Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, City Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn and National Institute of Reproductive Health President Kelli Conlin, along with San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon and Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich today launched the 2008 Urban Initiative for Reproductive Health National Summit... continue

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and members of the New Democrat Coalition today urged Congress to take action on measures that would encourage rapid nationwide implementation of health information technology.... continue

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Health Commissioner Dr. Thomas R. Frieden today unveiled the City’s next-generation electronic health records (EHRs), already in use at more than 200 primary-care providers across the city that care for more than 200,000 New Yorkers.... continue

Three heavyweights in the nation's public health debate — cyclist Lance Armstrong, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and former U.S. Surgeon General Richard Carmona — joined forces Friday to continue pushing cancer into the national political arena.... continue

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, Health Commissioner Dr. Thomas R. Frieden and Consumer Affairs Commissioner Jonathan Mintz released new data today from the 2007 New York City Youth Risk Behavior Survey showing that cigarette smoking among New York City teens declined by 20% between 2005 and 2007.... continue

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Speaker Christine C. Quinn today proposed legislation that would increase the number of food carts that sell fresh fruits and vegetables only. The carts will be located in neighborhoods throughout the five boroughs where access to fresh fruit and vegetables is limited.... continue

Mayor Bloomberg receives the Julius B. Richmond Award from the Harvard School of Public Health.... continue

The following is Mayor Bloomberg's 2008 State of the City Address.... continue

"America, the most wonderful country in the world, is at a crossroads. The politics of partisanship and the resulting inaction and excuses have paralyzed decision-making, primarily at the federal level, and the big issues of the day are not being addressed – leaving our future in jeopardy."... continue

Taking his anti-tobacco crusade to the international stage, Mayor Bloomberg co-authored a paper for a British medical journal arguing that 100 million lives could be saved if every country reduced its smoking rate.... continue

For the first time ever, the world's leading agent of death is a man-made substance—tobacco. If current trends continue, tobacco will kill 1000 million people prematurely during this century.... continue

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is often mentioned as a possible Republican presidential candidate, and perhaps, given his considerable personal fortune, as a third-party standard-bearer. Whatever his other merits - he's apparently a pretty good mayor - Bloomberg would bring a novel but important issue to the presidential race, the voters' weight and nutritional well-being, in short, food.... continue

If an apple a day keeps the doctor away, what can the Big Apple do? A lot, it turns out. Michael Bloomberg has championed a ban on smoking and trans fats in restaurants with good results.... continue

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg today called for a restructuring of how the United States pays for health care services in an address at the Academy Health National Health Policy Conference in Washington, D.C.... continue

Thoroughly and altogether helpfully, Mayor Bloomberg yesterday gave official measure to the serious and growing health consequences suffered by the forgotten victims of 9/11 - along with unequivocal recognition that government must do more to care for their needs.... continue

15 Recommendations Offered by Report Call for Full Funding of Treatment Centers, New Medical Working Group, WTC Health Coordinator, Re-opening of Victim Compensation Fund... continue

Mayor Highlights Failure of Current System to Sufficiently Improve Health in Transcript to Academy Health National Health Policy Conference... continue

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg today announced in Israel that Jerusalem’s main ambulance center and blood bank, which was built in 1963 and is now insufficient to serve the city’s growing needs, will be renovated, expanded, and renamed the William H. Bloomberg Magen David Adom Jerusalem Station after his late father.... continue

The following is the text of Mayor Bloomberg’s State of the City Address as delivered at New York City College of Technology in Brooklyn.... continue

Michael R. Bloomberg today named the five key partner organizations, which will implement his initiative, coordinating activities and providing grants to other organizations to promote freedom from smoking.... continue

Mayor Michael Bloomberg delivers the keynote address at the opening dinner for the Slate 60 conference celebrating the 10th annual Slate 60 list of generous charitable contributors in America.... continue

Michael R. Bloomberg announced today that he will donate $125 million to create the “Worldwide Stop Smoking Initiative,” to help end dependence on tobacco, a highly addictive and deadly substance.... continue

Comprehensive Response Plan to Limit Impact of Influenza Pandemic Involves Coordination Among City, State, Federal, Private and Nonprofit Entities; Pandemic Influenza Strain Currently Does Not Exist But Preparations Necessary... continue

Comprehensive Response Plan to Limit Impact of Influenza Pandemic Involves Coordination Among City, State, Federal, Private and Nonprofit Entities; Pandemic Influenza Strain Currently Does Not Exist But Preparations Necessary... continue

The following is the text of Mayor Bloomberg’s Address at "The Public’s Health and the Law in the 21st Century Fifth Annual Partnership Conference"... continue

The following is the text of Mayor Bloomberg’s Convocation Address as delivered at the University of Chicago in Chicago, Illinois.... continue

New Data Shows Increase in Cigarette Tax Correlates with Significant Decrease in Underage Smokers; Decrease Shows 29,000 Fewer High Schools Students ‘Lighting Up’ Since 2001; Since 1997, Teenage Smoking Has Declined by More Than 50%... continue

Mayor Michael Bloomberg Delivers the 2006 State Of The City Address "A Blueprint For New York City’s Future."... continue

New York to be First City in the Country to Fund Emergency Contraception Outreach – Goal is to Reduce Abortions and Improve Women’s Health... continue

"Under our Administration, all 11 hospitals run by the Health and Hospitals Corporation have undergone rigorous independent accreditation reviews. Each passed with flying colors, getting some of the highest grades any New York City hospitals have ever earned. And earlier this month, Consumer Digest listed Harlem and Coney Island Hospitals and Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center among the "50 Exceptional U.S. Hospitals" in the area of hospital safety."... continue

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) Commissioner Thomas R. Frieden, MD, MPH, Department of Design and Construction (DDC) Commissioner David J. Burney, AIA and Assistant Commissioner and Director of the Public Health Laboratory (PHL) Sara T. Beatrice, PhD. today opened the newly renovated bioterrorism detection facility at the City’s Public Health Laboratory in Manhattan. The opening comes after a two-year, $16 million renovation and upgrade.... continue

Mayor Michael Bloomberg's 2004 State of the City Address.... continue

Remarks by Mayor Bloomberg at a Public Hearing on Local Laws... continue

The following is the text of Mayor Bloomberg’s 2002 State of the City Address.... continue