Jesus Lopez and Aylin Tlapanco, fifth graders at Public School 157 in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn, entered the office of the school nurse, Judy Brathwaite, on Wednesday morning to find Schools Chancellor Joel I. Klein and Deputy Mayor Linda I. Gibbs...

Updated, 4:21 p.m. | A judge on Friday morning halted enforcement of a New York State directive requiring that all health care workers be vaccinated for the seasonal flu and swine flu.

The city will offer free flu vaccines to elementary school students; close schools only as "a last resort"; and designate health clinics as "flu centers" to prevent hospital emergency rooms from being overwhelmed, as they were ...

For now, New York State has shelved the idea of a soda tax on sugary sodas and juice drinks. But New York City’s public health officials opened a new front in their struggle against high-calorie beverages on Monday, unveiling a new ad campaign that...

Democrats appeared in jeopardy of losing their majority in the State Senate on Monday in what would be a stunning and sudden reversal of fortunes for a party that has controlled the chamber for barely five months.