Eliza Fawcett

Eliza Fawcett

NYC Reporter, Healthbeat

Eliza Fawcett is Healthbeat’s local reporter in New York City. Before joining Healthbeat, Eliza reported on national news as a fellow for The New York Times and covered public health for the Hartford Courant. Her work has also appeared in New York Focus, the Chicago Tribune, the Los Angeles Times, and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. She lives in Brooklyn.

Many worry about how Trump might reshape federal health policy — and how those changes could curtail local public health initiatives.

The board is responsible for making recommendations about how the state should use its opioid settlement funds.

After a historically dry October, New Yorkers are asked to take shorter showers, turn off the tap, and flush less often.

Voting and health are intertwined, public health leaders and health care workers say. Some hospitals host voter registration drives or help hospitalized patients cast their ballots.

City council members expressed frustration with the closure processes at a hearing Tuesday, voicing concerns about a lack of transparency, as well as insufficient community input.

The infection, which is passed from a pregnant person to a baby, can be harmful or life-threatening. Cases have been on the rise in New York City and the state.

Black New Yorkers ages 55 to 84 and residents of the Bronx were among the groups shouldering the highest rate of overdose death.

Dr. Ashwin Vasan originally planned to finish the year. Chief medical officer Dr. Michelle Morse will serve as interim commissioner.

Tenants of 26 Federal Plaza were alerted earlier this month that water testing in the building had found Legionella bacteria in kitchens, locker room showers, drinking fountains and daycare sinks.

Dr. Ashwin Vasan has led the city health department since 2022.