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450,000 New Yorkers Have Quit Smoking: Report

Posted 11.15.2011

Read More: Christine Quinn, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Cigarettes, Ny News, Nyc Smoking Rate, Smoking Rate, NYC Department of Health, Tobacco, New York News, New York News

A record-low 14 percent of New York City residents are smoking, according to a new study from the city Department of Health. In 2002, 22 percent o...

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WATCH: Bodega Cats, The Documentary

Posted 10.04.2011

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Everyone knows and loves their local bodega cat--that feisty feline that splits its time between protecting the store's goods from mice and cuddling u...

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Mars Bar No More

| Patrick Hedlund | Posted 09.18.2011

Read More: East Village, Ny News, New York Restaurants, Mars Bar, NY Restaurants, NYC Department of Health, New York News, Video, New York News

MANHATTAN — The fat lady has finally sung for Mars Bar. The beloved Second Avenue saloon, slated for demolition next month under a plan to constr...

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Strangest New York Visitors: Leprosy And The Bubonic Plague

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: NYC Department of Health, Exotic Diseases, The Plague, Nyc Disease Control, Ny News, Leprosy, New York News

Did you think we were done with cholera, or the bubonic plague? Well, we're not. Millions of people come to New York City every year, and a few of t...

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'It's Never Just HIV' Ad Campaign Oversimplifies the Issue

Sean Strub | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Hiv Prevention Ad, Nyc Department of Health Ad, Hiv Negative, HIV Prevention, Nyc Hiv Ad, Hiv, NYC Department of Health, It's Never Just Hiv, Video, Healthy Living News

This ad campaign is terrible. It assumes the intended audience can be manipulated by over-the-top fright messages, speaks down to them and assumes they are presently not caring whether or not they get HIV.

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WATCH: Is The Department Of Health's H.I.V. PSA Too Graphic?

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: H.I.V., Public Service Announcements, Psas, Department of Health Psa, Ny Health, Health, Ny News, Psa, Aids, Health News, Hiv, NYC Department of Health, AIDS Activism, Video, New York News

The NYC Department of Health, which recently has made a name for itself by publicizing startlingly graphic public service announcements, has release a...

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When "I Don't Know" Is the Only Answer

Anthony DePalma | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Anthony Weiner, House of Representatives, Environmental Justice, Kirsten Gillibrand, Ground Zero, Health, 9/11, Health Bill, NYC Department of Health, James Zadroga Health Bill, September 11th, 9/11 Victims, Politics News

The Zadroga bill is another response to the need for compassion to take the place of certainty. It is now expected to come up for a vote in the House on September 29.

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Conversations around Food

Liz Neumark | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Food and Fitness Partnership, Fresh the Movie, Sisters Hill Farm, Katchkie Farm, High School for Public Service, Ben Shuldiner, American Farmland Trust, Sylvia Center, Winter Sun Farms, NYC Department of Health, Great Performances, Coro Leadership Program, New York News

Eating and cooking - we all know the joy and benefits of these activities. They are not only productive in that a goal is achieved (a meal is prepare...

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The Harsh Reality for New York Carriage Horses

Laura Eldridge | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Intro 35, New York City Council, NYC Department of Health, Carriage Horses, Michael Bloomberg, Central Park, New York News

At the end of the day carriage horses return to their tiny stalls in stables on the far West side of the city, or as Jon Stewart once called it, "The sad-eyed horse carriage district."

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Health Inspectors Crack Down On Street Vendor Bathroom Breaks

nypost.com | Posted 05.25.2011

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Street vendors be warned: Take a bathroom break, and it may be your business that gets flushed down the toilet. ...

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Bed Bugs: Clues On How They Spread

BrickUnderground | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dealing With Bed Bugs, Bed Bugs, Department of Health, NYC Department of Health, New York, New York City, New York News

The same week that NYC's Department of Health finally published a consumer guide to fighting bed bugs, the Journal of Economic Entomology released a c...

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H1N1 Flu Shot: A Needle in the Universal Healthcare Haystack?

Susan Sawyers | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Swine Flu, H1N1 Vaccine, Healthy Kids, Emergency, nyc.gov, Medical Reserve Corps, Parenting, NYC Department of Health, The Atlantic, Shannon Brownlee, Jeanne Lenzer, Health Care Reform, Erin Brady, New York News

If last weekend's experience getting the H1N1 shot was any indication of what we can expect, a government plan shouldn't be dismissed out of hand.

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A Museum, A Community, A Festival

Liz Neumark | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: East Harlem, NYC Department of Health, New York City Housing Authority, El Museo Del Barrio, Upper East Side, Spanish Harlem, Museums, Food Desert, Hispanics, Julian Zugazagoitia, New York News

How interesting to embark on a project developing the menu for a museum whose surrounding neighborhood -- El Barrio -- has been described as a food desert.

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