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Prescription painkillers (file/credit: CBS 2)

New Awareness Campaign Launches To Fight Teen Prescription Drug Abuse

According to the The Partnership at Drugfree.org, one in six teens has used prescription painkillers to get high and nearly two-thirds of teens who misuse prescription medication get the pills from family members and friends.

2012/09/25

Mosquitoes (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Parts Of Upper West Side To Be Sprayed For West Nile Virus

Parts of Manhattan will be sprayed on Friday to combat the spread of West Nile Virus. The city’s health commissioner said it’s expected that there will be a big jump in the number of people infected with West Nile coming in the next few weeks.

2012/08/29

Powerful Storms Slam Tri-State Causing Massive Damage And Bringing Heat Relief

The National Weather Service has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Connecticut, northeast New Jersey and southeast New York until 9 p.m.

2012/07/18

Board Of Health OKs Plan For Public Hearings On Mayor’s Big Drink Ban

The proposal would put a 16-ounce limit of sugary drinks sold at city restaurants, movie theaters, sports venues and street carts and would apply to both bottled and fountain drinks.

2012/06/12

A sign indicating the smoking ban in Battery Park - New York, NY - May 23, 2011 (credit: EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP/Getty Images)

New York City Says Park Smoking Ban Is Working

“Smoking in parks is now down two-thirds and we now have less litter at our beaches and playgrounds,” Health Commissioner Dr. Thomas Farley told.

2012/05/27

FILE - A picture of various cans of soda. (Photo credit: JOEL SAGET/AFP/Getty Images)

1 Soda A Day Equals 50 Pounds Of Sugar A Year, Says NYC Health Department

The New York City Health Department is launching a new campaign to show just how much sugar is in a can of soda.

2011/10/25

Apples at Montgomery Place Orchards - Annandale-on-Hudson, NY - Sep 22, 2011 (credit: Deborah Rodriguez / WCBS 880)

Bloomberg Hands Out Apples In Queens To Celebrate Food Day; Communal Table In Times Square

The goal of the nationwide celebration is to focus on eating healthy food. Apples are touted as an easy and inexpensive way to eat better.

2011/10/24

A woman smoked in the Times Square pedestrian plaza - New York, NY - May 23, 2011 (credit: Daniel Barry/Getty Images)

New York City Smoking Rate Down To 14 Percent

Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Thursday that there are 450,000 fewer adult smokers in New York City than there were nine years ago.

2011/09/15

Actress Julia Stiles stops by a food cart in SoHo - New York, NY (file / credit: Mark Mainz/Getty Images)

City Council Mulls Letter Grades For Food Carts

Restaurants in New York City have been required to display letter grades from the health department for over a year now but not street vendors. The City Council may consider changing that.

2011/08/02

Mayor Michael Bloomberg at Sparks Deli - Queens, NY - Aug 1, 2011 (credit: Marla Diamond / WCBS 880)

Most NYC Restaurants Get An ‘A’ From The Health Department

Mayor Michael Bloomberg returned to Sparks Deli, the Queens restaurant that received the city’s first-ever A grade last year, to present them with their second consecutive A rating for cleanliness.

2011/08/01

Happy Meal (Photo by David Paul Morris/Getty Images)

New York City Health Commissioner Applaudes Addition Of Apples In McDonald’s Happy Meals

An apple a day may keep the doctor away. But when you put it in a Happy Meal, it might help keep regulators at bay, too.

2011/07/26

Bronx residents cooling off to beat the hear. (credit: CBS 2)

Newark Hits Record-High 102; Excessive Heat Warning Until Late Friday

Teterboro, N.J., reached 100 degrees and Central Park hit a high of 97. With the humidity factored in, the 97-degree temperature in Central Park actually felt like 109 degrees.

2011/07/21

Health Department Rolls Out New HIV Prevention Ads

New York City’s Health Department is no stranger to controversial health campaigns, will this be one of them?

2011/02/08

Flu Shot (credit: David Greedy/Getty Images)

Stock Up On Chicken Soup; Flu Nearing Peak

New York City Health Commissioner Dr. Thomas Farley says the flu is widespread in New York right now and that it likely will reach its peak this month or next.

2011/01/20

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