As much of the country continues to self-isolate due to the coronavirus pandemic, medical centers across the United States are joining forces to start a country-wide movement of physical activity to honor and support frontline healthcare workers who have worked tirelessly to save lives. #FitForTheFrontLine is a national fitness challenge beginning Tuesday, May 26, and culminating on Sunday, June 14 (Flag Day). The event encourages Americans young and old to move, exercise, and get fit to increase awareness and raise funds to support our nation’s health care heroes.

How do adult patients who are hospitalized with severe COVID-19 fare? Researchers at NewYork-Presbyterian and Columbia University Irving Medical Center have just released the largest prospective study in the United States to answer that question.

A study of nearly 1,400 patients with moderate to severe COVID-19 disease at a single New York hospital found that patients who received the drug fared no better than patients who did not receive the drug.

On April 25, the New York Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences awarded NewYork-Presbyterian’s Health Matters an Emmy in the category of Human Interest: Program Feature/Segment. The video of veteran paramedic John Episcopo sharing his story as a first responder on 9/11 beat out six other nominees.

About 15% of pregnant women admitted to two maternity wards in northern Manhattan in late March and early April were already infected with the new coronavirus, though most had no symptoms, according to a new study by physicians at Columbia University Irving Medical Center and NewYork-Presbyterian.

An eight-week course of treatment with the daily oral drug glecaprevir/pibrentasvir cured chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in 98% of previously untreated patients with an asymptomatic form of cirrhosis or liver scarring known as compensated cirrhosis, according to the results of an international phase 3b clinical trial led by Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian. The simplified drug regimen may contribute to global efforts to eliminate hepatitis C infection.

Dr. Tan A. Ince has been named chief of pathology at NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital, effective February 1. Dr. Ince was also recruited to Weill Cornell Medicine as a professor of pathology and laboratory medicine.

The new year is a great opportunity to create new habits and start eating right. Maria Biondi, RDN, CDN, a wellbeing coach at NewYork-Presbyterian Queens, suggests the following tips for a nutritious diet and a healthy year ahead.