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NEW YORK, May 5 (UPI) -- New York City reached its lowest rate of smoking on record -- 15.8 percent, with 350,000 fewer smokers than in 2002, city health officials said.
NEW YORK, April 8 (UPI) -- More than half of New York City non-smokers have been exposed to second-hand smoke at levels high enough to leave residues in the body, researchers said.
NEW YORK, March 31 (UPI) -- New York City smokers will soon pay $9 or more for a pack of cigarettes, or about $275 a month for those smoking a pack a day, health officials said.
NEW YORK, March 30 (UPI) -- Parents who smoke should think seriously about the impact their death would have on their children, a media campaign by New York City health officials says.
NEW YORK, Feb. 9 (UPI) -- Influenza has been detected in New York City, but city health officials say there is still time to get a flu short.
Influenza third leading cause of NYC death
NEW YORK, Oct. 17 (UPI) -- Influenza and its potential complication pneumonia are the third leading cause of death in New York City, but preventable with a flu shot, officials said.
NEW YORK, Sept. 22 (UPI) -- Matchbooks distributed by the New York City health department have images of ravaged lungs, rotting gums and large, painful tumors, officials said.
NEW YORK, Sept. 3 (UPI) -- New York City's infant mortality rate fell again in 2007, reaching the lowest level ever recorded, city health department officials said.
NEW YORK, June 26 (UPI) -- The New York City Health Department launched a plan Thursday to have all Bronx residents tested for HIV during the next three years.
NEW YORK, June 16 (UPI) -- One in eight Lower Manhattan residents likely had post-traumatic stress disorder two to three years after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, a study found.
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latimes.com at 15 May 2009 04:58 pm
As New York City health commissioner, Thomas R. Frieden helped lead efforts to contain the first concentrated outbreak of swine flu. And along with the mayor, he banned trans fats in city...
cnn.com at 15 May 2009 09:11 am
President Obama has chosen Dr. Thomas R. Frieden, New York City's health commissioner, to head the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the White House said Friday.
cnn.com at 15 May 2009 09:11 am
President Obama has chosen Dr. Thomas R. Frieden, New York City's health commissioner, to head the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the White House said Friday.
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