LATINX HEALTH & COVID-19 On December 16th, in collaboration with the COVID19 Prevention Network we continue bringing information about COVID19 in the Latino community. Don't miss our next webinar: Episode 2 of Pandemia: "The world we live in is a House of Fire" touching on Social determinants of health and bringing

By MATTHEW HERPER @matthewherper NOVEMBER 9, 2020 Pfizer and partner BioNTech said Monday that their vaccine against Covid-19 was strongly effective, exceeding expectations with results that are likely to be met with cautious excitement — and relief — in the face of the global pandemic. The vaccine is the first to be tested in the United States to generate

A Message from the Comptroller Read full report here Dear New Yorkers, As expected, U.S. gross domestic product rebounded in the third quarter (July through September) as states and localities emerged from the lockdowns of the second quarter – but is still 2.2 percent below the first quarter.  Encouragingly, initial unemployment claims, both

In recognition of Hispanic Heritage Month, the American Medical Association (AMA) released a new report emphasizing the starkly disproportionate Latinx COVID-19 cases and fatalities — further underscoring concerns that a lack of consistent data reporting underestimates the pandemic’s magnitude on the Latinx community and illustrating how the pandemic has deepened pre-existing inequities. The

By Giorlando Ramirez, Krutika Amin, and Cynthia Cox Twitter COVID-19 deaths in the United States have surpassed 200,000, and the coronavirus is now the third leading cause of death in this country, after heart disease and cancer. Before the pandemic, the U.S. already had the highest overall mortality rate among similarly large and wealthy countries,