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Outside NYC, Higher Demand for H1N1 Vaccine

by Fred Mogul

November 17, 2009

Demand for the H1N1 vaccine in New York City has been mixed – with the majority of school students declining free shots, and special weekend clinics being under-used. Meanwhile, elsewhere in the st....

City Still Trying to Publicize H1N1 Vaccinations

by Fred Mogul

November 13, 2009

This weekend, the city will try again to attract New Yorkers to its H1N1 flu vaccine clinics at a handful of schools around the five boroughs. Last weekend, they were largely ignored. Meanwhile, a pa....

Data and Disparities

by Fred Mogul

November 12, 2009

In the 1990s, New York City pioneered a crime-fighting system called Compstat, that used extensive computer databases to target specific areas with police personnel and programs. In this decade, the ....

Lowey's Office Says She Misspoke on Abortion Restrictions

by Fred Mogul

November 11, 2009

Congresswoman Nita Lowey has been widely quoted for calling an abortion restriction in the House health care bill “reprehensible.” But Lowey’s office now says she misspoke when she warned the b....

NYC Expands Access to Swine Flu Vaccine

by Fred Mogul

November 10, 2009

Thousands of people have been lining up for H1N1 flu shots across the country, many of them waiting for hours. But not here in New York City. Free vaccine clinics have not drawn large crowds. Now, a....

New York Senate Considers Health Insurance Reform

by Fred Mogul

November 08, 2009

As health care reform legislation heads to the US Senate after passing the House of Representatives, New York state senators are considering a bill that would make it harder for health insurers to di....

H1N1 Vaccinations Start Today in NYC Schools

by Fred Mogul

October 28, 2009

Students at 125 elementary schools got the swine flu vaccine this morning in the first phase of the city's drive to make inoculation available to all school-age children. Parents interested in the ....

Attorney General Cuomo Announces Independent Reimbursement Rate Company

by Fred Mogul

October 27, 2009

New York's Attorney General announced the creation of a new non-profit company that he says will make it easier for patients and doctors nationwide to predict what they'll get from insurers. WNYC’....

Mumps Outbreak in Brooklyn

by Fred Mogul

October 23, 2009

57 children in Borough Park, Brooklyn have the mumps, a childhood disease that’s widely been eliminated. Three-fourths of those children have been vaccinated, but the vaccine is considered 90 perce....

Paterson Suspends Requirement of Flu Vaccination For Healthcare Workers

by Fred Mogul

October 23, 2009

Governor Paterson is suspending a requirement that healthcare workers get immunized against seasonal and swine flu. WNYC’s Fred Mogul has more. REPORTER: Paterson and state Health Commissioner Dr.....

NYC Wants to Ban Smoking in City Parks

by Fred Mogul

September 15, 2009

City health officials are making a new push to make New Yorkers healthier. This time, it involves getting outer borough residents to exercise more and banning smoking in city parks and beaches. As W....

City to Ban Smoking in Parks, Add Impetus for Exercise

by Fred Mogul

September 14, 2009

City health officials are making a new push to make New Yorkers healthier. This time, it involves getting outer borough residents to exercise more and banning smoking in city parks and beaches. As W....

Officials: No Insurance Co-pays for H1N1 Vaccines

by Fred Mogul

September 14, 2009

Health insurers in New York State will be required to cover the swine flu vaccine, as it becomes available. But that doesn’t mean everyone who wants it will be able to get it. WNYC’s Fred Mogul ....

Teens Struggle With Death of Parents on 9/11

by Fred Mogul

September 11, 2009

Many children who were young when they lost parents at the World Trade Center are now adolescents – and September 11th is often a reminder that they have even more to deal with, as teen-agers, than....

School Nurses Prepare to Give Swine Flu Vaccine

by Fred Mogul

September 05, 2009

Swine flu vaccine won't be available until next month at the earliest. But as parents bring their kids in for regular shots, many are asking for information about the H1N1 virus and trying to sort ou....

City Unveils Fall Swine Flu Plan

by Fred Mogul

September 01, 2009

If swine flu comes roaring back this fall and winter, schools will turn into vaccination hubs, nurses will staff the 311 call center, and New Yorkers will be discouraged from heading to emergency roo....

Rangel Says Investigation Will Vindicate Him

by Fred Mogul

August 28, 2009

Congressman Charles Rangel says an investigation by the House Ethics Committee will vindicate him of any ethical missteps with his finances. This week, the powerful Harlem Democrat filed amended fina....

Local Schools Developing H1N1 Prevention and Response Plans

by Fred Mogul

August 27, 2009

Local colleges and universities have been developing plans, in case H1N1, or swine flu, sweeps through classrooms and dormitories. Their contingencies range from canceling classes to closing the enti....

What's Behind Umbilical Cord Blood's Freezing Promises?

by Fred Mogul

August 26, 2009

Stem cells have been in the news for years – both for their biological promise and their political baggage. President Bush banned research on new embryonic stem cell lines eight years ago. Preside....

What Does NYC's Healthcare Community Think of the Reform Debate?

by Fred Mogul

August 25, 2009

About one out of every five dollars in this country is spent on healthcare. In the New York metropolitan area, with all its hospitals, research facilities and medical practices, healthcare is the eco....

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