Nearly two dozen survivors, family members and hospital workers on Monday attended a COVID-19 support group meeting at LIJ Valley Stream, sharing stories of how the virus affected their lives and changed their outlook on faith, friends and family.


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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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The number of people injured by gunfire was nearly 40% higher in 2020 and 2021, compared with 2019, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.

Gun injuries in U.S. surged during pandemic, CDC study shows

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The president won't veto a GOP-led measure to end the national COVID emergency, despite having expressed strong objections against it earlier this year, ensuring the bill is on an easy path to becoming law.

Biden won't veto Republican-led bill ending COVID emergency

As more teens face increasing anxiety and stress especially after enduring years of the pandemic, a Youth Wellness Summit in North Merrick aimed to give students and staff the right tools to build resilience and improve mental health.

Tools to improve students' mental health focus of youth summit in N. Merrick

Julie DeVuono will be arraigned April 12 on the upgraded charges, which include felony counts for forgery of a government document and offering a false instrument as well as misdemeanor conspiracy.

Papers: Nurse practitioner charged in alleged $1.5M vaccine card scheme indicted on upgraded charges

There has not been a surge in cases, deaths and hospitalizations that marked previous winter seasons, giving experts hope the disease is becoming more predictable and manageable.

COVID-19 three years later: 'Best spot we have been in'

Three years after Long Island reported its first coronavirus deaths, we share stories of five families who grieve — and try to move on with their lives.

'I just feel heartbroken': Families cope with profound loss from COVID-19

The deal comes weeks before Chembio Diagnostics' sale to Biosynex SA closes.

LI firm settles with SEC before sale to French company

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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. 

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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.