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Soaring Temperatures in N.Y.C. Land More Than 100 in Emergency Rooms

By: Joseph Goldstein — 25 June 2025 at 22:45

Not since 2019 have so many New Yorkers in a single day sought emergency medical attention for heat-related illnesses.

The temperature on Tuesday reached 99 degrees in Central Park, where the city’s official weather station is. A thermometer there last reached that temperature in 2012.

Is New York Prepared for a Bird Flu Pandemic?

By: Joseph Goldstein — 25 June 2024 at 07:00

The health care system has stockpiles of medicine and has worked out “a lot of the kinks” since the Covid pandemic. But experts still have some concerns about a bird flu outbreak.

Bird flu has not been transmitted between people, but health care officials are getting ready, just in case.