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Apple co-founder Steve Jobs died on Oct. 5, 2011 after a long battle with pancreatic cancer.

Rockefeller University scientist Ralph Steinman was awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine on Monday, but the committee didn't realize he died on Friday. Nobels aren't usually given posthumously.

A Midtown lawyer-turned comedian is bringing laughs to those who need it most with Cherub Improv.

The Consul General of Finland in New York and a high-ranking member of the country's Ministry of Social Affairs and Health were at Heritage Healthcare Center in Harlem to see best practices Wednesday.

A City Council committee passed a resolution Monday asking for a review of illnesses covered for 9/11 first responders, in an effort to add cancer to the list.

Stuyvesant High School reopened less than a month after 9/11, putting students just blocks from the smoking pile of rubble at Ground Zero.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg said he believes science will eventually prove a link between cancer and exposure to toxins at Ground Zero.

The James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act will continue to exclude cancer patients, officials announced Tuesday.

Cowgirl in the West Village is holding an event to raise funds for a cousin of its longtime bartender.

Sheila Birnbaum took questions from 9/11 recovery workers and residents at a town hall meeting.

Sree Sreenivasan on the dangers, real and imagined, of the cellphone

New York Presbyterian Hospital has yoga, Zumba and Wii classes at anti-cancer wellness fair on Sunday.

Geraldine Ferraro's funeral mass drew political heavyweights to the Upper East Side Thursday morning.

Nicole Bode asks experts about the traces of radiation here from Japan.

The FealGood Foundation is holding a forum at Queens College Sunday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.