HealthWatch: Microchip Helps Blind Patients See
Surgeons can implant a tiny microchip behind the eye that performs the work of the retina, processing light and sending signals to the brain.
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Surgeons can implant a tiny microchip behind the eye that performs the work of the retina, processing light and sending signals to the brain.
The bedbug epidemic is now invading New York City schools. Administrators say a number of schools have reported cases since the beginning of the year.
To participate in the New York City Marathon at 69-years-old is outstanding. To do it with a new heart that you just got in January is absolutely unbelievable.
They call him Ironman. But he's not Robert Downey, Jr. and he's not on the big screen. He's a 7-year-old boy from the Bronx who just underwent a heart transplant last week, CBS 2's Cindy Hsu reports.
Whether you live in a house or an apartment, this could impact your life. There's a water warning in New York City.
A couple from Michigan is suing New York's Waldorf=Astoria Hotel after allegedly encountering bedbugs during their stay.
A loved one dying is a difficult time for anyone, but it's especially difficult for children, who often don't have the words or emotional maturity to deal with their grief. But kids still need a way to cope with their grief after the death of someone close.
A funeral will be held Saturday for a New Jersey soldier killed in combat in Afghanistan.
There's good news about getting old in America.
It turns out a lot goes out with the bath water when a woman is pregnant, including memory. Doctors say the feeling many women get – that they are losing their minds – is not in their imagination.
He was the mop-top, million dollar winner of "Survivor: Africa," but 36-year-old Ethan Zohn made the cover of People magazine for a very different challenge: cancer.
Every 70 seconds, someone in America develops Alzheimer's – and as the population ages, that number will go up. Finding a cure to the disease has never been more important, but one prominent natural therapy may not actually be beneficial.
It's not always obvious to the naked eye in the operating room which areas of skin aren't getting enough blood after surgery, but now there's a new device that helps surgeons actually see blood flow.
Experts said alcohol scored so high because it is so widely used and has devastating consequences not only for drinkers but for those around them.
Most residents in a western New Jersey town are waiting to learn when they can again drink water without boiling it.
Presidents, prime ministers and diplomats from around the world will be in town, making it a very high-profile event.
New York City parents, lawmakers and advocates will push for a new law as some students with disabilities still don't have reliable bus service after one week into the school year.
A school bus crashed into a residential building in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, Thursday morning.
The Feast of San Gennaro is filling New York City's Little Italy with faith, music, games and many treats starting Thursday.
Police found a woman unconscious and unresponsive after responding to a call in Sheepshead Bay.
Fire departments were hard at work in Paterson, New Jersey, and Fairfield County, Connecticut, due to flash flooding on Sunday morning.
Rainy weather makes a return to the New York City area this weekend.
After a week filled with periods of storminess and high humidity, a calmer and drier weather pattern is settling in for the holiday weekend.
Severe storms returned to the Tri-State Area, making it a soggy Thursday morning.
The rain returns Tuesday with the possibility of severe storms and downpours that can cause flash flooding in the New York City area.
A truck carrying a boom crane tipped over in River Vale, New Jersey, causing the crane to slice into the house.
Family and the Bridgeton, N.J., community held a vigil Wednesday, marking seven years since Dulce Maria Alavez's disappearance.
A New Jersey Republican county chair has been charged with pointing a weapon at another driver in what state police call a road rage incident.
The missing person is a 64-year-old man from Southampton, Pennsylvania, who is set to be married in two months.
Thousands of gallons of diesel fuel spilled from an AI data center in Secaucus, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection said.
The typical age a person in the U.S. starts a master's program is 33, but one Long Island teenager is about to shatter that timeline.
Joe Petraro-Hyppolite has a 168 IQ and is set to graduate with his undergraduate degree in May. CBS News New York's John Dias has more on what else this young man has already accomplished.
The New York State Board of Regents has approved a plan to begin overhauling high school graduation requirements.
There are calls to widen Sunrise Highway, one of Long Island's most traveled thoroughfares, due to congestion in one 10-mile stretch in Suffolk County.
Also known as New York State Route 27, Sunrise Highway has become so congested in one 10-mile stretch in Suffolk County, officials and first responders say it needs another lane in both directions. CBS News New York's Carolyn Gusoff reports.
The plan to redesign a stretch of Park Avenue has changed a bit based on community feedback.
Seventeen new modular public bathrooms are being installed across New York City as part of a yearlong pilot program.
Lawmakers are targeting what are often called "e-motos," which are devices being sold as e-bikes and e-scooters but can go much faster than what's legal on city streets.
There are calls to widen Sunrise Highway, one of Long Island's most traveled thoroughfares, due to congestion in one 10-mile stretch in Suffolk County.
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani unveiled Tuesday his 10-year street safety plan called Vision Zero Reimagined.
Affordable Care Act recipients in 30 states are set to receive the $500 checks starting in October. Here's why.
One person has died and a total of five people have been sickened by Legionnaires' disease in the Bronx.
As of late August, the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund has received 112,000 claims, awarding more than $18 billion.
A cosmetic treatment that promises breast enhancement without surgery is now at the center of a fight over who regulates human tissue in New York.
Twenty-five years after the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, the health threat hasn't ended for many survivors.
The Feast of San Gennaro is filling New York City's Little Italy with faith, music, games and many treats starting Thursday.
The iconic Peanuts character Snoopy is getting a new look for the 100th Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City.
Aaron Rowe, Beoga, Lukas Graham and Finneas all released statements Tuesday on Instagram saying they were withdrawing from Ed Sheeran's tour.
The 78th Primetime Emmy Awards celebrated the best in television and streaming from the past year on Monday. See the full list of winners and nominees.
Performer Macklemore is being dropped from Ed Sheeran's Loop tour after making on-stage statements that some found controversial.
Pete Alonso homered against the Mets, a solo shot in the first inning that sent the Orioles to a 7-1 victory Wednesday night.
Luke Keaschall went 3 for 5 and scored from second base on Victor Caratini's game-ending single in the 13th inning to send the Minnesota Twins past the New York Yankees 5-4.
Coby Mayo's inside-the-park homer in the 11th inning sent the Orioles to a 7-5 victory over the Mets on Tuesday night.
Max Fried earned his first victory since April 27, backed by home runs from Cody Bellinger and Spencer Jones that helped the New York Yankees keep pace in the AL East race with an 8-1 win over the Minnesota Twins.
The Yankees beat the Twins 8-3 Monday on a night they clinched their 61st postseason berth and ninth in 10 seasons.
The People's Theatre now has its first permanent home in more than 15 years, thanks to help from theater legends from the neighborhood, like Lin-Manuel Miranda.
Brooklyn Greenway Initiative's 1.8-acre native plant sanctuary marks 10 years at a site where historians believe hundreds of human remains still lie
At a Bay Ridge school, students who were born years after the attacks are learning about Sept. 11 through the stories of parents, teachers and first responders who lived through it.
Former Mets players from the 2001 season were at Ladder 25 on the Upper West Side on Tuesday.
Grammy and Emmy Award-winning musician Lizzo made a surprise visit to meet Brooklyn students and debut her new children's book.
People dressed in elaborate headgear and paraded up Fifth Avenue for New York City's Easter Sunday tradition.
The Halloween tradition strolled through Manhattan's East Village on Sunday, with furry friends dressed in colorful costumes.
A suspect was taken into custody after an attack on Pearl Street Mall in Boulder on June 1 in which there were 15 people and a dog who were victims. The suspect threw Molotov cocktails that burned some of the victims, who were part of a march for Israeli hostages.
The annual Easter Parade and Easter Bonnet Festival was held in Manhattan on April 20, 2025.
A look back at the esteemed personalities who've left us this year, who'd touched us with their innovation, creativity and humanity.
There could be a chance of showers at night, but Sunday brings a higher chance. CBS News New York Meteorologist John Elliott has the forecast.
Mike Pinsky lives on the Upper West Side and works for the New York Yankees as the assistant director of baseball operations.
Pixe is an 8-year-old chihuahua who is just five pounds but full of love. She gets along with other small dogs and is looking for her forever home.
Officials say road crews are repairing an average of 3,000 potholes each week while also repaving.
New York was ranked No. 1 for teen drivers, while New Jersey is third and Connecticut is fifth.
