NEW YORK, Sept. 15 (UPI) -- Smoking should be banned in New York City's public parks and at beaches, the city's health commissioner says.

NEW YORK, July 16 (UPI) -- West Nile virus has been detected in mosquitoes in New York for the first time this year, health department officials said.

NEW YORK, June 24 (UPI) -- A New York City initiative to increase HIV testing in the Bronx has boosted testing by 28 percent, city health officials said.