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News Articles by Fred Mogul

"Morning After" Treatment for HIV Exposure

March 15, 2005

by Fred Mogul

For years, Emergency Rooms have treated rape victims and healthcare workers accidentally exposed to blood, as if they might have HIV. Many receive a difficult, four-week drug therapy. Recently, stat....

Drill to Test Flow of Gas Attack

March 10, 2005

by Fred Mogul

Scientists say a test that begins today will help determine how a toxic gas cloud might disperse in Manhattan. WNYC's Fred Mogul has more. Samples of odorless, colorless and non-toxic gas will be re....

Clinton Surgery "Safe"

March 09, 2005

by Fred Mogul

Columbia University Medical Center once again will be the site of a presidential surgery. Tomorrow, Bill Clinton returns to the hospital where he underwent quadruple-bypass last September. Surgeon ....

Bill Clinton to Undergo Follow-up Operation

March 08, 2005

by Fred Mogul

Former President Clinton will be back in surgery later this week, following complications from last year's quadruple bypass. Dr. Allan Schwartz of Columbia University Medical Center says the removal....

Top Dems Launch Social Security Tour

March 04, 2005

by Fred Mogul

While President Bush spoke in New Jersey about overhauling Social Security, a group of top Democrats launched a four-city tour urging Americans to leave it alone. Senior Citizens arrived by busloads....

Buddhist Procession Seeks Christo's Gates

February 22, 2005

by Fred Mogul

Their robes didn't exactly match Christo's "Gates," but a group of Buddhist monks and their supporters came to Central Park seeking spiritual serenity. The Gates installation is as much spectacle as....

New HIV Strain?

February 17, 2005

by Fred Mogul

Last week, a New York man was diagnosed with what is feared to be a new strain of HIV. In the news media and internet chat-rooms, people are debating: What do Health Officials really know about the....

Is 80% the New 100%?

February 09, 2005

by Fred Mogul

More and more Americans are seeing physical therapists to help repair their ailing and injured muscles, bones, joints and ligaments. But the definition of what is “cured” is not always clear – ....

Rockland County Heartburn

January 20, 2005

by Fred Mogul

The quality of healthcare you get has always depended on what resources you have, and where you live. Many New Yorkers west of the Hudson and south of Albany have to go to New Jersey for advanced car....

The Path of Kahn

January 12, 2005

by Fred Mogul

Louis Kahn died 30 years ago, and his stature as one of the 20th Century’s greatest architects has grown ever since. One of his last projects was never built – a memorial to Franklin Delano Roose....

Luring Tourists Up the River to The Big House

January 08, 2005

by Fred Mogul

About 1 million people visit Alcatraz Penitentiary every year, making it one of the top attractions in the San Francisco area. So Westchester County officials have a plan to lure tourists "Up the Riv....

Informing Partners of HIV Status

December 14, 2004

by Fred Mogul

Testing positive for HIV is traumatic, and one of the next steps – informing your partner, or partners – is also very difficult. Before 2000, New York didn't require care-givers to ask about peop....

Wake for Hip-hop Artist ODB

November 18, 2004

by Fred Mogul

A memorial service will be held today for hip-hop artist Ol' Dirty Bastard. WNYC's Fred Mogul attended his wake at St. James Presbyterian Church yesterday in Harlem, and has this report. ....

Polling Places Around NY in Disorder

November 03, 2004

by Fred Mogul

New York was not hotly contested by the presidential candidates, but polling places around the state were still filled with strife and disorder. WNYC's Fred Mogul has more. Voters from sea to sh....

RNC Business Roundup

September 03, 2004

by Fred Mogul

When New York City bid for the Republican Convention more than two years ago, September 11th still cast a shadow over the city's economy and its image. Both would get a shot in the arm from the RNC, M....

Visiting Republicans Attend Local Churches

August 30, 2004

by Fred Mogul

Voters who regularly attend church currently favor President Bush by about 20 percentage points over Democrat John Kerry, according to the Pew Research Center for People and the Press. As the Republic....

GOP Guffaws: Comics Hope to Lure RNC Visitors to Clubs

August 27, 2004

by Fred Mogul

Several Broadway shows are selling deeply discounted tickets next week, and others have closed altogether. The Republicans don’t seem to be heading toward the theater. WNYC’s Fred Mogul talks wit....

Business Boom or Bust from RNC?

August 25, 2004

by Fred Mogul

Many area businesses are fearful that next week's Republican National Convention will amount to an obstacle course for operations in midtown. Others are confident it will be good for profits. And some....

Interest in 9/11 Health Registry Lacking ?

August 12, 2004

by Fred Mogul

The city and federal Health Departments want to see how the destruction of the World Trade Center will affect the long-term health of people who were in Lower Manhattan on September 11 th. Despite al....

Upstarts Challenge the Charter of Eastern Orthodoxy

July 31, 2004

by Fred Mogul

Impassioned religious debates can often hinge on seemingly small matters of doctrine and authority. This week, members of the Greek Orthodox Church converged on New York from throughout the country fo....