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Clinics Benefit from Federal Fast-Track Funding
by Fred Mogul
April 03, 2009
Local health clinics are looking forward to expanding staff and services, thanks to ‘fast-track’ funding from the federal stimulus package. Elizabeth Howell of the Community Healthcare Network sa....
State Substance Abuse Agency Cuts AIDS Programs
by Fred Mogul
March 30, 2009
The state is changing how it reaches out to drug and substance abusers with AIDS and other infectious diseases. As a result of budget cuts, Albany’s eliminating a network of outreach programs thatâ....
NYC Hospitals to Cut 400 Jobs, Reduce Care
by Fred Mogul
March 20, 2009
The city is closing four community clinics and another four school-based mental health programs, citing state budget cuts. WNYC’s Fred Mogul has more. REPORTER: Heath and Hospitals Corporation Pr....
Harness Doubts in Worker Death at Hotel Tower
by Fred Mogul
March 19, 2009
A construction worker at a luxury hotel on Park Avenue South died yesterday after stepping over a guard rail and onto a flimsy piece of plywood. WNYC’s Fred Mogul reports. REPORTER: To honor 28-ye....
Brooklyn Hospital Lays Off Over 200
by Fred Mogul
March 17, 2009
A Brooklyn hospital with one of the borough’s busiest emergency rooms is laying off more than 200 people. The move caught community leaders and elected officials by surprise. WNYC’s Fred Mogul ha....
Former NYC Health Commissioner On Tap to Lead the FDA
by Fred Mogul
March 12, 2009
A former city Health Commissioner is reported to be President Obama’s pick to lead the F.D.A. WNYC’s Fred Mogul reports. REPORTER: Dr. Margaret Hamburg was appointed by Mayor Dinkins in 1991 and....
Paterson Calls Off Slew of Taxes and Fees
by Fred Mogul
March 12, 2009
Governor Paterson has decided not to raise money from 137 so-called nuisance taxes, but one of the reversals is for something Paterson said was about more than money. WNYC’s Fred Mogul reports. RE....
Stem Cell Researchers Expect Increase in Funding
by Fred Mogul
March 10, 2009
Local researchers say they’re optimistic that the reversal of Bush-era restrictions will lead to more funding for embryonic stem cell studies. NYU’s Dr. David Levy has been investigating the bas....
NY National Guard Puts Away
by Fred Mogul
March 06, 2009
The New York State National Guard has changed how it treats some women soldiers. Under an agreement obtained by WNYC, the guard will no longer automatically de-activate those in certain roles who ge....
Brain Docs Debate Memory Drugs
by Fred Mogul
March 05, 2009
It's a truism for most of us that if you live long enough, your mind starts to go. But only recently have neurologists begun to understand how memory loss works. Much of this knowledge has emerged wh....
Pope Selects NY Archbishop
by Fred Mogul
February 23, 2009
Milwaukee's archbishop, Timothy Dolan, has been selected by the pope to replace the retiring Cardinal Edward Egan as leader of the 2.5 million Catholics in the New York Archdiocese. The 59-year-old ....
Push to Rehire 9/11 Health Care Czar
by Fred Mogul
February 23, 2009
Several local elected officials and advocates want President Obama to re-instate former President Bush's 9/11 health care czar. Doctor John Howard's special post was never filled, after his term exp....
Paterson Mulls Rehire of Former Chief of Staff
by Fred Mogul
February 20, 2009
Governor Paterson says he's considering bringing back his former chief of staff. The governor has seen his poll numbers tumble and criticisms grow about his management and leadership skills. Charles ....
Stimulus Keeps City Hospitals' High Tech Hopes Alive
by Fred Mogul
February 20, 2009
According the the city's Health and Hospitals Corporation, federal stimulus funds will allow for the expansion of computerized health records at its 11 public hospitals. HHC estimates it'll get more ....
Providing Health Care with Stimulus Funds
by Fred Mogul
February 18, 2009
Governor Paterson says the $11 billion New York is expecting in Medicaid funding through the federal stimulus package will help offset some, but not all, proposed cuts to the state's healthcare syste....
Spending the Government's Billions
by Fred Mogul
February 17, 2009
Now that President Obama has signed the economic stimulus package into law, let the spending begin! Governor Paterson says at least $24.6 billion will flow into New York State. Senator Chuck Schumer....
Cellphone Soap Operas to Sell 'Safe Sex'
by Fred Mogul
February 13, 2009
If all goes according to plan, the day is coming when you can open your video-enabled cellphone and dive into some high drama. Girl, you are pregnant! What are you gonna do? A Rutgers University ....
Feds Say Kings County Hospital "Highly Dangerous"
by Fred Mogul
February 06, 2009
Federal investigators say a public psychiatric hospital in Brooklyn continues to be riddled with violence and mismanagement – months after the hospital’s video camera showed a woman dying after b....
Group Hopes to Jump Start 9/11 Health Bill
by Fred Mogul
February 05, 2009
A bipartisan group of local representatives is trying to get long-standing World Trade Center health legislation onto the floor of Congress. WNYC’s Fred Mogul has more. REPORTER: The 9/11 Health ....
Unions Launch PR Campaign Against Paterson
by Fred Mogul
February 02, 2009
TV ads released state-wide today show black and white, old and young, native and foreign-born New Yorkers excoriating Paterson for a proposed multi-billion-dollar reduction in Medicaid spending. AD:....
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