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• Sickness on the rise: New York sees holiday surge in flu and RSV cases

  31-12-2024 20:30 via amny.com
  
  New York City is grappling with a growing flu and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) surge. Health officials report a significant uptick in cases of both illnesses during the holiday season, raising alarm among local residents. The latest data from the city's Department of Health (DOH) indicates that nearly 8,000 individuals tested positive for the flu, a 73% increase from the previous month, while RSV cases have soared to close to 5,000.Statistics compiled up to Dec. 21 suggest that the cur
  
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• Bronx SAGE Center helps LGBTQ older adults find social connections

  31-12-2024 18:53 via bxtimes.com
  
  A nonprofit senior center near Crotona Park is helping LGBTQ elders avoid facing a lonely holiday season.SAGE Center Bronx, which is located within the same building as the Crotona Pride House, a seven-story residential building that provides some of the city’s only subsidized housing tailored towards LGBTQ seniors, is closely affiliated with the residents. The center, formerly located in the Fordham neighborhood, opened its location at 1784 Prospect Ave. during the height of the COVID-19
  
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• Permits filed for 4-story residential building in Mount Hope

  31-12-2024 17:59 via bxtimes.com
  
  Permits have been filed for a new four-story residential building at 1746 Monroe Ave. in the Mount Hope neighborhood of the Bronx.The proposed development, located between East 175th Street and the Cross Bronx Expressway, will stand 50 feet tall and encompass 13,499 square feet of residential space across 13 units. With an average unit size of 1,038 square feet, the building is expected to house condominiums.The project will include a penthouse and a 30-foot rear yard, adding to its appeal. Its
  
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• Trinidad declares state of emergency as violent crime surges

  31-12-2024 17:02 via caribbeanlife.com
  
  With violent crime and gangland slaying spiraling out of control, authorities in Trinidad Monday announced the imposition of a state of emergency (SOE) from this week, giving police and soldiers additional constitutional powers to target heavily armed gangsters and others involved in reprisal killings and other violent crimes.The SOE, the third since more than 100 members of a Muslim sect had tried to overthrow the Trinidad government in a failed coup attempt in 1990 and a second in response to
  
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• Bronx woman overcomes depression and weight gain with life-changing surgery and discipline

  31-12-2024 15:37 via bxtimes.com
  
  In 2021, Bronx resident Shirley Dawkins lost her father to COVID-19 pneumonia. She used food to deal with the depression, which resulted in her gaining 100 pounds.Dawkins, 51, of Co-op City, missed her dad Walter Dawkins a lot and she did not recognize the person she saw in the mirror. Dealing with her weight and diabetes, she needed to make a change.“I took food as my comfort,” she told the Bronx Times. “I went through it for two years.”During that time Dawkins ate Chine
  
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• Bronx woman charged with abandoning newborn on Longwood doorstep

  31-12-2024 15:03 via bxtimes.com
  
  A Bronx woman has been charged after allegedly abandoning a newborn baby girl on a doorstep in Longwood early Sunday morning.Delfina Galvez, 26, faces charges of reckless endangerment in the first degree, abandonment of a child, and acting in a manner injurious to a child, according to police.Surveillance footage shows Galvez walking down Rev. James A. Polite Avenue carrying a green tote bag containing the infant, who was wrapped in sheets. Authorities say she left the baby outside a residence a
  
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• Bronx man shot dead at store just down the block from his home: cops

  31-12-2024 14:45 via amny.com
  
  A Bronx man was gunned down inside a grocery store on Monday night, and detectives are scrambling to find his killer.Police said Daquan Andrews, 28, was shot dead inside the shop on Home Street near Prospect Avenue in Morrisania at about 8:35 p.m. on Dec. 30.According to law enforcement sources, Andrews — who lived on Prospect Avenue just down the block from the store — was shot in the chest inside the location. He had been taken via private means to Lincoln Hospital, where he was pr
  
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• Six people shot in Bronx, mother used as human shield during “targeted” attack, cops say

  31-12-2024 00:29 via bxtimes.com
  
  A mother was used as a human shield as six people, including a child, were shot in the Bronx during what appeared to be a "targeted" attack on Monday afternoon, police brass reported.According to interim Chief of Department John Chell, the victims were struck by gunfire at around 4:51 p.m. on Dec. 30 at 3544 White Plains Road in Gun Hill, in the confines of the 47th Precinct. Chell reported that two gunmen opened fire at group of about four people standing on the sidewalk, who swiftly retreated
  
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