The board ratified the resolution during a Monday afternoon meeting. The to-dos range from beefing up the city’s race and health data offerings to amending city policies that contribute to ...

Since 2018, alcohol ads have been banned in the NYC transit system. Now the Metropolitan Transit Authority is bringing them ...

Ferrets, he said, are domesticated and "completely safe, appropriate companion animals." When the Board of Health formalized the ferret ban in 1999, it cited concerns for public safety.

That’s why it’s important to make changes now, the Board of Health says. Other new rules restrict kid’s “sedentary” time to 30 minutes a day, and only half an hour of screen time per week.

Deputy Health Commissioner Dr. Demetre Daskalakis told the Board of Health Wednesday about some of the obstacles the department has faced while trying to control the six-month-long outbreak.

New York City's Board of Health set to vote on proposal which would bar sales of sugar-heavy drinks in more than 16-ounce cups or bottles in restaurants, movie theaters and some other settings.

NYC's Board of Health approved plan to reopen 3,000 child care centers citywide as early as next week Safetyguards would apply, including social distancing, caps on kids per room, mask-wearing and ...

If you drink a soda per day -- as do 46 percent of Bronx residents, according to one recent Health Department survey -- choosing the 16-ounce bottle rather than the 20-ounce would save you 14,600 ...

Guzzle as many gigantic sodas as you can now, for they will soon be much harder to find in the city — except at 7-11 stores. Mayor Bloomberg‘s appointees on the city Board of Health approved ...

Two died and two suffered brain damage. There were four cases of herpes allegedly contracted during metzitzah b’peh in 2014 and 17 since 2000, according to the health department.

Some 24 cases of herpes allegedly contracted through metzitzah b’peh have been reported in New York since 2000, according to the board of health.

NEW YORK (AP) - New York City's Board of Health signaled strong support Tuesday for the mayor's plan to fight obesity by banning the sale of large, sugary beverages at local restaurants.