PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT– The New York State Department of Health is advising any patient who has received an intravenous infusion, injection, or a blood draw at Tomorrow Medicine’s two Westchester County locations be tested for hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections. Additionally, Commissioner of Health, Dr. Howard Zucker, ordered Tomorrow […]
BY FRANK OLDHAM President Obama’s healthcare reform is about to severely restrict drug treatment options for millions of America’s most vulnerable patients. This certainly wasn’t the president’s intention. But a new, preliminary regulatory ruling from the Department of Health and Human Services required by the 2010 healthcare reform law applies a one-size-fits-all approach to prescription […]
Rockland County Board of Health addresses STDs increase, illegal dumping, code violations BY MICHAEL RICONDA The Rockland County Board of Health met at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, August 15 to address several health code violations and matters of public health. Among the biggest issues were two new items of business on a recently-released study on […]
