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Heat Wave Safety for Older Adults: Staying Safe and Healthy This Summer

By Dr. Steven Angelo, Chief Medical Officer, Medicare & Retirement, UnitedHealthcare of New York  Bronx Voice  July 8, 2025   NEW YORK - Experts are forecasting that 2025, especially this summer, will be particularly hot, which may pose heightened health risks for older adults, according to a University of Southern California study. Seniors may be more susceptible to heat-related illnesses like heat stroke as well as complications from chronic conditions like diabetes and high blood pressure that are worsened by extreme heat.   How older adults can stay cool Plan ahead – Follow local weather reports to ensure you have enough food, prescription medications and other home “staples” to get through a heat wave. Stay hydrated – Drink plenty of water, even if you are not thirsty. Limit caffeinated and alcoholic beverages. Drinks with el...

Holiday Horror - Children, Age 5, Found Dead in Bronx Apartment

Two 5-Year-Old-Children Found Dead in the Bronx 

The NYPD is investigating the deaths of 2 children found inside a Bronx apartment. -Citizen App

By Dan Gesslein 

Bronx Voice 

December 18, 2023 


BRONX - Two children have been found dead inside a Bronx apartment as investigators try to determine a cause of death, the NYPD said. 


At around 11:20 am today, emergency personnel arrived at an apartment building on East 175th Street in Mount Hope. Inside the apartment officials found a boy and a girl, age 5, unconscious in the apartment. 


The children were later pronounced dead.  


Published reports claim the children are siblings. Police are investigating and the city’s medical examiner will determine a cause of death. 


Published reports claim the investigation considers the deaths suspicious. 


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