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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:....

HHC Hopes Federal Stimulus Will Offset State Cuts

by Fred Mogul

February 01, 2009

The city’s public hospital system is bracing for a mixed bag of budget cuts from Albany -- and possible federal stimulus money from Washington. WNYC’s Fred Mogul has more. REPORTER: At a communi....

Lawsuit Against Pfizer May Proceed

by Fred Mogul

January 31, 2009

A group of Nigerians can proceed with a lawsuit in Manhattan that accuses Pfizer of performing experimental drug tests without consent. WNYC’s Fred Mogul reports. REPORTER: The Second Circuit Cour....

Israeli Army Service

by Fred Mogul

January 18, 2009

Many New Yorkers have been following the events in Gaza closely. WNYC has been speaking with people on both sides who have strong personal connections to the region. This week, reporter Fred Mogul sp....

Health Insurer Agrees to Reform Rates

by Fred Mogul

January 14, 2009

Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has signed an agreement with one of the nation’s largest health insurers that he says will reform how they charge consumers. WNYC’s Fred Mogul reports. REPORTER: Cu....

United Health Charged with Over-Charging

by Fred Mogul

January 13, 2009

New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has signed an agreement with one of the nation’s largest health insurers that he says will reform how much it charges consumers. WNYC’s Fred Mogul reports. ....

Born in Brooklyn,
Palestinian-American
Ponders Fate of Gaza

by Fred Mogul

January 11, 2009

Many New Yorkers have been following the events in Gaza closely. WNYC has been speaking with people on both sides who have strong personal connections to the region. This week, WNYC's Fred Mogul talk....

Paterson: Health Care a Top Priority for State

by Fred Mogul

January 08, 2009

PATERSON: Now let’s just stop right here. Let’s forget about the State of the State. I’m talking to you. HOST: Governor Paterson used several minutes in his hour-long address to make one parti....

Paterson Targets Healthcare In His Albany Address

by Fred Mogul

January 07, 2009

Governor Paterson says the state of New York State is "perilous," but he says a new set of priorities -- and the courage to balance a budget with a $15 billion deficit -- could create a "brighter, sm....

NYS to Insure More Young Adults

by Fred Mogul

January 07, 2009

Governor Paterson wants to change how one group of young adults in New York gets health insurance. WNYC’s Fred Mogul has more. REPORTER: About a third of the state’s 25 million uninsured reside....

Israelis in New York Follow Gaza Events

by Fred Mogul

January 05, 2009

Israelis in New York have been following events in the Gaza Strip closely. Avi Dulberg says he’s been watching cable news constantly. And with his nephew in the Israeli Army, Dulberg has been call....

Sour Economy Increases Appeal of Drug Trials

by Fred Mogul

January 05, 2009

More and more people looking for work are selling not their skills or their experience, but their bodies – to science, that is, for paid drug trials. The practice isn’t new, but it’s expanded a....

Bedbug Victims Hope City Will Take Action in 2009

by Fred Mogul

January 04, 2009

Advocates calling on the city to wage war against bedbugs hope 2009 will be the year they get legislative – and dermatologic – relief. WNYC’s Fred Mogul has more. REPORTER: Late last year, 14 ....

Study: New Yorkers More Likely to Have Diabetes

by Fred Mogul

December 31, 2008

Adults in New York City are about 30 percent more likely to have diabetes than the national average. And a larger proportion of local diabetics aren’t even aware they have the illness. That’s a....

New Health Web site Rates Hospitals

by Fred Mogul

December 24, 2008

New Yorkers can now learn more about the quality of their local hospitals by using a new state Health Department Web site. It builds on earlier resources to provide detailed information about how w....

The McMahons Take Ceremonial Oaths

by Fred Mogul

December 22, 2008

Staten Island and Brooklyn Democrats pulled out all the stops yesterday for the swearing-in of Congressman-elect Michael McMahon. In November, Republicans lost a seat they've held for 30 years, after....

New Yorkers Living Longer, City Says

by Fred Mogul

December 19, 2008

“If you want to live longer, move to New York City,” Mayor Bloomberg joked yesterday. He was sharing the latest vital statistics, which puts life expectancy for local residents half a year longer....

New Yorkers Live Longer

by Fred Mogul

December 18, 2008

New health statistics suggest the city is continuing to outpace the national average for life expectancy. The latest figures show that a child born here in 2006, is likely to live to age 79. That'....

Don't Drink & Ride

by Fred Mogul

December 17, 2008

Dozens of people die in the New York City subway system each year. A new study looks at who these people are, and what led to their deaths. Between 1990 and 2003, almost 700 people died in the subw....

Does the Obesity Tax Work?

by Fred Mogul

December 17, 2008

One of the fees and taxes the governor proposed yesterday would make New Yorkers’ Pepsi, Coke or Snapple more expensive. As WNYC’s Fred Mogul reports, the so-called “obesity tax” could add s....