Fred Mogul

Healthcare and Medicine Reporter, WNYC News

Fred Mogul appears in the following:

City's Anti-Salt Crusade Continues

Tuesday, November 23, 2010

The city added more corporate allies Tuesday in its year-old campaign to curb sodium in processed foods. Hostess, Butterball, Snyder’s of Hanover and three other companies pledged to participate in the New York-led “National Salt Reduction Initiative.”

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Local Officials Seeking Senate Support for 9/11 Health Bill

Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Mayor Bloomberg and congressional officials from New York and New Jersey are fanned out across Capitol Hill Tuesday to build support for the James Zadroga 9/11 Health Care Bill. 

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Bloomberg Hits the Hill for 9/11 Health Funds

Monday, November 15, 2010

Mayor Michael Bloomberg lobbied a handful of Republican senators on Capitol Hill Tuesday in support of the 9/11 health care bill. Supporters say it's now-or-never to pass the bill, because the Democrats will lose a substantial number of seats in both houses of Congress come January.

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One in Four Local Adolescents Drinking

Monday, November 15, 2010

According to a report by the City Health Department, one in four New Yorkers ages 12-to-20 told surveyors that they drank alcohol in the past month -- and they were more likely than adults to report binge drinking.

 

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9/11 Settlement Close to Target, But Still Counting

Tuesday, November 09, 2010

It could be days before there's an accurate count of those opting into the 9/11 health settlement. Lawyers say they're close, but they need 95 percent of some 10,000 plaintiffs to o...

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Mayor's New Personal Investment Team Has Many Old Faces

Monday, October 25, 2010

Mayor Bloomberg's multi-billion dollar fortune will be managed a company the Mayor owns. The disclosure came yesterday in a City Conflicts of Interest Board filing.

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Paterson to Voters: Be Realistic About Reform

Thursday, October 21, 2010

Governor Paterson has a message to voters who want reform in Albany that will make politicians more accountable and less corrupt: don't expect anything from the person you choose as governor, unless you're prepared to vote legislators out of office.

"There's that hope that springs eternal in the human ...

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Oops: November Ballot is Out of Order

Thursday, October 21, 2010

The city's November ballots could make it tough for voters to connect the dots.

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Study suggests massive unfunded mandate: retiree health benefits

Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Government retirees have been promised more than 200 billion dollars worth of health benefits, and but state and local governments have set aside no money to pay for them, according to a report by the Empire Center for New York State Policy, a conservative think tank.

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Sean Bell's Fiancé to Run for City Council

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Nicole Paultre Bell, the 26-year-old woman who was engaged to marry a man killed by police four years ago, will be on the November ballot for City Council. Paultre Bell is running to...

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Bronx Residents Upset by Stories of Alleged Gay Attacks

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

On Monday, police arrested a ninth suspect in a set of alleged, violent anti-gay attacks earlier this month. Twenty-two-year-old Rudy Vargas Perez is allegedly a member of the Latin Kings Goonies, a group police say is a loosely-organized street gang accused of kidnapping and torturing a 30-year-old man and two teenagers in the Morris Heights section of the Bronx.

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Paladino Would Veto Gay Marriage Legislation

Sunday, October 10, 2010

Republican gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino said Sunday that he takes a "live and let live" approach to gay people -- but he doesn't want kids growing up to think that they are...

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Chock Full o'Nuts Opens New NYC Eatery

Monday, September 13, 2010

They traded on nostagia and faded out in the 1980s. But now they're back. Today, Chock Full o'Nuts, the self-proclaimed purveyer of "heavenly coffee," is opening its first eatery in New York City in almost 30 years.

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U.S. Open Qualifiers Begin in Flushing Meadow

Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Qualifying matches get underway Tuesday for the U.S. Open in Flushing Meadow. The men’s seeds were announced Monday, with Rafael Nadal taking the top slot. The Spaniard , ranked No. 1, is trying to win the only Grand Slam missing from his trophy case. Roger Federer, who’s won five of the last six U.S. Opens is the second seed.

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Harlem's North General Hospital to Close

Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Two months after St. Vincent's Medical Center closed its doors, another much smaller Manhattan hospital is doing the same.

After years of financial struggle, North General Hospital is declaring bankruptcy and will begin winding down operations on Friday. But under a deal with the state, a ...

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WTC Settlement

Friday, June 11, 2010

WNYC reporters Fred Mogul and Matthew Schuerman discuss the new ground zero settlement, which awards plaintiffs $712.5 million.

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Paterson Takes Another Pass at Soda Tax

Thursday, May 20, 2010

Gov. David Paterson wants to eliminate sales tax on bottled water and low-calorie drink. He's hoping the proposal will sweeten the soda tax he wants lawmakers to pass -- and that the legislature and the beverage industry have found hard to swallow.

The latest proposal would ...

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Lenox Hill Partners With North Shore LIJ

Thursday, May 20, 2010

The state's largest hospital network has grown a little bigger. Struggling Lenox Hill Hospital on the Upper East Side will join Northshore-Long Island Jewish.

The now 15-hospital Northshore network has been moving steadily west from Nassau County to Queens and Staten Island. Acquiring Lennox Hill gives ...

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Supreme Court Nominee Has Deep Ties to Hunter College High

Monday, May 10, 2010

Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan has an educational pedigree that includes Princeton, Oxford, and Harvard, but she’s proud enough of her roots in New York City that she always tells the world she went to Hunter College High School too.

"You will not see that many ...

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New York Court Gives Gay Parents More Rights

Wednesday, May 05, 2010

Under a new ruling by New York’s highest court, same-sex parents are guaranteed consideration for custody or visitation in the event of divorce or death. Previously, the non-biological partner had these rights, but only if that parent legally adopted the shared child.

The ruling does not ...

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