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Some of us are killing our friends without bullets
We Americans have experienced a horrible year since the coronavirus invaded out shores. We’ve been confined to our homes, prohibited from traveling . . . more
Dear politicians: Get your act together on gun control
John Kasich, the former Ohio governor who was roundly defeated in the 2016 Republican presidential primaries by Donald Trump, was doing that thing on March 25 that so many conservative politicians do . . . more
So now that you’re vaccinated . . .
I applaud the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s recent guidance update recommending that people who are fully vaccinated not be confined to quarantine after exposure to a case of Covid-19. more
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Student mental health has been a focus for school counselors during the pandemic.
Focusing on student mental health during Covid
The second of two stories examining student mental health. When the 2019-20 school year ended last June amid a still-spreading coronavirus pandemic, school counselors were well aware that the previous four months had been unlike any that schoolchildren — or their parents — had ever experienced. more
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Joseph Benden, administrator of the Five Towns Premier Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, received his first dose of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine on Monday.
Pfizer Covid vaccine comes to Five Towns Premier Rehabilitation
As the Pfizer and Moderna Covid-19 vaccines are rolled out across the globe, some 200 residents and staff at the Five Towns Premier Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, in Woodmere, received their first dose of the two-dose Pfizer treatment on Monday, the first day the vaccines were made available to the nation’s nursing homes. more
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Asnel Valcin, far left, the hospital’s director of pastoral care, and Pastors Brian Carter and Craig Brown blessed the hands of patient care technicians Lutchmin Maharaj and Edy Barreau in September.
St. John's Hospital in Far Rockaway cares for patients and staff
At times, reporting on the coronavirus pandemic has been reduced to numbers — the number of cases, positivity rates, the number of deaths. At hospitals, including St. John’s Episcopal Hospital, in Far Rockaway, there are many people behind those numbers, from the administrators who run the facility to the doctors and nurses who treat patients. more
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Next week, limit your Thanksgiving gatherings
With the Covid-19 infection rate creeping up above 3 percent in parts of New York state, including Long Island, Gov. Andrew Cuomo last week issued two executive orders. The first . . . more
Merrick residents Tara Notrica, above right, and her daughter, Samantha Horowitz, are the subjects of the documentary “Second Chance,” which details Notrica’s battle with mast cell disease and includes music that Horowitz wrote to help her mother overcome the challenges of her illness.
Merokean’s transplant journey inspires a documentary
A Merokean’s long-fought journey with mast cell disease has been documented on film. “Second Chance,” a documentary by Rochester-based filmmaker Matthew White, chronicles the weeks … more
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Please, Mr. President, prioritize Covid-19 prevention
Let us begin by wishing President Trump and those around him well. He, First Lady Melania Trump and several top federal officials and campaign workers were diagnosed last week with the coronavirus. more
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
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