Head Psychiatric Nurse at Jacobi Dies of Coronavirus
Freda Ocran, 50, succumbed to the virus Saturday after after apparently becoming infected while treating sick New Yorkers at the public hospital.
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New Coronavirus Testing Center to Open in Co-Op City
The drive-up testing center will be located behind the Bay Plaza AMC Theater at 2210 Bartow Avenue in Co-Op City.
NYPD Detective Dies of Coronavirus in The Bronx
A 23-year veteran of the force, Cedric Dixon is the third NYPD employee to die from the virus, authorities said.
Highbridge-Morrisania Hardest Hit by Coronavirus in Bronx: Data
The Highbridge and Morrisania sections of the Bronx appear to account for the borough’s largest concentration of confirmed coronavirus infections—a wave of illness ravaging communities already struggling with high rates of poverty and HIV.
A Race to Save Lives in Jacobi’s Coronavirus Tents
Health workers are racing to save virus-stricken patients in tents outside NYC Health + Hospitals/Jacobi in the Bronx, as COVID-19 infections threaten to overwhelm New York City’s public hospital system.
Rules on Addiction Treatment Loosened Amid Pandemic
The federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration Tuesday said methadone clinics in New York can send stable patients home with 28-day supplies of the drug, and less stable ones with 14-day supplies.
Anniversary of First Slaying in Boca Mall Murders
Monday marks the 13th anniversary of the killing of Randi Gorenberg, whose disappearance from a posh Boca Raton mall and ensuing murder remain one of South Florida’s most vexing unsolved cases.
More than 1,400 Known Coronavirus Cases in The Bronx
With the city now seeing more coronavirus cases than any municipality in America, Mayor Bill de Blasio Sunday said city hospitals are 10 days away from running out of life-saving equipment, including ventilators.
Andrew Yang Donating Thousands to Bronx Families Impacted by Pandemic
Former presidential candidate Andrew Yang’s nonprofit organization is cutting at least $500,000 worth of checks to low-income families in New York City impacted by the coronavirus, with a focus on the working poor in the Bronx, Yang announced Friday.
Addiction Treatment Services in NYC Strained by Coronavirus Outbreak
The coronavirus outbreak is spurring alarm among New York City’s addiction treatment workers and opioid-dependent patients, with long lines forming outside city methadone clinics, Naloxone reportedly more difficult to access, and group addiction therapy continuing in some facilities—despite the risk of contagion.