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Plagues of New York – Health Crisis History of NYC (1790′s – Today)
By Tim Murphy | Published May 24, 2009 City health czar Tom Frieden, who’s leaving to run the Centers for Disease Control, expanded the idea of a “public-health emergency”—once the domain of deadly epidemics—to include societally borne ills like smoking... (Continue reading)
NYC Health Department Closes 4 More Schools In Queens
BY MICHAEL FRAZIER | michael.frazier@newsday.com 4:33 PM EDT, May 18, 2009 The school closures keep coming. The city Health Department closed four more schools in Queens Monday because dozens of students reported influenza-like symptoms. The schools, which will be closed... (Continue reading)
Breaking News: 1st NYC Swine Flu Death Reported
The swine flu virus claimed its first New York victim Sunday with the death of an assistant principal at a Queens public school who had fallen sick last week. Mitchell Wiener, the assistant principal at IS 238 in Hollis, died... (Continue reading)