Westchester Medical Center News

It's summer and that means Lyme disease season. One of the hospitals in our area has a program to diagnose and treat the illness quickly.

A 76-year-old Cortlandt Manor man is due back in court Monday after quarreling with his 75-year-old wife and shooting her in the abdomen with a shotgun at their home, officials said.

A 76-year-old man in suburban New York City is behind bars after police say he shot his wife in the stomach.

MOUNT PLEASANT, N.Y. The Maria Fareri Children's Hospital at Westchester Medical Center has been named a Nationally Ranked Hospital, according to U.S. News .

A 2-year-old boy was seriously hurt yesterday after a tractor-trailer rear-ended the convertible in which he was riding.

A push to increase the number of nurses per patient at New York's 185 acute care hospitals pits promises of fewer patient deaths and complications against a billion dollars or more in annual health care costs.

A Manhattan man was flown to Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla Saturday after crashing his motorcycle into a guardrail, police said.

A woman with what appeared to be self-inflicted stab wounds was discovered near the parking lot of the U.S. Mint off Route 218 at West Point at about 12:15 p.m. Thursday.

Using ultraviolet light, a machine disinfects a patient's room at Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla, N.Y. Hospitals are turning to high-technology devices to disinfect rooms in a bid to lower patient infection rates.