Centers Urgent Care is opening its 11th location in the city at 64-02 108th St. on July 12 starting at noon.
LIJ Forest Hills is piloting "teleburn," which helps doctors assess whether patients should be taken to the burn center in Staten Island.
A new robot at Forest Hills's hospital will lend a hand to doctors during knee and hip replacement surgeries for a more precise procedure.
A longtime nurse practitioner in Forest Hills will be celebrating her new office with a ceremony Thursday.
Long Island Jewish Forest Hills achieved the highest rank for the first time in the Leapfrog Group's 2023 hospital safety grades.
Citywide, only 12 percent of residents have received new, bivalent COVID boosters, city data shows.
About 218 residents in Forest Hills tested positive for COVID-19, according to city data, at Forest Hill’s population of 71,266.
Nurses Phyllis Prawzinsky and Tracey Basta received a warm farewell from the staff at Long Island Jewish Forest Hills.
Hospital staff prepared more than 500 meals on Thursday at the Masbia Of Queens soup kitchen and pantry located at 105-47 64th Road.
Forest Hills’ positivity average was 13 percent, compared to Queens’ 11.88 percent and the city’s 11.11 percent, according to the city.
The grade is still better than the overall ‘D’ ranking New York City hospitals received in the fall, the report shows.
Community Connection will take place on Tuesday at 6 p.m. in the Queens Museum.
Adults 18 years and older can walk into the Sikh Cultural Center in South Richmond Hill without an appointment.
The local vaccination site comes after Council Member Lynn Schulman's repeated calls for increased action against the monkeypox outbreak.
The long-awaited gym has gotten to work in Forest Hills by donating to a local non-profit, rolling out cheap memberships and more.
Many New Yorkers have shrugged off the city's latest COVID surge, but cases are rising in Forest Hills. Here's how to get tested this week.
State Senator Joseph Addabbo toured the fitness club ahead of its Monday opening, revealing photos of the gym's machines, weights and more.
The discount is offered through June 15 at the gym's Forest Hills outpost, which is slated to open this summer to the dismay of some locals.
Council Member Lynn Schulman expressed concern over the safety grade but told Patch she sees it as part of a larger picture.
An ear, nose, and throat center is slated to open where Eddie Bauer and Title Boxing currently stand, the Commercial Observer reported.
This month, the NY Blood Center is donating $1 per blood-donor to an organization benefitting Ukrainians fleeing their war-torn homeland.
A couple of library branches near Forest Hills are handing out COVID testing kits on a first-come, first-served basis as of this week.
Forest Hills' community board approved the gym two years ago, but some neighbors wish a grocery store was opening in its place.
Neighborhood positivity rates are dropping as health and city officials say that the omicron wave is nearing its "plateau." Here's the data.
News of the free sites comes after a mix-up at a city-run testing site last week and calls from locals for more accessible, nearby sites.
News of the walk-in site comes after a mix-up at a city-run testing site earlier this week and calls from locals for more nearby free sites.
Forest Hills residents thought the city finally provided them a local test site this week. Then they learned the site is not open.
A Forest Hills church says it is not offering COVID testing this week, despite a NY Health + Hospitals listing that the site is open.
Council Member Lynn Schulman told Patch she aims to bring more free testing options to Forest Hills, where there aren't any city-run sites.
See how the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has affected hospital capacity in Queens and across NY.
The rate of positive cases in Forest Hills is much higher than at any other point in record for the neighborhood.
Hours have been extended on Saturdays through January for a mobile testing site in front of the Queens Borough Hall.
Here is updated data on hospital capacity in Queens.
Queens is part of the national trend of growing coronavirus cases.
Dozens of burdened hospitals upstate will pause some surgeries on Dec. 9, the Health Department said, but LIJ Forest Hills isn't impacted.
Surgeries will pause at burdened state hospitals next week, among which LIJ Forest Hills is included, Bloomberg reported.
The rate of new cases has increased recently in Queens.
The uptick, which brings rates to delta-variant levels, comes as an executive order could halt elective surgeries at a local hospital.
The event, which will test for current COVID-19 cases, comes as officials recommend testing amid the holidays and a citywide COVID uptick.
Long Island Jewish Forest Hills has under 10 percent of bed capacity remaining and might need to postpone some surgeries, the governor said.
Vaccinations have come a very long way since infectious diseases like smallpox and whooping cough were considered epidemics centuries ago.
Northwell Health wants to help you make sense of health care proxies, living wills and MOLST (Medical Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment).
Survival has become reality for several types of cancer as researchers and clinicians have gained more information about the disease.
With a job that keeps you in your seat for most of the day, Dr. Stacey Rosen lists simple changes that can go a long way for good health.
With springtime finally in the air and pollen counts high, Northwell Health wants to help prepare you with the truths about allergy season.
Battling cancer can be a full-time job in itself. Here's why many people with the disease choose to stay employed after their diagnosis.
Northwell Health provides advantages of integrative medicine because the mind, body and spirit are an important part of our health.
March is colorectal cancer awareness month. Dr. Bethany DeVito breaks down five things you should know about colon cancer.
Balancing work and life is stressful. Northwell Health physicians discuss ways on how to cope.
Foods play an important role in our health. Northwell Health physicians show how a change in diet can affect gastrointestinal conditions.