I looked down, and there it was — my heart, feverishly thumping. My valves looked like little whips snapping back and forth. It was a strange sight indeed.
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10/26/17
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Some terrifying creatures, known as the “League of the Undead,” are skulking around Nassau Coliseum this month.
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By Karen Bloom
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10/13/17
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The Seaford community blood drive will be held this Friday, June 2 at the Seaford Fire Department, located on Southard Avenue. The event, sponsored by the Seaford Chamber of Commerce, Seaford Lions …
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5/30/17
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Three members of the Latin Kings street gang were sentenced today for brutally stabbing, beating and kidnapping a member of the Bloods street gang who had entered the window of a Valley Stream home to collect his girlfriend’s belongings in March 2016.
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By Rossana Weitekamp
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5/10/17
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February is American Heart Month, and there is no better time to think about being heart-healthy. If you have high blood pressure, this is the time to be sure you are doing everything you can to keep …
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Lynette Harry-Rutherford, RN, Director of Clinical Documentation and Reimbursement
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2/9/17
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In 1996, when Jennifer Lentini was only 13, she was suffering from a heart muscle disease and in desperate need of a transplant. For months,she waited for one in a hospital, as her heart got progressively worse. “The doctors told my parents to say goodbye to me on July Fourth,” Lentini recalled. “Then on July 5, the organ came in.”
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By Rossana Weitekamp
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1/11/17
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The tag belongs to a group called “Blood Original Gangsters,” although the locals now using it painted Bang On Goons when they tagged Shell Creek Park and the Starbucks coffee shop sign three …
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By Barbra Rubin-Perry
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8/31/16
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In response to a local “blood emergency,” the New York Blood Center held a donation drive at the Franklin Square Library on June 27. According to the blood center, its supply is reaching …
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By Nakeem Grant
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7/13/16
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Summer is a good time to relax — it’s also a good time to give blood. There is a blood shortage, and local hospitals and blood banks need donations now.
“Summer is one of the most …
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By Rebecca Melnitsky
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7/6/16
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In the aftermath of the massacre in a gay nightclub in Orlando, Fla., on June 12, Central Floridians rushed to local blood banks to help those in need. Unfortunately, many of them were turned away because of their sexual orientation.
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6/23/16
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