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A lot has changed in the three years since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. For those who lost loved ones and for those who have lingering effects from the virus, life seems to have stood still. NewsdayTV's Shari Einhorn reports.

COVID on LI: Three years later 

Memorial Presbyterian Church in Roosevelt had to adapt to the decrease in in-person membership due to the pandemic. Nearly three years later, the church still offers virtual services. 

'Maybe the church didn't need to be in the four walls'

Long Island parents who have children with underlying conditions speak about the pandemic and "tripledemic" and how it affects them. 

Doctors warn about 'tripledemic' for children with underlying conditions

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Consumers may face large bills, unexpected costs and difficult choices of whether to forgo care or testing because it's too expensive, one expert said.

COVID tests, once free, will now cost from $11 to $150. Will we still swab?

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About 3% of health care workers — more than 36,000 — were furloughed, terminated or decided to resign or retire rather than comply.

New York ending vaccine requirement for health care workers

Quality King Distributors was accused of jacking up prices for Lysol when it was in high demand.

Bellport wholesaler will pay $100G for pandemic price-gouging: AG James

Long Islanders won't be able to find out the COVID positivity rates once used by some to assess their risk of infection.

In latest sign pandemic 'emergency' is over, COVID-19 data scaled back

A Manhasset Hills man and his nephew have pleaded guilty to fraudulently obtaining hundreds of thousands of dollars in loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration pandemic relief programs, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin L. Bragg said. 

Manhasset Hills man, nephew plead guilty in pandemic loan scheme, Manhattan DA says

Here's what to know about insurance coverage when, on May 11, the Biden Administration allows the declaration of a public emergency due to the coronavirus pandemic to end. 

Answers to your questions about the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency

What to expect from the new subvariant gaining steam in the U.S. and who should be getting COVID-19 booster shots.

COVID deaths, boosters and pink eye: What to know

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Timothy Heaton, a former Suffolk County correction officer who spent more than five months hospitalized battling COVID-19, was given his retirement shield by Suffolk County Sheriff Errol Toulon Jr. Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023. Toulon Jr. 

A second chance at the rest of his life

State health and education officials are urging people to wear masks indoors as COVID-19, flu and RSV infections increase on Long Island. Newsday TVs Steve Langford reports. 

LIers speak out on masking recommendation

Opera Night Long Island, an open-mic event that brings together talented singers with different repertoire and styles, has returned to St. Paul's United Methodist Church in Northport after a pandemic hiatus. Singers hail the event as a way to help keep music alive for the community.

LI opera lovers keep music alive at open mic night in Northport

The executive director of the Southampton Animal Shelter of Hampton Bays, Pat Deshong, discusses the effects of the COVID boom in pet adoptions years later, and how it is now impacting that animal shelter and others.

COVID boom in pet adoptions

Patrice Piretti, 63, from Huntington Station, worked as a nurse and then a nurse leader at two Northwell Health hospitals, but then had to leave her job because Long COVID prevented her from working successfully. NewsdayTV's Shari Einhorn reports.

The new normal means figuring out life with Long COVID

On Wednesday, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced masks are no longer required on the Long Island Rail Road and other transit systems in New York.

Riders can take off masks if they want

Summer is winding down and kids are preparing to return to school. NewsdayTV's Shari Einhorn reports.

Kids look forward to returning to school minus COVID-19 restrictions

"The days of sending an entire classroom home because one person was symptomatic or tests positive, those days are over," Gov. Kathy Hochul said Monday.

Hochul announces new COVID-19 requirements for schools 

Meter parking fees in Babylon Village were increased Monday from a quarter for two hours to a quarter for one hour. The parking fee increases, among others, were a result of money lost due to the pandemic. Newsday TV's Cecilia Dowd reports.

Parking and other fees going up in Babylon Village

Patients who test positive for COVID-19 can get the antiviral oral medication Paxlovid from the vaxmobile, a partnership between Mt. Sinai South Nassau and the town of Hempstead..

First COVID-19 'Test and Treat' vaxmobile hits LI streets

Gov. Kathy Hochul on Wednesday said children will not be required to wear masks in school when classes resume in the fall, but that could change depending on virus numbers.