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New NY Health Chief Takes Over From Embattled Zucker as COVID Hospitalizations Rise
New York’s new state health commissioner stepped into the role Wednesday, at a time when COVID-19 hospitalizations are on the rise in the state. Mary Bassett, a former New York City health commissioner, spent 17 years developing AIDS prevention programs in Zimbabwe. She’s currently director of the François-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights at Harvard University and...
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NY Health Commissioner Resigns
NY State Health Chief, Howard Zucker, resigns. Adam Kuperstein reports.
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8-Year-Old New York Boy is Back Selling Lemonade A Year After Permit Controversy
An 8-year-old boy’s lemonade stand is open for business a year after it was temporarily shut down by the New York state health department for not having a permit.
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Nonprofit Gives Heroin Users in New York Test Strips for Fentanyl
A nonprofit health organization in central New York is handing out test strips at needle exchange sites so heroin users can test their drugs for fentanyl to avoid overdoses.
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I-Team: NYC Woman Gets Attacked by Other Passengers in Ride Share, Then Banned by Company
A New York City woman says she was attacked by another passenger in a Lyft Line and says the ride share company has not been helpful in apprehending her attacker.
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I-Team: Naloxone Not As Readily Available in Suffolk County Pharmacies As NY Says
New York allows some pharmacies to sell naloxone to anyone without a prescription. The state health commissioner said the program “ensures that this life-saving medication is widely accessible.” But an I-Team investigation found that’s not always the case.
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NY State Steps Up Anti-Tick Efforts Amid Increase in Population, Insect-Borne Illnesses
The New York State Health Department says it will enhance and expands its surveillance and education efforts to safeguard New Yorkers from tick-borne illnesses like Lyme disease and more rare, potentially deadly conditions.
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