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A deluge of national media coverage followed publication of a March 28 New England Journal of Medicine study that measures the psychological impact of Sept. 11 on New Yorkers. The study, whose authors include three New York Academy of Medicine researchers, was prominently described in newspapers, on television and on radio.
Articles appeared in The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, the Boston Globe, the Daily News and other newspapers; on television news programs including NBC, ABC, CBS, CNN, Channel 5, Channel 11, and MSNBC; on radio; and even in foreign-language media outlets.
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| Dr. Sandro Galea, lead author of the 9-11 study, explains findings to media. |
Bloomberg News reported that "One of every five New Yorkers living south of Canal Street in Lower Manhattan suffered psychological trauma related to the World Trade Center attack, according to the first major mental health study of Sept. 11."
Newsday's Jimmy Breslin wrote that "Researchers from the New York Academy of Medicine, in a highly responsible and needed survey of New York people, showed that more than 13 percent of downtown Manhattan residents had post-traumatic stress disorder after the 9/11 attack." The New York Times reported: "In the aftermath of the World Trade Center collapse, tens of thousands of Manhattan
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| Study co-author Dr. David Vlahov, director of CUES, speaks to Channel 7's Stacy Sager. |
Posted on March 29, 2002
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The 2012-2013 Duncan Clark Lecture - The Affordable Care Act: An Insider’s View
Featured Speaker: Sherry Glied, PhD, former Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
November 19, 2012 - The NYAM Section on Health Care Delivery welcomes Sherry Glied, PhD, former Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, who will deliver the 2012-2013 Duncan Clark Lecture on "The Affordable Care Act: An Insider's View."
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The New York Academy of Medicine with support from the New York State Heath Foundation released a new report, Federal Health Care Reform in New York State: A Population Health Perspective.
This report identifies opportunities that build on both the Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care Act (ACA) and New York’s ongoing efforts toward improving the health of its 19 million residents.
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