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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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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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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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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In the year since a group of Franklin Square residents met at the local library to share their thoughts on revitalizing the community’s downtown, empty storefronts have only become more common, …
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By Melissa Koenig
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2/4/21
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Nassau County Executive Laura Curran must quarantine for 10 days because of a recent exposure to a person who had tested positive for Covid-19.
Curran's press office reported Thursday that the …
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1/14/21
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All schools in the Franklin Square school district, as well as the Gotham Avenue School in the Elmont Union Free School District, will remain closed until Jan. 19, as the number of coronavirus cases …
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By Melissa Koenig
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1/13/21
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