Fred Mogul

Mayor Bloomberg says just because there's been several recent shootings in the Bronx, it doesn't mean the borough has a unique problem.

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Mayor Bloomberg says just because there's been several recent shootings in the Bronx, it doesn't mean the borough has a unique problem. On Sunday, 17-year-old Issi Dominguez was killed in what police believe may have been a gang-related shooting. The mayor says shootings happen all ...

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Medical researchers have long known there’s a connection between pollution and asthma. But a new study is among the first to pinpoint some of the exact elements that apparently cause breathing problems.

Dr. Rachel Miller, from Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health, says research has ...

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People who are newly infected with HIV are much more contagious than people who’ve had the disease for a while, because in the first months, they don’t yet have antibodies. WNYC’s Fred Mogul reports on a new City Health Department program to identify these people ...

Newly infected people with HIV are much more contagious than people who’ve had the disease for a while. That's because, in the first months after infection, they don’t yet have antibodies fighting and reducing the virus.

The city estimates there are almost 5,000 new HIV infections each year, but detecting ...

Some of the region’s top hospitals are hoping to bring the first proton radiation treatment center to the area.

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Some of the region’s top hospitals are hoping to bring the first proton radiation treatment center to the area. The tiny particles are uniquely effective in treating certain malignant tumors without causing collateral damage.

Only a handful of facilities around the world have the equipment, which ...

At the annual meeting of the American Academy of Pediatricians last month, many doctors were surprised to learn they hadn't hadn't really ordered vaccine weeks earlier, because they had misunderstood the forms.

According to Dr. Sara Kenamore, of Westchester Pediatrics, the process was like making an online purchase, where you ...

The city is pushing people to visit clinics and get the H1N1 vaccine. WNYC's Fred Mogul, who has been reporting on this story extensively, discusses the city's plan, and why the shots are widely available in some areas but scarce in others. Dr. Sara Kenamore is a partner ...

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Demand for the H1N1 vaccine in New York City has been mixed – with the majority of school students declining free shots, and special weekend clinics being under-used. Meanwhile, elsewhere in the state, officials say they’re being flooded with requests for the vaccine. WNYC’s Fred ...

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This weekend, the city will try again to attract New Yorkers to its H1N1 flu vaccine clinics at a handful of schools around the five boroughs. Last weekend, they were largely ignored. Meanwhile, a parallel program through local neighborhood clinics, seems to be doing a ...

Chronic health (diabetes, heart disease), environmental health (asthma, lead poisoning), mental health (depression, substance abuse), interpersonal health (AIDS, tuberculosis) – name a condition, name an entire category, and chances are the city’s low-income neighborhoods have it bad. WNYC’s Fred Mogul spent some time in the Tremont section of the South ...

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In the 1990s, New York City pioneered a crime-fighting system called Compstat, that used extensive computer databases to target specific areas with police personnel and programs. In this decade, the city has done something similar with health – conducting sweeping surveys to learn about conditions ...

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Congresswoman Nita Lowey has been widely quoted for calling an abortion restriction in the House health care bill “reprehensible.” But Lowey’s office now says she misspoke when she warned the bill would restrict access to abortion coverage. WNYC’s Fred Mogul has more.

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Thousands of people have been lining up for H1N1 flu shots across the country, many of them waiting for hours. But not here in New York City.

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Thousands of people have been lining up for H1N1 flu shots across the country, many of them waiting for hours. But not here in New York City. Free vaccine clinics have not drawn large crowds. Now, as WNYC's Fred Mogul reports, health officials are expanding ...

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As health care reform legislation heads to the US Senate after passing the House of Representatives, New York state senators are considering a bill that would make it harder for health insurers to discontinue coverage when they claim it's costing them too much. WNYC’s Fred ...

We’ve certainly heard a lot about hand-washing during these flu-ridden days. You might say authorities can get downright preachy. But what if the Health Department told you to scrub and rinse well – and then pray to God?

You might wonder whether city government has turned evangelical. Or whether officials were throwing in the proverbial towel on science and looking to faith for help combating disease. But not quite. They're just trying to meet people where they wash.

Judy Brathwaite, the school nurse at P.S. 157, administers a shot of Flu Mist to fifth grader Aylin Tlapanco. ...

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Students at 125 elementary schools got the swine flu vaccine this morning in the first phase of the city's drive to make inoculation available to all school-age children. Parents interested in the vaccines need to sign a consent form.

WNYC's Fred Mogul spoke to parents and ...