The NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene released a report about the longevity of New Yorkers. The big factoid is that life expectancy is at "an all-time high": "City residents born in 2007 can expect to live an average of 79.4 years - a gain of nearly 5 months since 2006." But on the flip side, men tend to die younger than women—at age 76 versus women's 82 years—and two causes of premature death are heart disease and homicide. Here are some findings: more ›

St. Francis Prep, the Queens private school where many of the city's swine flu cases originated (some students had gone to Mexico for spring break), has reopened today. Mayor Bloomberg was present to help welcome back the students who had been catching up with homework via the Internet. And the students seem to be glad to get back to normalcy—one student who had the A(H1N1) flue told WABC 7, "I'm feeling great now. After the long break, I'm glad to see everyone else and how they're doing... I'm just hoping the school's clean." more ›