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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. ....
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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....
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