Feds Yank Nearly 800K Afrin Travel Sprays Over Kid Poison Fears
About 786,100 travel-size Afrin bottles were voluntarily recalled after regulators found they lack child-resistant packaging. Affected lot numbers and refund steps are listed.
Trapped On The Gurney: How NYC ER Gridlock Leaves Patients Sleeping In Hallways
A KFF/Miami Herald account and federal research show emergency‑department "boarding" — patients on stretchers for hours or days — has worsened. New CMS reporting rules aim to make the crisis visible.
Albany Moves To Kill Secret Drug Tests On Pregnant New Yorkers
Lawmakers introduced the Maternal Health, Dignity and Consent Act to require informed consent before drug testing pregnant people and newborns, aiming to curb secret testing and reduce racial disparities.
Bronx Fire‑Scorched Lot Gets Second Life As 52,000‑Square‑Foot Health Hub
Urban Health Plan is bringing a 52,000-square-foot Plaza San Juan specialty clinic to Longwood, expanding local access to cardiology, neurology and other subspecialties. The four-story center is billed as the organization’s newest Bronx site.
72-Year-Old Beats Pancreatic Cancer With MSK’s Custom mRNA Shot
A patient in an MSK trial is cancer‑free after a personalized mRNA vaccine; follow‑up shows durable T‑cell responses in some participants. Early but promising data offer new hope for a hard‑to‑treat cancer.












