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The CDC’s Covid-19 back-to-school checklist

Hundreds of thousands of students will start school across Long Island next week amid the worst disease outbreak in the United States since 1918. It is a time of fear and anxiety for many parents . . . more

9/5/20

Let common sense prevail on coronavirus

You would have to be living on a remote island not to be conversant on the coronavirus. The daily drumbeat of cable TV news has kept the once-barely-known ailment front and center in our lives. more

3/13/20

Hempstead Town Medical Director Dr. David Neubert, at lectern, and his staff have been visiting the local senior centers to educate elderly residents about the coronavirus.

Hempstead Town forms task force amid coronavirus outbreak

The Town of Hempstead has created a task force to implement strategies aimed at limiting the spread of novel coronavirus. The announcement came from Supervisor Donald Clavin on Wednesday at the … more

By Alyssa Seidman | 3/12/20

My colonoscopy: not the ordeal I dreaded

The doctor wished me a good sleep. Then I blacked out. I awoke a half-hour later, but it felt as if only seconds had passed. I couldn’t open my eyes. It was if they were . . . more

1/17/20

Making room for mental health in schools

"I’m going trick-or-treating with Freddy Brown this Halloween dressed as Chucky.” I said this to my mom as I left my therapist’s office at the Bio Behavioral Institute in Great Neck. more

By Brian Stieglitz | 11/7/19

If only we knew now what we’ll know then

I saw a guy in town waiting under the portico of a medical practice that specializes in lung disease, and damn if he wasn’t puffing away on a cigarette. more

5/3/19

A modest proposal to trim America’s fat

We don’t need the KGB, ISIS terrorists or Chinese hackers to threaten our lives. No way. We Americans are doing a pretty good job of killing ourselves. more

1/25/19

Science hits close to home for JFK student and Regeneron Scholar

Jake Levine, of Bellmore, has a love of science that he aims squarely at some of the problems humanity faces. The John F. Kennedy High School senior was recently named a Regeneron Talent Search Scholar. That puts Levine in the top tier of young scientists nationwide, and means he may be one of 40 students to compete in Washington, D.C., this spring. more

By Erik Hawkins | 1/24/19

Cynthia G. Scott, executive director of The Safe Center LI, left, and Randi Shubin Dresner, president and CEO of Island Harvest Food Bank, cut the ribbon to officially open the Healthy Harvest Pantry in Bethpage, surrounded by board members of both organizations.

Helping domestic abuse victims through nutrition

Island Harvest Food Bank, in conjunction with Stop & Shop, cut the ribbon on Monday at the Healthy Harvest Pantry in Bethpage, a new facility that will offer healthy food choices to victims of domestic abuse. more

By Stephany Reyes | 12/6/17

Samantha Horowitz, an eighth-grader at Merrick Avenue Middle School, right, wrote a ballad about overcoming obstacles called “Brave the Storm,” which she dedicated to her mother, Tara Notrica.

Merrick family learns to ‘brave the storm’ by overcoming disease

Music has been like medicine for Tara Notrica throughout her 12-year battle with mast cell disease. While Notrica, 52, of Merrick, was treated with immunosuppressant drugs, chemotherapy and high-dose steroids, she mentally persevered by listening to singers such as Shawn Mendes, Ed Sheeran and Sam Smith. more

By Brian Stieglitz | 11/30/17

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