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Elected and community leaders protest ‘rushed’ Charter Review Commission process

Brooklyn Daily Eagle 7/23 7:40A Brooklyn Eagle Staff

GRAND ARMY PLAZA — Several Brooklyn elected officials and community leaders plan to rally Thursday, July 25, at the Brooklyn Public Library’s Central Library to denounce what...

Mobile Food Trucks provide meals to kids during summer recess

Brooklyn Daily Eagle 7/17 11:26A Brooklyn Eagle Staff

PROSPECT PARK — No Kid Hungry New York and the NYC Public Schools are rolling out three mobile food trucks this summer to reach more children with free meals, expanding the...

Hanif praises crackdown on unlicensed weed stores

Brooklyn Daily Eagle 7/15 11:08A Brooklyn Eagle Staff

PARK SLOPE — CITY COUNCILMEMBER SHAHANA Hanif on Sunday hailed the ongoing crackdown on the city’s gray-market marijuana stores, dubbed “Operation Padlock to Protect,” and...

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GLAM & GLOW THE ULTIMATE SUMMER FUN & BEAUTY GUIDE

NYCPretty.com 7/25 7:36A nycpretty

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For Epidemics to Cross Oceans, Viruses on Ships Had to Beat the Odds

NYTimes.com (Health) 7/26 8:25A Gina Kolata

In the era when people traveled by sailing ship and steamer, illnesses usually burned themselves out before boats reached shore, a new study finds.

Breast Cancer Survival Not Boosted by Double Mastectomy, Study Says

NYTimes.com (Health) 7/25 5:22A Gina Kolata

A large study showed that for most patients, having both breasts removed after cancer was detected in one made no difference.

A Disease That Makes Children Age Rapidly Gets Closer to a Cure

NYTimes.com (Health) 7/23 11:00P Gina Kolata

Progress in the quest to help progeria patients suggests that gene editing techniques may help treat other ultrarare conditions.

Anxiety, Depression and Other Disorders Can Look Like A.D.H.D.

NYTimes.com (Health) 7/22 4:32A Christina Caron

Many other conditions have similar symptoms, experts say, so avoid the pull of self-diagnosis.

Biden and Georgia Are Waging a Fight Over Medicaid and the Future of Obamacare

NYTimes.com (Health) 7/21 8:07A Noah Weiland

A fierce battle with Georgia over a Medicaid experiment with stricter enrollment underscores the vast divide between parties over how to cover lower-income Americans.

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