NY1 VIDEO: The April 9, 2016 edition of "City Health Beat," hosted by NY1 health reporter Erin Billups, features the following topics:

  • With the summer months ahead, federal health officials are urging Congress to quickly step up and pass the emergency funding needed for Zika.
  • The Department of Health finalizes its rules for the city's cooling towers after some structures last year were the center of a Legionnaires' outbreak that sickened dozens of New Yorkers and contributed to at least 16 deaths. 
  • Nancy Rankin of the Community Service Society discusses this week’s passage of the State's Paid Family Leave Bill.