Fred Mogul

Healthcare and Medicine Reporter, WNYC News

Fred Mogul appears in the following:

City Residents Planning to Engage, Ignore 9/11

Saturday, September 10, 2011

WNYC
Read     The 9/11 attacks impacted the lives of thousands here in the city and beyond. To mark the 10th anniversary of the attacks, some people plan on focusing on the events tha...

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Flood-struck Homeowners Also Grappling with Mold

Wednesday, September 07, 2011

WNYC

First, it was the flood waters. Then there was the mud. Right behind it all follows the mold. Cleanup companies in areas hit hard by Tropical Storm Irene have been getting calls to help dry out homes and purge them of mold.

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Lawmakers Want Compensation for 9/11 Cancer Victims

Wednesday, September 07, 2011

WNYC

Local lawmakers said federal overseers of the September 11 health program should add cancer to the list of illnesses that qualify people for victims compensation.

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Area Hospitals Begin Evacuation

Friday, August 26, 2011

Ambulances are coming and going from Coney Island Hospital, shuttling more than 200 patients to other public hospitals around the city – and away from possible danger from Hurricane Irene.

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Peninsula Hospital in Queens Allowed to Keep ER Open

Tuesday, August 23, 2011

State Health officials are ordering Peninsula Hospital in Far Rockaway, Queens, to stop taking new patients and prepare a transfer-or-discharge plan for the 48 patients occupying beds. But the hospital got a reprieve of sorts. The emergency room, which was set to close Wednesday at 11pm, will continue to remain open for walk-ins.

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Peninsula Hospital in Queens on Brink of Bankruptcy

Monday, August 22, 2011

Peninsula Hospital in southeast Queens could declare bankruptcy as soon as Tuesday and is no longer accepting ambulances to its emergency room.

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Closure Looms for Lone Acute Care Hospital in Southeast Queens

Wednesday, August 17, 2011

The latest metro-area hospital on the brink of closure has won a couple more days to present a restructuring plan.

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New-York Based Pfizer to Keep Exlusive Hold on Viagra

Monday, August 15, 2011

New York-based pharmaceutical giant Pfizer will be able hold onto its blockbuster drug Viagra for several more years, a federal court judge ruled.

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Connecticut Navy SEAL Among Troops Killed in Afghanistan

Thursday, August 11, 2011

A Connecticut man was among 30 American troops who died in Afghanistan over the weekend in what officials described as the deadliest single day for U.S. forces in the nearly 10-year-old war.

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Sex Ed to Be Mandatory in City Schools

Wednesday, August 10, 2011

New York City will once again require middle schools and high schools teach sex education.

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State Mulls Closing Clinic Run by Embattled Ex-Senator Espada

Tuesday, August 09, 2011

State officials will decide in the coming days whether to revoke the Medicaid license of the Soundview Health Center, the South Bronx clinic run by embattled former Senator Pedro Espada. 

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Heat Linked to 3 More City Deaths

Monday, August 08, 2011

Three more New Yorkers died of heat-related causes, according to the New York City Medical Examiner

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A's Galore for Restaurants, One Year into New Grade Program

Monday, August 01, 2011

Sixty-nine percent of New York City's restaurants have received a score of A since a restaurant grading system was put in place last summer.

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Health Exchanges a High Priority on Albany's To-Do List

Monday, July 25, 2011

New York lawmakers are expected to return to Albany for a special session next month, and high on their agenda is hashing out a new health insurance exchange.

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Deadly Virus Finds New Way of Spreading

Saturday, July 23, 2011

More than 3 million Americans have Hepatitis C, a disease that can be latent for years but lethal when it flares up. It's spread almost exclusively by intravenous drug users, but Mt. Sinai Hospital researcher Dr. Daniel Fierer is now reporting a small but growing number of cases where it's spread sexually among gay men.

 

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Memorial Fund for Slain Brooklyn Boy Nets $75K in First Day

Thursday, July 21, 2011

A fund set up to honor a slain Brooklyn boy received more than $75,000 its the first 24 hours.

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Group Raises Funds for Torah Scroll in Honor of Slain Boy

Monday, July 18, 2011

A Borough Park group is raising money to dedicate a Torah scroll in memory of 8-year-old Leiby Kletzky, who was killed after he was abducted on his way home from day camp last week.

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Borough Park Shomrim Patrol, Often Called Before 911, Led Search for Boy

Friday, July 15, 2011

The disappearance of 8-year-old Leiby Kletzky who was found dead this week unleashed a vast volunteer search effort by the ultra-Orthodox community in Borough Park, Brooklyn — an effort spearheaded by the Borough Park Shomrim, a highly organized citizens watch brigade that works as an NYPD auxiliary.

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The Case of Leiby Kletzky

Friday, July 15, 2011

David Greenfield, New York City Councilman (D-44) representing Bensonhurst, Midwood and Borough Park, and WNYC reporter Fred Mogul discuss the community's reaction to the murder of 8-year-old Leiby Kletzky.

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Borough Park Reels at News of Boy's Death

Thursday, July 14, 2011

Thousands of people crammed into a Borough Park, Brooklyn, synagogue and the adjacent blocks Wednesday night to mourn the death of 8-year-old Leiby Kletzky, who was found murdered and dismembered early Wednesday morning.

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