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April 30, 2025
NYC Is Vaccinating Raccoons Against Rabies in Brooklyn and Queens

April 25, 2025
New Health Department Report Looks at Sleep-Related Infant Injury Deaths in New York City, 2016–2020

April 17, 2025
Immigrant New Yorkers Overall Healthier Than U.S.-born Counterparts, New York City Health Department Study Finds

April 15, 2025
New York City Health Department Continues To Lead Decades-Long Tobacco Efforts

April 11, 2025
Save Lives, Install Window Guards

April 10, 2025
New York City Health Department and Health Care Partners Conduct Emergency Exercise to Stay Prepared for Future Public Health Emergencies

April 2, 2025
New York City Health Department Files Declaration Challenging Federal Government Termination of Infectious Disease Prevention Program Grants

March 21, 2025
New Report Highlights Mental Health Challenges LGBTQ+ New Yorkers May Face

March 18, 2025
New York City Health Department Warns New Yorkers About Skin Lightening Products That Contain Dangerous Amounts of Mercury

March 15, 2025
Bird Flu Detected In Two New York City Cats Is Associated With 'Savage Cat Food' Raw Pet Food

March 14, 2025
NYC Health Department, NYC Health + Hospitals, and NYC Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs Release ‘Open Letter to Immigrant New Yorkers’ Promoting Health Care Access

February 21, 2025
Health Department to Use New York City Community Air Survey to Evaluate the Impact of Congestion Pricing

February 14, 2025
NYC Health Department Warns Patrons of a Manhattan Restaurant of Possible Exposure to Hepatitis A

February 13, 2025
This Valentine's Day Spread Love — Not Sexually Transmitted Infections

January 30, 2025
City Celebrates New Clubhouse in Brooklyn for New Yorkers with Serious Mental Illness

January 28, 2025
Health Department Releases Strategy to Address Chronic Disease

January 17, 2025
Mayor Adams Relieves $80 Million in Medical Debt for Working-Class New Yorkers