Health Work NY https://healthworkny.com Health Work NY publishes independent coverage of Healthcare Careers & Workforce / Consumer Health. en-US Wed, 02 Sep 2026 00:29:32 GMT Workplace Careers Health News Wellbeing Prevention Nutrition What the research says about shift work and sleep https://healthworkny.com/workplace/what-the-research-says-about-shift-work-and-sleep-3/ https://healthworkny.com/workplace/what-the-research-says-about-shift-work-and-sleep-3/ Fri, 28 Aug 2026 08:54:36 GMT Devon Clarke Workplace What it takes to become a registered nurse in New York https://healthworkny.com/careers/what-it-takes-to-become-a-registered-nurse-in-new-york-3/ https://healthworkny.com/careers/what-it-takes-to-become-a-registered-nurse-in-new-york-3/ Wed, 26 Aug 2026 08:54:35 GMT Sarah Collins Careers The 2023 New York City nurses strike set a pattern hospitals are still paying for https://healthworkny.com/health-news/2023-nyc-nurses-strike-set-pattern-hospitals-still-pay-3/ https://healthworkny.com/health-news/2023-nyc-nurses-strike-set-pattern-hospitals-still-pay-3/ Mon, 24 Aug 2026 08:54:34 GMT Renata Silva Health News New York's ICU nurse-staffing rule is four years old. Hospitals still miss it more than half the time, union data show https://healthworkny.com/workplace/new-york-s-icu-nurse-staffing-rule-is-four-years-old-hospitals-still-miss-it-more-than-half-the-time-union-data-show-48628515/ https://healthworkny.com/workplace/new-york-s-icu-nurse-staffing-rule-is-four-years-old-hospitals-still-miss-it-more-than-half-the-time-union-data-show-48628515/ Sun, 23 Aug 2026 08:43:44 GMT Devon Clarke Workplace Nursing assistants face injury rates five times the national average, OSHA data show https://healthworkny.com/wellbeing/nursing-assistants-face-injury-rates-five-times-the-national-average-osha-data-show/ https://healthworkny.com/wellbeing/nursing-assistants-face-injury-rates-five-times-the-national-average-osha-data-show/ Fri, 21 Aug 2026 08:43:43 GMT Nikki Roberts Wellbeing A bad night's sleep can cut immune cell activity by nearly a third, federal fatigue research shows 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Mon, 10 Aug 2026 08:43:37 GMT Renata Silva Health News New York opened its first $76.2 million rural hospital transformation funding round on July 1 https://healthworkny.com/health-news/rural-health-transformation-funding-upstate/ https://healthworkny.com/health-news/rural-health-transformation-funding-upstate/ Sun, 05 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT Renata Silva Health News Health care kept hiring in June while total US job growth slowed to 57,000, BLS reports https://healthworkny.com/health-news/federal-jobs-report-shows-health-care-keeps-hiring/ https://healthworkny.com/health-news/federal-jobs-report-shows-health-care-keeps-hiring/ Thu, 02 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT Renata Silva Health News Hepatitis C screening: why CDC wants every adult tested at least once https://healthworkny.com/prevention/hepatitis-c-screening-why-adults-should-get-tested-once/ https://healthworkny.com/prevention/hepatitis-c-screening-why-adults-should-get-tested-once/ Mon, 29 Jun 2026 04:00:00 GMT Grace Mensah Prevention 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