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After months of denying that gravity exists, President Trump dropped a golf ball from the White House roof and declared that Isaac Newton was right.
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7/31/20
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With fears of the Zika virus looming, Nassau County plans to intensify efforts to trap and study mosquitoes this summer, while also educating the public on how to reduce mosquitoes around their homes, County Executive Ed Mangano and Health Commissioner Dr. Lawrence Eisenstein said at a news conference on May 25.
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By Stephany Reyes
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6/1/16
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Though the World Health Organization recently declared the Zika virus a global health emergency, residents of Long Island don’t have much to worry about — unless they plan to travel to affected areas.
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By Alex Costello
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2/10/16
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North Shore-LIJ Health System officials said on Oct. 23 that they intend to develop a multi-million dollar biological containment unit at one of its 16 hospitals, designed to c
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By David Weingrad
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10/29/14
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Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced a statewide Ebola plan on Oct. 16 that called for the coordination of health care, Port Authority and Metropolitan Transportation Authority workers to combat a potential spread of the Ebola virus should it cross New York’s borders. He also designated eight hospitals, including Long Island’s North Shore-LIJ, in Nassau County, and Stony Brook University Hospital, in Suffolk, to act as regional centers for treating patients with Ebola.
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By David Weingrad
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10/22/14
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I have begun to worry about malaria, and I’m taking malaria prophylaxis, even though I’m not about to leave for a safari or the wilds of Myanmar anytime soon.
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9/4/14
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It used to be respectable, even desirable, for someone who was sneezing and coughing and spewing germs to stay home until the siege passes.
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10/3/13
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Am I a card-carrying germaphobe? I’m getting there. As I edge toward full membership, watching the movie “Contagion” could well confer on me lifelong membership (unless, of course, I catch a cold from the person sitting behind me in the movie and die).
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9/22/11
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Based on current mosquito trap data, the Nassau County Health and Public Works departments announced yesterday a schedule for localized truck-spraying of adulticide — a product used to reduce adult mosquitoes — to occur at targeted areas in the county.
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By Jackie Nash
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9/20/11
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Aerial spraying to treat West Nile virus has been postponed after the federal government imposed a no-fly zone over the area during the 9/11 weekend and beyond, according to the Nassau County Department of Health.
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By David Weingrad
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9/14/11
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