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NEW YORK, Jan. 3 (UPI) -- Cigarette smoking among New York City teens declined by 20 percent from 2005 to 2007, a government report said.
NEW YORK, Oct. 22 (UPI) -- Seasonal influenza kills some 3,000 people in New York City each year and the city health department is urging everyone to get a flu shot to stem that tide.
NEW YORK, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- New York’s infant mortality rate -- often regarded as an indicator of a population’s general health -- fell slightly in 2006, a health department report said.
NEW YORK, Sept. 13 (UPI) -- Preliminary New York health department data show HIV infection is increasing among young men who have sex with other men.
NEW YORK, Aug. 27 (UPI) -- A study done by the New York City Health Department reveals World Trade Center rescue workers have a much higher rate of new asthma cases.
NEW YORK, Aug. 27 (UPI) -- High rates of asthma were reported by rescue and recovery workers who were at New York's World Trade Center after the Sept. 11, 2001 collapse.
NEW YORK, June 30 (UPI) -- The Health Department says more than 80 percent of New York City restaurants are now trans-fat free.
NEW YORK, April 10 (UPI) -- The New York City Health Department is changing the way it inspects for rats and other rodents in restaurants. A review of the inspection program was begun after news video showed rats swarming through a New York KFC/Taco Bell franchise.
NEW YORK, March 24 (UPI) -- Tuberculosis has hit historic lows in the United States, but public health authorities say there's an increase in TB cases resistant to several drugs.
NEW YORK, Nov. 4 (UPI) -- The increase in New York City and state tax on cigarettes in 2002 contributed to a decline in smoking, a study finds.
