An AIDS ribbon displayed on National AIDS Day. While many people lose their lives from AIDS, Michael Stone has lived with the disease for 27 years. Michael Stone staggered to his apartment late at night, unlocked his door and trudged to the bathroom. He looked into the mirror, and saw an image that...

Dr. Elliot DeHaan. Photo by Simon McCormack Dr. Elliot DeHaan thought he knew what he was signing up for when he accepted an infectious-disease fellowship at Bellevue Hospital Center. During his two years at Bellevue, DeHaan has diagnosed patients from Ecuador with neurocysticercosis — a parasitic...

Bellevue patient Beverly Farmer has been coming to the hospital since doctors there saved her life after a heart attack five years ago. Photo by Simon McCormick Carmen Serrano’s face stiffened when she heard the hospital she’s gone to her entire life could face a steep budget cut. The 55-year-old...

Councilman James Sanders speaks at the press conference on unemployment on March 24. Photo by Simon McCormack City councilman James Sanders Jr. said he knows the city spends tens of millions of dollars trying to create jobs in New York. Even so, he said more can be done to help the city’s struggling...

Ryan-Nena Community Health Center in the East Village. Photo by Simon McCormack Maria Nazario said she’s counted on the Ryan-NENA Community Health Center in Alphabet City for more than 40 years. The senior citizen said her doctors have helped her deal with her chronic asthma and diabetes ever since...

Jose Taveras gives Jay Hernandez a shave inside Groom Team barbershop in Washington Heights. Taveras contends Dominicans and Haitians no longer bare resentment toward one another, but other Dominicans disagree. Photo by Simon McCormack Fifteen minutes after he heard about the earthquake in Haiti, Dominican...