When Deborah Salant heard that victims of the coronavirus pandemic were being stored in refrigerated trucks in New York City, she reached out to Town of Hempstead officials about donating her …
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By Melissa Koenig
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4/6/21
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Joy Cameron had been waiting outside the Elmont Senior Center in the cold and rain last Thursday morning, hoping for her shot at getting the Covid vaccine.
She had seen that the Town of Hempstead …
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By Melissa Koenig
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4/6/21
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More than 300 people from Valley Stream and Elmont received Covid-19 inoculations at a state-run pop-up vaccination site at Alden Terrace Elementary School last Saturday.
Organized in …
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By Peter Belfiore
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4/1/21
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N95 Mask, gown, goggles, headgear, gloves — the "new normal" dress code at Nassau Pediatrics Associates. Daily positive Covid tests to call families are just another reminder to me of the …
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3/29/21
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CVS pharmacies are now expanding community access to the Covid-19 vaccine at the following sites within the Heralds’ coverage area:
Baldwin
Bellmore
Cedarhurst
East Rockaway
Glen …
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3/5/21
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State officials joined community representatives to host a pop-up coronavirus vaccine site at the Gateway Christian Center in Valley Stream on Feb. 23. According to state officials, 250 people ages …
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By Peter Belfiore
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3/4/21
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Cynthia Hamilton had been trying to get a Covid vaccine since January, when Gov. Andrew Cuomo first announced that health aides like herself would be eligible to receive the shot, but everywhere she …
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By Melissa Koenig and Peter Belfiore
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2/27/21
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Nassau County Executive Laura Curran announced Wednesday morning that on Saturday, Elmont Memorial Junior-Senior High School will serve as a pop-up coronavirus vaccination site, where roughly 1,000 …
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By Peter Belfiore
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2/24/21
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Although majority-minority communities have had consistently higher Covid-19 infection rates than majority white areas throughout the pandemic, state data shows that residents of those communities …
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By Melissa Koenig
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2/11/21
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The Sewanhaka Central High School District is changing the way parents and guardians can report positive Covid cases to the district.
Officials previously asked parents and guardians to report …
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By Melissa Koenig
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2/9/21
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