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Renata Silva

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Renata Silva covers Prevention, Health News and Recovery.

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Melatonin Supplements: What the Evidence Says About Dose, Timing, and Safety

Melatonin Supplements: What the Evidence Says About Dose, Timing, and Safety

Renata Silva

What a Nurse Preceptorship Actually Involves, and How to Make the Most of One

What a Nurse Preceptorship Actually Involves, and How to Make the Most of One

Renata Silva

What a Lipid Panel Actually Measures and When to Get One

What a Lipid Panel Actually Measures and When to Get One

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How to read health news without getting misled

How to read health news without getting misled

Renata Silva

Union contract folder on an institutional table in empty corridor

The 2023 New York City nurses strike set a pattern hospitals are still paying for

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How night shift work pulls the body's clocks apart

How night shift work pulls the body's clocks apart

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What it takes to become a certified nursing assistant in New York

What it takes to become a certified nursing assistant in New York

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Work fatigue costs employers $218 billion a year, and health care carries outsized risk, federal data show

Work fatigue costs employers $218 billion a year, and health care carries outsized risk, federal data show

Renata Silva

New York opened its first $76.2 million rural hospital transformation funding round on July 1

New York opened its first $76.2 million rural hospital transformation funding round on July 1

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Health care kept hiring in June while total US job growth slowed to 57,000, BLS reports

Health care kept hiring in June while total US job growth slowed to 57,000, BLS reports

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New York's late budget directed $500 million to financially distressed hospitals

New York's late budget directed $500 million to financially distressed hospitals

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FY 2027 budget request would cut federal health workforce programs to $1.1 billion

FY 2027 budget request would cut federal health workforce programs to $1.1 billion

Renata Silva

Nurses brought safe-staffing enforcement demands to Albany on the 2026 session's Lobby Day

Nurses brought safe-staffing enforcement demands to Albany on the 2026 session's Lobby Day

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New York City nurses ended a 41-day strike on February 21, voting 93% to ratify

New York City nurses ended a 41-day strike on February 21, voting 93% to ratify

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Congress extended Medicare telehealth flexibilities through December 31, 2027 after a January lapse

Congress extended Medicare telehealth flexibilities through December 31, 2027 after a January lapse

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NYC Health + Hospitals secured 75 Medicare-funded residency slots across seven facilities

NYC Health + Hospitals secured 75 Medicare-funded residency slots across seven facilities

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New York home care aide minimum wage rose to $19.65 in the city on January 1, 2026

New York home care aide minimum wage rose to $19.65 in the city on January 1, 2026

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Brooklyn's Maimonides moves to join NYC Health + Hospitals in a $2.2 billion New York hospital merger

Brooklyn's Maimonides moves to join NYC Health + Hospitals in a $2.2 billion New York hospital merger

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