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Critics say NYS tax would give smokers less reason to quit
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Stomach bug ripping through LI households, classrooms
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NY impacted by FDA recall of peanut butter products
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Can a chatbot replace your therapist? Should it?
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Nurse who sold fake COVID vaccine cards being investigated for falsifying other student vaccine records
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LI scientists find promising results in Alzheimer's research
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A Kings Park man nearly died in a crash. 4 months later, he thanked those who kept him alive
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Snow and cold got you down? Here's what experts say about coping with this year's LI winter
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What Long Islanders should know about Trump Rx site
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Tuberculosis case detected at Bethpage High School
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Glen Cove to tackle PFAS with water plant upgrades
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LI community health centers appeal for $300M in state aid
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Legislature signs off on revised 'aid in dying' law
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New federal package shores up funding for WTC Health Program
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Why your skin is so dry this winter
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LI families, health care industry brace for possible end to Haitians' protected status
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Health care
LI-based health system cuts 'under 4%' of IT staff
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Atria Senior Living seeks to buy 2 assisted living facilities on LI
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3 hospitals on LI make Healthgrades' 2026 list of top in the U.S.
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Hospital seeks to claw back $1M from former high-ranking employees
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Cancer
'I just want to help': How LI cancer center aids patients, survivors
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Better cancer outcomes: 7 in 10 survive 5 years or more
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Cancer treatments covered under law
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Breast cancer survivor, diagnosed at age 35, advocates younger screening
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Mental health
LI therapist who had 'exceptionally violent child pornography' faces 12-year sentence, memo says
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Democrat blasts HHS for creating confusion in cutting, then reinstating SAMHSA grants
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A suspect in the vandalism of JD Vance's Ohio home must stay in jail until trial
How Olympians think about success and failure and what we can learn from them
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COVID-19
LI, NYS flu rates fall but vaccine still vital, officials say
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Germany's troubled economy shows modest growth after two years of shrinkage
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Germany sharply rejects RFK Jr.'s claims that it prosecutes doctors for vaccine exemptions
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Fidelis will pay back millions after charging for COVID tests, HIV screenings following settlement
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Wellness
COVID vaccination rates rose in '24 as LI deaths, hospitalizations fell
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What does NYS Paid Family Leave, FMLA pay on Long Island?
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How LI families are maximizing parental leave with baby
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These LI fusion fitness classes offer one-stop resolution workouts
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Islandia OKs plan to add outpatient surgery site
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Babies born to white mothers now minority, Hofstra study finds
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New NUMC CEO envisions comeback for financially flailing hospital
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COVID deaths drop by half on LI, in U.S.
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NYS rejects federal vaccine recommendations
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Why teen birth rates have plummeted on LI and in the U.S.
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As feds cut anti-tobacco programs, NYS gets 'F' for funding
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LI emergency departments report frostbite, chest pains and falls from storm
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Orthopedic surgeons' tips on shoveling snow safely
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WTC health advocates point to staffing shortages, long wait times
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Rhoda Rubin, co-founder of LI's first Weight Watchers franchise, dies at 94
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Flu cases drop for 3rd consecutive week
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Health Favorites
Memorial Sloan Kettering and Anthem strike deal on reimbursement rates
The two sides said they reached a new multiyear agreement providing Anthem members with continued access to care.
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LI lagging behind rest of NYS on flu, COVID vaccinations
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Health and business
NY impacted by FDA recall of peanut butter products
The FDA said pieces of blue plastic could have made their way into the product.
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LI-based health system cuts 'under 4%' of IT staff
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Costco recalls mini beignets in NY, 23 other states over undeclared nut allergen
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LI community health centers appeal for $300M in state aid
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Picture This: That time Newsday traveled to the Winter Olympics
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NYU Langone ends gender-affirming care for transgender youth
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LIers gather at watch party to see U.S. women's hockey win gold
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LI Works: 'Mr. Bubble' Ken Buffa makes soap
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Jeffrey Epstein’s LI connections
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Out East: Winter Farmers Market
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It's all about the crust at LI slice shop
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Video of ICE takedown in Hempstead shows LI man hitting head against brick wall
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Long Island barber gains popularity on TikTok
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The last refuge of a fare evader? The LIRR bathroom
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