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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....
Democrats React to a Public Option Sacrifice
by Fred Mogul
August 17, 2009
Some Congressional lawmakers are digging in their heels at the news President Obama might sacrifice the most controversial proposal of healthcare reform -- the government-backed medical coverage. Th....
Weiner Holds Town Hall in Brooklyn
by Fred Mogul
August 13, 2009
About 150 people attended a town hall meeting on health care reform in Brooklyn, hosted by Brooklyn and Queens Congressman Anthony Weiner. He's proposing a single payer system. REPORTER: Today Demo....
Schering-Plough Shareholders Support Merck Acquisition
by Fred Mogul
August 07, 2009
More than 99 percent of shareholders of drugmaker Schering-Plough support being bought by bigger New Jersey neighbor Merck. The acquisition would make Merck the world's second-biggest drug maker by p....
Moms in NYC Less Likely to Use Birth Control
by Fred Mogul
August 07, 2009
New York City women are less likely to use contraception following the birth of a child than their counterparts elsewhere in the country. That's according to a federal study. Locally and nationally....
Clinton Foundation Helps Lower Cost of HIV Drugs
by Fred Mogul
August 06, 2009
Local and international pharmaceutical companies say they're expanding access to HIV drugs in the developing world. The deal was brokered by the Harlem-based Clinton Foundation. REPORTER: Former Pre....
Health Problems Persist Among Those Exposed to WTC Attacks
by Fred Mogul
August 05, 2009
A new study says people exposed directly to the World Trade Center disaster were more likely than others to report breathing and mental health problems – even several years after the events. WNYCâ€....
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