Health Care

Facebook and Instagram have begun promptly removing posts that offer abortion pills to women who may not be able to access them following a Supreme Court decision that stripped away constitutional protections for the procedure. Memes and status updates explained how women could legally get abortion pills in the mail.

Clinics across New York are expecting to see more out-of-state abortion patients as states move to ban abortion in some parts of the U.S.

New York City has opened a temporary monkeypox vaccine clinic in Manahttan's Chelsea Sexual Health Clinic for eligible adult men who believe they may have been recently exposed to the virus.

Gov. Kathy Hochul said she was signing the landmark legislation to protect abportion providers and those seeking abortions because "reproductive rights are human rights."

Nitza Rochez's battle with COVID was nothing compared to what she experienced once she recovered from the virus in March 2020. Then she got help at Mount Sinai's Center for Post-COVID Care.

Marcin Samek is thought to be the first person in the New York area to undergo a total hip replacement operation that used augmented reality technology.

Luis Pagan held his wedding reception at South Shore University Hospital after his miraculous recovery following a rare brain surgery.

Unexplained medical charges happen more often than you'd think, according to patient advocates. One recent tweet about a questionable bill is going viral after a woman says her sister was charged $40 for crying.

The World Health Organization — the U.N.'s health agency — said evidence is limited but is increasing that a second booster dose of COVID-19 vaccine would benefit health workers, people who are 60 or older, and those with weak immune systems.

Many people first become addicted to the power of painkillers during surgery and recovery, but now, doctors are looking to alternative methods to relieve pain and help patients.