A former New York pediatrician faces several lawsuits from women who say he abused them decades ago as children, thanks to a new law which removed many of the state’s statute of limitation laws for child sex abuse claims.…
New York has agreed to pay $6 million to the families of three women who say they suffered years of abuse and neglect, including physical assaults, at a state-run nursing home.…
Air vents in a New York bus depot may have been exposing employees to asbestos fibers for years, according to a report.
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New York is preparing to ban flavored e-cigarettes to prevent teen use as the CDC releases new vaping illness numbers, but health officials worry if the proposed bans will have any effect on teen addicts.…
New York health officials say vitamin E acetate, a supplement, may be responsible for vaping pulmonary illness and has been found in nearly all vaping samples taken from sick individuals who admitted using cannabis-related products.…
Following new laws in New York and New Jersey, which extend the statute of limitations for sexual abuse lawsuits, Boys Scouts of America faces a growing number of claims over failure to protect children from known predators. Similar legislation in other states provide individuals abused in prior decades to hold individuals and organizations enabling the conduct responsible.…
Hundreds of child sex abuse lawsuits were filed in New York on the first day of a law which extends the statute of limitations for such cases and suspends them for an entire year.…
A new study finds that evidence-based protocols for sepsis detection and treatment led to a significant reduction in patient deaths from the infections in New York hospitals.…
A lawsuit accuses Starbucks stores in Manhattan of using toxic pest strips that endanger the health of customers and employees.…
The government may step in if states continue to allow too many vaccination exemptions, which is believed to be causing a growing number of measles cases, FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb warns.…
