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Thousands of New Yorkers enjoy outdoor activities at NYC Festival
NYC Parks transformed Central Park into the nation’s largest urban playground at its annual Adventures NYC festival on June 17. Thousands of New Yorkers participated in free outdoor activities, including rock climbing, archery, stand-up paddleboarding, and more. Held for the 16th time, Adventures NYC invites New Yorkers of all ages and skills levels to celebrate the great outdoors by participating in free outdoor activities. Attendees also enjoyed food trucks, live music, and community tabling […]
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Young Voices of the Philippines to perform at choral festival at Carnegie Hall
The Young Voices of the Philippines (YVP), one of the scholar choirs of the Treble Choir Associationof the Philippines, is delighted to announce their participation in prestigious choral events across the United States. They will be the first Filipino children’s choir to perform at the historic Carnegie Hall’s Isaac SternAuditorium / Perelman Stage on July […]
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A Mexican girl, a trans hacker, and a diverse cast of characters in Ramon Gil’s comic books
Ramon Gil’s latest middle grade graphic novel features a diverse cast of characters in terms of ethnicity, gender identity, and neurodiversity. Since 2014, Ramon Gil’s comic stories have featured people of color — often Asian — as lead characters. As an immigrant himself, he has a soft spot for the newcomer or the outsider. “I’ve […]
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Mental health, STD prevalent among LGBTQ Asians: 2023 Apicha report; Dermatology is an emerging issue
By Glenn Magpantay, Esq. On the cusp of LGBTQ Pride Month and Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, Apicha Community Health Center (CHC) unveiled on May 31 the results of its yearlong study to address the health and wellness needs of New York City’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) Asian, Asian American, South Asian, […]
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Grand Marshal Dely Go puts spotlight on the nurse’s spouse in PAFCOM Gala
By Cristina DC Pastor Who hasn’t met the husband of a nurse? We know him, he is in our circle of friends. We ask ourselves and sometimes wonder how he feels about his unconventional role in the family. In the Philippines, he was probably an engineer, an accountant, the manager in an office or the […]
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Public hospital RNs decry lower wages compared to private hospital nurses
By Barbara Caress New York City’s public hospital system faces high-stakes contract negotiations with the largest single component of its workforce: its registered nurses. At issue: A widening gap between what RNs earn in private and public hospitals – a pay differential that is causing public hospitals to hemorrhage fulltime nurses. The City’s contract with […]
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What does it mean to lose Medicaid coverage?
We want to share some of the important questions we received from readers. Hope you will find them useful. What is Medicaid redetermination (Unwinding of the Medicaid Continuous Enrollment Provision) and how does it affect my Medicaid? Medicaid eligibility is required to be renewed periodically, but during the COVID public health emergency, Medicaid disenrollment has […]
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Guns are the biggest killers of American children
By Peter White Guns are the biggest killers of American children and are tied to an unprecedented rise in suicides and homicides among this generation, according to new data that paints a damming portrait of childhood mortality in the U.S. Drugs are now the third leading cause of death, according to the most recent figures. […]
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Apicha opens 2nd health center in Jackson Heights
Apicha Community Health Center (CHC) has opened its second location in Jackson Heights, Queens. The ribbon-cutting was held April 26 at 82-11 37th Avenue with political leaders, funders, and community partners joining the ceremony. “For years, Apicha Community Health Center shared a dream with community leaders in expanding our services to the Jackson Heights community. […]