A fifth person with a confirmed case of swine flu has died in Long Island’s Suffolk County. County health officials say the latest victim was a woman from the Town of Babylon who was between 55 and 65 years old and had “multiple underlying medical problems.” Suffolk Health Commissioner Dr. Humayun Chaudhry says the woman [...]
The New York City Department of Health Wednesday confirmed six more deaths linked to the H1N1 virus. According to the agency’s website, the latest figures bring the city’s death toll to 38. Identities of the victims have not been released, but health officials say they were all between the ages of 25 and 65. They [...]
Long Island’s Suffolk County has recorded a third death linked to Swine Flu. County health officials said Monday the victim, a Babylon man between the ages of 65 and 75, had an underlying medical condition. Suffolk Health Commissioner Dr. Humayun Chaudhry said the man died Monday and had been hospitalized since early June with multiple [...]
New research estimates that half a million New Yorkers have been infected by swine flu – casting doubts on the city’s claim that transmission of the has declined. The alarming data was released Friday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which estimated there have been 50 times more cases nationwide than have been [...]
The state’s former health commissioner has taken a plea deal to avoid jail time. Antonia Novello pled guilty to felony fraud-related charges this morning. She was ordered to perform 250 hours of community service and must pay $22,500 in restitution. However, Novello is allowed to keep her physician’s license. Last month, she plead not guilty [...]
The New York City Health Department Tuesday reported two more deaths linked to swine flu, bringing to 32 the total number of fatalities in the city linked to the H1N1 virus. The deaths were reported on the agency’s Web site. Most of those who died became ill in May or early June, officials said. The [...]
Swine flu deaths almost doubled nationwide in the past week, with more than a quarter of the new deaths in New York, including seven in the city, officials announced Friday. The city Health Department reported the city’s death toll rose to 30. There were no new fatalities on Long Island, where officials earlier this week [...]
New York City officials are reporting seven more deaths from swine flu, bringing the city’s total to 23. The city health department didn’t identify the victims or say when they died in an update posted on its Web site today. It says the victims were between the ages of 25 to 64 and most had [...]
Another New Yorker has died of swine flu, bringing the city’s total to 16 deaths linked to the viral strain, the city Health Department reported Friday. The latest death occurred in a person between the age of 40 and 49, the city health department said. The agency declined further comment and has not identified those [...]
The Department of Health today confirmed three more deaths linked to H1N1/swine flu, bringing the total number of people who died from the illness to 12. According to the DOH, one of the deceased was aged 30-39, one was between 50 and 59, and one was over 59. No other details about the deaths have [...]
