Summer Health Guide 2019
Managing Your Diabetes in the Workplace: It Can Be Done and the Law Is on Your Side
……Black VegFest Brings Healthy Living to BK
Black VegFest is an intersectional vegan festival focused on Black culture, health and wellness, animal welfare and planetary care. Organizers from Grassroots Artists MovEment (G.A.ME), a small NYC not-for-profit, plans to bring over 5000 attendees to Brooklyn.
NEW YORK: (Newswire.com): Weeksville Heritage Center hosts Black VegFest’s 2nd Annual in association with proud vegan Brooklyn Borough President Eric L. Adams. New …
DR Congo Ebola outbreak declared global health emergency
"It is time for the world to take notice," WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a news conference in Geneva at which the emergency was declared.
By BBC
The World Health Organization has declared the Ebola crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo a “public health emergency of international concern.”…
Decision Fatigue: Millennials’ No. 1 Complaint
While having an abundance of choices might sound appealing, studies have found that it often causes us to feel stressed and overwhelmed.
By Tess Brigham (CNBC)
Let me start by saying that I never expected to be a “millennial therapist” when I entered the …
How Head Injuries Hurt the Brain
Living with a brain injury or mental illness can disrupt a person’s life but being able to get the necessary help to financially take you through goes a long way.
BROOKLYN, NY (Workers World Today) — You may have slipped, fell and bumped your head. Though the injury may seem inconsequential at …
Two Days After Death of Transgender Woman in NYC Jail, Another Detainee Died
Legal Aid referred inmate's case to the Brooklyn Community Bail Fund for help paying, but they did not. - The City
By Reuven Blau and Rosa Goldensohn (The City)
Two days after Layleen Polanco died on Rikers Island, a second detainee died in …
‘Truly Frightening’ New Ebola Outbreak In DR Congo
Nearly 1,400 people have died in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
By BBC
The head of a major medical research charity has called the latest outbreak of Ebola in central Africa “truly frightening”.
Nearly 1,400 …
Brooklyn Health Disparities Center Physicians Honored
Trinbago Progressive Association Honors Downstate/Brooklyn Health Disparities Center Physicians
By Brooklyn Health Disparities Center
BROOKLYN, NY, May 5, 2019 — Dr. Moro Salifu served as Keynote speaker and an honoree for Trinbago’s Progressive …
Pig ‘Ebola’ Virus Sends Shock Waves Through Global Food Chain
By Dan Murtaugh and Enda Curran (Bloomberg)
What started with a few dozen dead pigs in northeastern China is sending shock waves …
Ebola Deaths Top 1,000 in Congo Amid Clinic Attacks
Ebola can spread quickly and kills in up to 90 percent of cases. Symptoms include fever, vomiting, diarrhea, muscle pain and at times internal and external bleeding, and can start to occur between two and 21 days from infection, according to the World Health Organization.
More than 1,000 people have died from Ebola in eastern Congo since August, the country’s health minister said on Friday, …