Mount Vernon Neighborhood Health Center Network and Grace Baptist Church will host the 6th Annual Day of Champions Health Fair on Saturday, November 15, 2009, 10:00 A.M. – 2:00 P.M. at the Mount Vernon Neighborhood Health Center located at 107 West 4th Street, Mount Vernon.

Originally a men’s health fair, the free event is open to [...]

New York State Department of Health, complying with an executive order, is asking for comments from regulated entities and interested parties to identify existing regulations that impose unnecessary, burdensome or excessive costs, paperwork, reporting or other requirements.

Comments are sought that describe and quantify the burden and suggest appropriate remedies that the agency may undertake to [...]

A New York meat processor recalled more than a half million pounds of beef because it may be tainted with the E. Coli bacteria.

Two deaths and about 26 illnesses have been linked to the fresh ground beef.

The beef processor is Fairbanks Farms, located in Ashville, NY. The meat has been distributed to various retail [...]

The Putnam County Health Department is offering the H1N1, or swine flu, vaccine to people who fall into the CDC’s priority groups.

The free vaccine clinic will be held on Saturday, Nov.7 at the Putnam Valley Middle School in Putnam Valley from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Due to limited quantities, the vaccine will only be [...]

from Danbury Hospital:

Danbury Hospital hosts an energizing Spirit of Women Wellness Weekend at the Danbury Fair Center Court (lower level) on Saturday, October 17, 2009 from 12 noon to 5 p.m.

Danbury Hospital’s Spirit Wellness Weekend is a fun-filled Saturday on October 17th where health education, health screenings, and other fun activities will be woven throughout [...]

from White Plains Hospital:

White Plains Hospital Center and the Scarsdale Volunteer Ambulance Corps will team up to present free lectures entitled “What You and Your Family Should Know About H1N1 (Swine) Flu” which will be held from 1-2 PM, Tuesday, October 13 and 7:30 to 8:30 PM, Wednesday, October 21. The discussions will [...]

Westchester County Legislator Bill Burton is hosting a Community Health Forum and the theme is “Building a Healthier Community.”

Westchester Livable Communities, Open Door Family Medical Center, Hudson Health Plan,
Westchester/Rockland Dietetic Association,
EnrollNY, Planned Parenthood Hudson Peconic,
Collaborative for End of Life Care are some of the groups who will be on hand to [...]

From Support Connection in Yorktown:

It’s not too late to join the thousands of local residents who will be at FDR State Park in Yorktown Heights this Sunday, October 4th (rain or shine) for Support Connection’s 15th Annual Support-A-Walk. The annual walkathon is held by Support Connection, Inc., a not-for-profit organization offering free, confidential support services [...]

The state’s top doctor had a message this week for his fellow health-care professionals: Get a flu shot!

“As health care workers, we share one of the proudest traditions of all professions: we put our patients’ interests ahead of our own,” state Health Commissioner Richard F. Daines, M.D. said in an open letter this week.

The [...]

The Interreligious Council of New Rochelle is hosting a prayer service and information session about Mental Illness on October 20 at 7 p.m. at the Church of the Holy Name of Jesus, 75 Lispenard Ave. in New Rochelle.

The event is expected to feature a short inter-faith prayer service followed by brief talks from officials from [...]