prevention
If you’ve got some holiday travel on the horizon (and can get passed today’s Nor’easter [/blog/holidays/noreaster-set-to-rain-on-nyc-thanksgiving-plans]), it’s important to give your apartment a little extra attention before hitting the road. • Burglars often target homes that look empty, so make sure to have a trusted
exposure
We’re at the height of mosquito season here in NYC, and according to a new map [http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/downloads/pdf/wnv/2013/wnv-map-city-20130809.pdf] from the Department of Health, mosquitos carrying the West Nile Virus [http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/html/environmental/wnv-home.shtml]
prevention
The warmer weather is apparently bringing neighborhood vermin out of their winter hideaways, because the 78th Precinct [http://www.nyc.gov/html/nypd/html/precincts/precinct_078.shtml] has noticed an increase in burglary attempts for our area. To combat this rise, police have sent out a list of tips
care
First it was the flu [/blog/health/dr-hugh-gilgoff-talks-flu-and-vaccines], now it’s the norovirus [http://www.cdc.gov/HAI/organisms/norovirus.html]. The news networks are having a field day with this latest “superbug [http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/health/2013/01/26/doctors-warn-of-new-stomach-superbug-hitting-u-s/] ,” so we asked Dr. Hai Cao [/blog/