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Legislators have introduced bills to reduce the state’s reliance on the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

New York has declared a public health emergency to protect access to COVID vaccines, stepping in as federal delays and funding cuts threaten local pharmacies and patients. Governor Kathy Hochul signed ...

Amid federal vaccine regulation upheaval, Kathy Hochul signed an executive Order to make Covid-19 vaccines more available to New Yorkers. But this is a temporary Band-Aid, and much more needs to be ...

ALBANY, N.Y. — New York State Health Commissioner James McDonald faced intense scrutiny during a public hearing with lawmakers over the state's decision to consolidate the Consumer Directed Personal ...

With Legionnaires' disease linked to recent fatalities, New York urges those over 50 to check water systems and boost ...

The city’s public hospital system is hiring more medical staff from NYU under a multi-billion-dollar employment agreement to meet growing patient volumes at a handful of facilities. The board of ...

At least three babies have died of presumed congenital syphilis in New York state this year, prompting health officials to warn about the risks of the preventable infection. A pregnant woman can pass ...

The bidding process was questioned on Friday after the company, Public Partnerships LLC, admitted it had exchanged ...

Crain's today released its latest list of the largest employers in the New York area, and the city's Department of Education continues to write far more paychecks to local workers than any other ...

Dr. Ofri is a primary care physician in New York. The other day, I was talking to one of my patients about her vaccinations, and I noticed that she hadn’t had a Covid-19 vaccine since the early days ...

The World Trade Center Health Program provides care to more than 140,000 people. Nearly 24 years after the 9/11 attacks, New York lawmakers say the health program created to care for survivors and ...