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Mayor Bill de Blasio said Friday that a deal to keep Long Island College Hospital open under a new operator would mark the end of an "epidemic of hospital closings" going back all through his predecessor's administration.
Researchers may have come up with a new way to help speed up the process of learning how to eat for premature babies in NICU.
The lawsuit is seeking punitive damages because attorney Amos Gern said his client sustained permanent scars on her thighs.
State officials on Thursday announced an agreement in which the State University of New York may pull out of the struggling Long Island College Hospital, but a new health care provider will take over.
The county is rolling out the PulsePoint app and is asking anyone trained in CPR to download it and come to the rescue if someone nearby has a heart attack.
There is an increased health concern at Fordham University Thursday after a total of 13 students are believed to have come down with the mumps.
Flu season started early and strong this year, and on Thursday a new report revealed it's hitting a different group of people especially hard.
A study released on Wednesday, found that modified T-cells achieved complete remission in 88 percent of advanced leukemia patients treated.
Acid reflux is usually considered an adult disease, but it also is now on the rise in children – and often with more severe symptoms.
Born deaf to deaf parents, the Weinribs claim their 82-year-old father Alfred was repeatedly denied requests for a sign language interpreter at three different hospitals on Long Island.
A bill introduced last week by Sen. Tony Avella would put a two-year moratorium on the DEC's plan to eradicate all 2,200 wild mute swans in the state by 2025.
Three million people in the United States suffer from epilepsy an often disabling brain disorder.
It is very cold out across much of the country but that will not stop thousands of people in more than two dozen cities from going for a run in their underwear.
Red Cross spokesperson Maureen Wellman said that all types of blood are needed especially O-Negative and O-Positive.
Friday marked not only Valentine's Day, but also National Condom Awareness Day – and the city marked the occasion by unveiling a new extra-large size condom with NYC branding.
