Protecting Your Future: Structuring Personal Injury Awards to Preserve Public Benefits in New York

Protecting Your Future: Structuring Personal Injury Awards to Preserve Public Benefits in New York

Photo Copyright IQ INC. Suffering a personal injury can be a life-altering event, bringing not only physical and emotional pain but also significant financial strain. While a personal injury award can provide much-needed compensation, it can also create an unexpected dilemma for individuals relying on essential public benefits in New York, such as Medicaid, Supplemental Security […]

Navigating Healthcare in New York: When to Apply for Medicare and Medicaid

Navigating Healthcare in New York: When to Apply for Medicare and Medicaid

Photo Copyright IQ INC. Understanding healthcare coverage in New York can be complex, especially with programs like Medicare and Medicaid. While both provide crucial health benefits, they operate under different rules and serve distinct populations. For many New Yorkers, however, the optimal strategy involves applying for both, leveraging the strengths of each program to maximize […]

Despite Higher Covid Risk, Pregnant Women Are Now Ineligible for Vaccine

Despite Higher Covid Risk, Pregnant Women Are Now Ineligible for Vaccine

By Sunita Sohrabji, ACOM    UCSF infectious diseases specialist Dr. Peter Chin-Hong says the Department of Health and Human Services recommendations eliminating pregnant women and healthy children from Covid-19 vaccine eligibility is worrisome and not based on scientific data. Pregnant women are severely immunocompromised during gestation, but in the US they will no longer be […]

Outbreak Investigation of Salmonella: Cucumbers

Outbreak Investigation of Salmonella: Cucumbers

Do not eat, sell, or serve recalled cucumbers grown by Bedner Growers, Inc. and distributed by Fresh Start Produce Sales, Inc. FDA’s investigation is ongoing. Product: Cucumbers grown by Bedner Growers, Inc., and distributed by Fresh Start Produce Sales, Inc., to retailers, distribution centers, wholesalers, and food service distributors from April 29, 2025, to May […]

May 2025: Mental Health Awareness Month

May 2025: Mental Health Awareness Month

May is Mental Health Awareness Month — a time to spotlight an issue that touches all of our lives in one way or another. Mental health is just as important as physical health, and yet it’s often overlooked, misunderstood, or stigmatized. This month, we invite you to learn, reflect, and support mental well-being — both […]

FDA Limits Access to COVID-19 Vaccine to Older Adults and Other High-Risk Groups – A Public Health Expert Explains the New Rules

FDA Limits Access to COVID-19 Vaccine to Older Adults and Other High-Risk Groups – A Public Health Expert Explains the New Rules

By Libby Richards, THE CONVERSATION  On May 20, 2025, the Food and Drug Administration announced a new stance on who should receive the COVID-19 vaccine. The agency said it would approve new versions of the vaccine only for adults 65 years of age and older as well as for people with one or more risk factors for […]

Inside the Billion-Dollar Industry That Profits from Colorism—and the Lives It Silently Wounds

Inside the Billion-Dollar Industry That Profits from Colorism—and the Lives It Silently Wounds

By Sandy Connors The Business of “Brighter” $8.8 billion. That’s the estimated global  value of the skin bleaching industry as of 2022, according to Global Industry Analysts. By 2026, it’s projected to grow to over $11.8 billion. These numbers aren’t just market data—they’re evidence of a thriving industry built on selling insecurity. From creams and […]

Health Inequities are Shortening Lives by Decades

Health Inequities are Shortening Lives by Decades

Geneva – A global report published by the World Health Organization (WHO) highlights that the underlying causes of ill health often stem from factors beyond the health sector, such as lack of quality housing, education and job opportunities. The new World report on social determinants of health equity shows that such determinants can be responsible for a dramatic reduction of healthy life expectancy— sometimes by decades—in […]

How Bird Flu Differs from Seasonal Flu − An Infectious Disease Researcher Explains

How Bird Flu Differs from Seasonal Flu − An Infectious Disease Researcher Explains

By Hanna D. Paton , THE CONVERSATION  The flu sickens millions of people in the U.S. every year, and the past year has been particularly tough. Although infections are trending downward, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has called the winter of 2024-2025 a “high severity” season with the highest hospitalization rate in 15 years. Since early […]

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