What if it has been weeks or months since you’ve had COVID-19, but you’re just not feeling better? It might be Long COVID – one of the post-COVID conditions defined…
In March 2020, New York City became the United States’ epicenter for the COVID-19 pandemic. In a densely populated and culturally diverse metropolis with a population of more than 8…
By Akanksha Anand, Community Engagement Specialist, NYC Test & Trace Corps Dates are such an important part of our lives. Remembering friends’ birthdays is almost as important as not forgetting…
There are new challenges to public health that become apparent every year, and as such the landscape of health and healthcare is an ever-changing environment. Even now as COVID-19 remains…
SARS-CoV-2 Rapid Tests SARS-CoV-2 testing has played an essential role in controlling the COVID-19 pandemic. Although testing capacity was initially limited in early 2020, expansion of rapid, point-of-care (POC) testing…
When an individual finds out they are infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, time is of the essence. Contact tracing begins when someone who has tested positive shares…
As rates of COVID-19 infections fall and New York City continues its recovery, Test & Trace Corner is examining the pandemic through the words of the contact tracers who helped…
Home health agencies provide nursing and other therapeutic services for millions of people across the country in their homes or in other congregate settings such as assisted living and rehabilitation…
This post is based on information presented by Dr. Syra Madad, senior director of the System-wide Special Pathogens Program at NYC Health + Hospitals and leader of the system’s COVID19…
