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Lawrence School District psychologist Dr. Karen Mackler, left, with Tara Schwartz, chairwoman of the district’s Committee on Special Education, discussed mental health strategies.
Five Towns schools, Northwell partner to battle kids' Covid trauma
After nearly two full years of the coronavirus pandemic, the mental health crisis among school-age children is at its peak. more
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Caption: Beginnings Bar & Restaurant, in Atlantic Beach, is requiring masks — with a sense of humor, and a poster in its entrance that’s a play on the movie “Home Alone 2: Lost in New York.” The original line was, “Merry Christmas, you filthy animal.”
Covid surges with Omicron, masks return
It is déjà vu over all again, with another statewide mask mandate in place because of rising Covid-19 numbers, thanks to the Omicron variant. Gov. Kathy Hochul announced on Dec. 10 that masks were required in all indoor public spaces unless businesses or venues implemented a vaccine requirement. more
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Covid is still raging — get your shot ASAP
Let’s stop equating the coronavirus with the flu, please. more
The rules exist for all of us
Q. I hired a carpenter to rebuild my garage because it was rotted and leaning. The roof was OK, so we kept it, but all the walls were stripped away and replaced. In the middle of the job . . . more
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Taking a shot at reducing gun violence
How to go about reducing the number of shootings, injuries and fatalities caused by guns is proving to be a question whose answers are hard to decide on. more
We’re in the thick of summer — safety first!
Summer should be a time of joy, spent hanging out at the beach and barbecuing in the backyard. Too often, however, summer turns tragic when it needn’t. more
The table of contents from “Look Before You Leap,” an anti-vaccine booklet sent to Orthodox Jewish residents of the Five Towns, Brooklyn and New Jersey.
Bridging the Covid vaccine divide
Nearly six months after the first Covid-19 vaccines were administered, inoculation against the virus continues to be controversial, as misinformation and hesitancy remain challenges and as vaccine opponents continue to rail against the shots. more
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Myles Hollingsworth, 16, of Freeport, was vaccinated on May 13 at the Nassau Community College vaccination site for adolescents.
Experts weigh in on vaccine and children
To help answer some questions, and to alleviate anxiety parents may have about vaccinating their children, Nassau County Legislator Arnold Drucker and State Senators Kevin Thomas, Jim Gaughran and Anna Kaplan partnered with the American Academy of Pediatrics to host a virtual panel on May 26, at which parents could ask pediatricians questions. more
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Stella K. Abraham ninth-grader Talya Lippman received her first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine from Onsite Medical Solutions nurse Juliet Melillo at HALB last Sunday.
Adolescents get the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid vaccine
Talya Lippman, a freshman at Stella K. Abraham High School for Girls, was one of the first young people who entered the gym at the Hebrew Academy of Long Beach’s Hirt Family Campus in Woodmere last Sunday. Lippman sat demurely on a folding chair, waiting to receive her first Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against the Covid-19 virus. more
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The heartache of gun violence continues
A 49-year-old father of seven and grandfather of one, Ray Wishropp, was killed April 20 by a lone gunman in the manager’s office of the West Hempstead Stop & Shop over what Nassau County police say was an employee dispute. more
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