"The pandemic is over.” With those words last weekend, President Biden declared . . .
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9/22/22
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As the sun sails northward and we stand in the doorway known as spring, between a stark winter and a hopeful-looking summer, there is a passion to embrace life again . . .
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3/24/22
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Tell me your story. If you’re reading this, you are living through a deadly pandemic that has killed more than five million people worldwide. So far. If you’re reading this . . .
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12/2/21
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To mask or not to mask? That is the question — not only mine, but just about everyone else’s, too. The confusion about the necessity of masks . . .
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By James Bernstein
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5/27/21
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The Nassau County Legislature unanimously approved legislation on Nov. 25 to restrict the sale of most flavored vape products countywide. The law’s passage follows a recent uptick in vaping-related …
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By Alyssa Seidman
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12/5/19
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It is difficult to fully comprehend the opioid epidemic’s effects across New York state. But without the brave service of our law enforcement officials, it’s likely that the impacts of opioid addiction and overdoses would be even more severe.
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By Manuel Vilar
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1/17/19
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In the nearly two years that Atlantic Beach resident Melissa Miller has been a state assemblywoman, she has learned that government moves at a glacial pace — which Miller, the mother of a special-needs child, finds frustrating.
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11/1/18
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June 5 marked 35 years since the first cases of HIV were reported in New York and San Francisco. Although we have made great strides in HIV prevention, care and treatment, we still have a long way to …
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By Anthony Santella
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7/21/16
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What’s the biggest concern on Long Island today? Sure, property taxes and quality education are always on everyone’s mind, but right now the heroin epidemic that is threatening members of our community . . .
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5/7/15
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