Jamaica Hospital breaks ground on major expansion
Jamaica Hospital has New York City's busiest trauma center.
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Jamaica Hospital has New York City's busiest trauma center.
Monsanto and Bayer CropScience LP falsely advertised that their Roundup products "won't harm anything but weeds," New York Attorney General Letitia James said.
Health officials say Vibrio vulnificus, a rare bacteria, killed a man after he ate raw oysters from a seafood stand in Missouri.
Three-time Olympic medalist Tori Bowie, who died in early May at the age of 32, was eight months pregnant and in labor at the time of her death.
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The culprit in Thursday's death is the Vibrio vulnificus bacteria, which doesn't make an oyster look, smell, or taste any different.
Shedding pounds isn't the only change patients might experience.
A nationwide chemotherapy drug shortage is delaying treatment for some cancer patients in New York.
The fires, which are still burning, have brought smoke and hazardous air quality to millions of Americans.
Area doctors say they haven't seen an uptick in asthma patients they expected, as some patients are staying at home.
Canadian wildfires are causing dangerous air quality in the Big Apple, where levels reached the worst in the world on Wednesday.
Health officials urge people to avoid prolonged or heavy exertion outdoors while the smoky, hazy conditions linger.
"Cigarette smoke and this smoke cause basically the same type of damage to your lungs," a doctor said.
New Yorkers woke up to another smoky, hazy morning Wednesday, as air quality alerts are in effect from the Canadian wildfires.
According to the CDC, one in five babies is born with CMV, a virus that can cause deafness, seizures and developmental delays.
