Health

A coalition of LGBT city representatives are ramping up a campaign about a deadly meningitis outbreak found among men who have sex with other men, with a special focus on Brooklyn. … Full Article

The Bay Ridge Greenmarket, the farmer’s market where hundreds of residents come every Saturday to shop for fresh food, share recipes, meet their neighbors, and chat with their local councilman, is coming back, just in time for the warm weather. … Full Article

Long Island College Hospital  (LICH) could be a doomed tug attached to a sinking ship, or the engine that pulls it to a safe port. … Full Article

The Jewish Association Serving the Aging (JASA) sold pink pens in a fundraising effort for breast cancer awareness. On Tuesday, JASA donated the monies to the Judges and Lawyers Breast Cancer Alert (JALBCA). … Full Article

Michael Bloomberg suffered a major setback in his plan to prevent New Yorkers from consuming super-sized sugary sodas, but an ally of the mayor’s in the fight against obesity is preparing for battle on another front. … Full Article

Bay Ridge danced its heart as it raised funds for the Francesco Loccisano Memorial Foundation. … Full Article

Almost lost in the shuffle in the ongoing controversy over the fate of Long Island College Hospital (LICH) is the fact that its 130-year-old nursing school will be closing after it graduates its last class on May 23. … Full Article

The hottest star on television is helping Lutheran Medical Center raise awareness of mental health issues. … Full Article

The government is running out of time to try to halt implementation of a federal judge's ruling that would lift age restrictions for women and girls wanting to buy the morning-after pill. … Full Article

Hospitals across Brooklyn billed drastically different amounts to Medicare for the same procedure, figures released by the government on Wednesday showed. The same billing disparities occurred across the country as well. … Full Article