The NYC Department of Health is quietly planning to hire an outside consultant to train and set up protocols to protect ...

A Nassau County resident has tested positive for chikungunya, marking the first locally acquired case of the rarely fatal ...

A person living in New York tested positive for the mosquito-borne chikungunya virus in the first reported transmission ...

The New York City Department of Health is pitching a major, yearslong expansion of community health worker programs as a way ...

The state health department had news that was both bitter and sweet, much like the vapes about 13% of high schoolers in New ...

State health officials adopted new rules last week that loosen the review criteria for health care construction projects, aiming to reform what providers say is an arduous process to get the state’s ...

NEW YORK CITY (WABC) -- West Nile virus has been detected in two people and a record number of mosquitoes in New York City, according to the NYC Health Department. The department announced Tuesday ...

HARLEM, Manhattan (WABC) -- The New York City Health Department declared the Legionnaires' outbreak in Central Harlem officially over on Friday. Officials said that there have been no new Legionnaires ...

The New York State Department of Health has confirmed a case of locally acquired chikungunya on Long Island, marking the ...

New York health officials say it is the first reported transmission of the mosquito-borne illness within the U.S. in six ...