Eye On New York: On Obesity
In this Eye on New York segment, CBS 2's Kathryn Brown examines the epidemic of obesity in the U.S. and Dana Tyler speaks with Hunter College public health assistant professor Dr. Charles Platkin.
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In this Eye on New York segment, CBS 2's Kathryn Brown examines the epidemic of obesity in the U.S. and Dana Tyler speaks with Hunter College public health assistant professor Dr. Charles Platkin.
In this segment of Eye on New York, CBS 2's Emily Smith reports on the infection's rise and Dana Tyler speaks with Dr. Jane Zucker, the New York City Health Department's Assistant Commissioner for Immunization, about what you can do to protect your children.
The warning went out to residents who may have had contact with the cat in the vicinity of Kress Avenue, near the intersection of Webster and Lincoln Avenues on or before Wednesday.
Yaribely Almonte, 20, is accused of wrapping the fetus of her unborn daughter in plastic and dumping it in a garbage bin outside of her West 191st Street apartment.
More than 110,000 people in New York City are infected with HIV, more than in any other U.S. city and about 75 percent of all cases in the state.
The television personality drew a lot of heat in September when he claimed on his show that trace amounts of arsenic in apple juice may pose a health risk.
The reopening of a North Jersey hospital is one step closer to reality. The state health planning board has approved Hackensack University Medical Center's plan to reopen the old Pascack Valley Hospital as a 128-bed facility.
An alarming rise in a potentially fatal bacterial infection known as whooping cough has prompted a warning from the Suffolk County Health Department.
Heaven just got a lot more funny.
Con Edison spokesman Bob McGee says 37 patients on ventilators were taken to hospitals from a nursing home after a power outage struck the Gun Hill section of the Bronx early Sunday.
The "Self Esteem Act" warn consumers about photo-shopped photographs in print media advertisements.
Fewer groceries in urban and rural areas statewide have worsened the so-called food deserts in New York, where the poor have little access to affordable fresh produce and nutritious foods, a study finds.
Proposed legislation that would ban the sale of some brands of cough and cold medicines to kids under the age of 18 is making progress in New Jersey.
Pope Benedict XVI announced that the Roman Catholic Church supports a type of stem cell research. CBS 2's Dr. Max Gomez, who was at the Vatican and heard the news firsthand, talks about the research.
It's that time of the year when people take breaks from school and work and when blood and platelet donation levels become vulnerable.
