Update!
May 18th, 2009Hello everyone,
As you can see its been some time since a new article has been posted.
We will be updating quite soon within this up coming week so please stay tuned!
~Aid Your Community Staff
“Africans more genetically diverse than rest of world” – Newsday
May 2nd, 2009Here is another interesting article taken from the health section on Newsday.com
“Africans more genetically diverse than rest of world”
WASHINGTON – Africans are more diverse genetically than the inhabitants of the rest of the world combined, according to a sweeping study that carried researchers into remote valleys and mountaintops to sample the bloodlines of more than 100 distinct populations.
“A Maze of Options on Health Insurance for College Students” – NY Times
May 2nd, 2009This is an interesting article taken from the New York Times website.
The article will be pasted below and a direct link to the article can also be found below.
“A Maze of Options on Health Insurance for College Students”
By Walecia Konrad
THE acceptance letters are in, decisions are being made and another horde of parents is getting ready to send children to college in the fall.
If you’re part of that wave, here’s an important item for the to-do list: make sure your child has the right kind of health insurance.
“Students Fall Ill in New York, and Swine Flu Is Likely Cause” – NYTIMES
April 26th, 2009The following is an article taken from the New York Times Health Section.
All credit for the following article belongs to the writer Donald G. McNeil.
The article was published in the New York Times on April 25th.
The direct link to the article may be found here:
Students Fall Ill in New York, and Swine Flu is Likely Cause
Tests show that eight students at a Queens high school are likely to have contracted the human swine flu virus that has struck Mexico and a small number of other people in the United States, health officials in New York City said yesterday.
Central Queens – Death rates and overview
April 17th, 2009How healthy do you think your community is compared to Central Queens? Your community maybe healthier than Central Queens or it may fall way below average in terms of health. Where are we getting this information? How do we know whos community is “healthier”?
Well all of our information and statistics come from the New York City Department of Health, information last gathered and complied into Community Health Reports, 2nd Edition, 2006. Check out the Health Reports page at the top of the blog to find your community or neighborhood.
The following is the Community Report Card for Central Queens:
Report Card
Jamaica Queens – Diabetes, Heartdisease, Death Rate
April 6th, 2009In this post we are going to be taking a look at Jamaica, Queens. If you arent sure if your in Jamaica or not, the following zip codes make up Jamaica: 11412, 11423, 11430, 11432, 11433, 11434, 11435, and 11436.
Aid Your Community Launch
April 6th, 2009Aid Your Community has gone through many face-lifts and revamps as some of you may have noticed. We have finally picked a website format and we plan on sticking with this as our final website. That means no more Re-Launchings.
Over the next serveral days we will be adding content and articles for the benefit of many.
Be sure to check out the About Us page if you havent already. If you have any questions, comments, and/or concerns you can email us at WebMaster@aidyourcommunity.com
Thank You!
- AYC Staff