalist explores the human contribution to Lyme disease
In her new book, “Lyme: The First Epidemic of Climate Change,” author and journalist Mary Beth Pfeiffer documents the human contribution to the spread of Lyme disease to dozens of countries and multitudes of people, challenging the medical advice that has left many untreated. Pfeiffer began writing about Lyme disease […]
Legislators, doctors want Medicaid coverage of donor breast milk for premature babies
Legislators from both parties joined neonatal doctors and advocates to call for Medicaid funding of donor breast milk for premature infants to be included in the final enacted budget. The bill, (A.6481/ S.4526) sponsored by Senate Health committee chair Kemp Hannon, R- Garden City, and Assemblywoman Michaelle Solages, D-Elmont, […]