Trenton Daniel

Trenton Daniel

Senior Reporter, Healthbeat

Trenton Daniel is a Senior Reporter for Healthbeat covering New York. Previously, he spent almost 14 years at The Associated Press, most recently as a reporter on the global investigations team using public records to break news and bolster the AP report. Trenton started at AP as its Haiti correspondent, in 2011, writing about reconstruction efforts following the 2010 earthquake and a subsequent cholera outbreak. Before AP, he spent almost eight years as a staff writer at The Miami Herald and reported extensively from Haiti, Iraq and throughout the Caribbean. Trenton also covered his share of hurricanes, homicides and zoning meetings. He lives in Brooklyn and, when not working, is probably training for a marathon by running an unhealthy number of laps inside Prospect Park.

FROM healthbeat New York
Legionnaires’ cases show up in the Bronx despite new law requiring increased cooling tower testing

Legionnaires’ cases appear in the Bronx, raising questions about a new law requiring frequent testing.

By 
Trenton Daniel
 | September 11
FROM healthbeat New York
9/11’s health effects on young people have received scant attention. A federal program wants to change that.

WTC Health Program will launch a group in 2027 to study people who were 21 and under on 9/11.

By 
Trenton Daniel
 | September 9
FROM healthbeat New York
NYC Council and Mamdani present dueling Legionnaires’ plans after 11 deaths from Upper East Side outbreak

New York City Council to hear new legislation looking at enforcement, inspection and transparency in an effort to prevent future Legionnaires’ outbreaks.

By 
Trenton Daniel
 | September 1
FROM healthbeat New York
Three NYC congressional districts are especially vulnerable to Medicaid work requirements

Federal Medicaid work rules could strip coverage for thousands of NYC enrollees, especially in 3 congressional districts reaching parts of the Bronx, upper Manhattan, and Queens.

By 
Trenton Daniel
 | August 19
FROM healthbeat New York
New York City public health system braces for potential federal funding cuts with proposed rule

The new federal rule threatens widespread funding, including NYC health department and community groups

By 
Trenton Daniel
 | July 30
FROM healthbeat New York
Upper East Side Legionnaires’ outbreak sends most to the hospital. A survivor recalls her long recovery.

Most of the people who have caught Legionnaires’ on the Upper East Side have been hospitalized. A survivor recalls her own long recovery.

By 
Trenton Daniel
 | July 27
FROM healthbeat New York
Upper East Side’s Legionnaires’ outbreak: An infectious disease expert weighs in

Almost two weeks after health officials confirmed the first two Legionnaires’ cases, questions abound. Healthbeat asked an infectious disease expert about the pneumonia-like illness.

By 
Trenton Daniel
 | July 15
FROM healthbeat New York
NYC health officials search for source of Legionnaires’ outbreak amid lax cooling tower enforcement

NYC passed a law seeking to curb Legionnaires’ cases. An outbreak on the Upper East Side highlights scant enforcement.

By 
Trenton Daniel
 | July 8
FROM healthbeat New York
Staten Island receives vending machines with free naloxone kits to remove barriers seeking to prevent drug overdoses.

Staten Island once logged the second-highest number of fatal drug overdoses. Health advocates hope vending machines with free naloxone kits will keep those numbers down.

By 
Trenton Daniel
 | June 30
FROM healthbeat New York
What does Dr. Alister Martin’s voter registration startup signal for his leadership as NYC health chief?

Dr. Alister Martin’s unconventional CV, ranging from ER doctor to civic innovation startup founder, offers clues for why Mayor Zohran Mamdani tapped him as NYC’s top health official.

By 
Trenton Daniel
 | June 25