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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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. […]
By Maricar CP Hampton Men have entered the nursing work force in the 1950s-60 while looking for employment after the end of the war. Today, men comprise about 10%-12% of all American nurses creating a diverse nursing population. How many of them are male nurses of color it’s hard to say. What we know is […]
The National Asian Pacific Center On Aging (NAPCA) is a non-profit organization dedicated to improving the quality of life of older AANHPI (Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders ) adults and their families. We operate a NAPCA Senior Assistance Center for Older Adults and Caregivers which is available in five different languages. In this column, we want […]
Clementina Ceria-Ulep has been appointed permanent dean of the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Nancy Atmospera-Walch School of Nursing (NAWSON) effective April 1, 2023, according to a March 16 announcement by the university. Ceria-Ulep has served as acting dean from August 1 to October 31, 2021, and as interim dean since November 1, 2021. Ceria-Ulep joined the School of Nursing […]