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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, 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.
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 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.
NEW YORK, May 21 (UPI) -- New York City officials and non-profit groups are urging those in the Big Apple to take the stairs to fight obesity and save energy.
NEW YORK , March 18 (UPI) -- Personal care products like cosmetics, hand soap and shampoo are some of the top poisons of children under age 5, a New York report said.
NEW YORK, Feb. 5 (UPI) -- The New York City Health Department has opened five new sites for the Nurse-Family Partnership -- a program to improve health for mothers and infants.
NEW YORK, Jan. 9 (UPI) -- The New York City health department reports that the death rate in 2006 reached an all-time low of 55,391 deaths, down from 57,068 in 2005.
