Rx for the Bx
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Will These Ninth Graders Make the Bronx Healthier?
Steering students toward healthcare careers, HERO High aims to tackle several endemic problems in the Bronx: unemployment, poor health, and high college drop-out rates.
Jun 6, 2014
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Meet the City's Health Commish
After her first few months on the job, Dr. Mary Bassett, Commissioner of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, discusses the health department's priorities, inclu... Jun 5, 2014
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When Bingo Is More Than a Game
Mary Barron grapples with dementia, but Bingo helps her get through the day.
Jun 5, 2014
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The Bronx's Weight Problem
The Bronx always had a lot of food. It just wasn't good food.
Jun 5, 2014
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Supportive Housing as Healthcare
As part of WNYC's series exploring health and healthcare in The Bronx, which was recently named the least healthy county in New York State, WNYC reporter Amanda Aronczyk explores whet... Jun 4, 2014
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When Jean Met Sonia
With three kids and a full-time job, Jean's life was already full when she was diagnosed with cancer. Then she met Sonia.
Jun 4, 2014
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Take This Apartment and Call Me in the Morning
There's no doubt Lissette Encarnacion needs her subsidized, supportive housing. But is her apartment a form of healthcare? And if so, who pays for it?
Jun 4, 2014
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One Hospital Tells Bronx's Sick: You Call Us, We’ll Call You
Emergency rooms are expensive, and by the time people get there, things are likely pretty bad. That's why one hospital in the Bronx is trying a new tack — calling patients to coordinate their care.
Jun 3, 2014
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Home Health Aide Industry in Flux
The Bronx is home to a huge number of home health care aides. As WNYC focuses on health care in the Bronx this week, Carol Rodat, New York policy director for PHI PolicyWorks, Ancil A... Jun 2, 2014
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The Revolutionaries Who Rescued a Hospital
In 1970, Lincoln Hospital in the South Bronx was one of the worst in New York City. Then came the Young Lords — and everything changed. Jun 2, 2014
