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01.29.2025 Health

Peconic Bay Medical Center program supporting cardiac patients

A Peconic Bay Medical Center program called Cardiac Rehabilitation, a 12-week course involving supervised exercise in their own gym and lessons about nutrition and lifestyle, brought a Riverhead resident...

01.07.2025 Health

Norovirus and influenza cases on the rise throughout New York

As folks gather indoors this winter — whether it be for holidays, football playoffs or perhaps to shelter from the cold — the unwelcome party guests influenza and norovirus...

09.20.2024 Community

North Fork Breast Health Coalition to hold walk Sunday at Tanger

The North Fork Breast Health Coalition 26th annual 5K Walk for Breast Cancer Awareness returns on Sunday, Sept. 22. The fundraiser for the Riverhead-based non-profit, which provides myriad resources...

07.16.2024 Health

Center for Women and Infants at PBMC received $10 million boost

Northwell Health’s Peconic Bay Medical Center received a $10-million contribution for the upcoming Emilie Roy Corey Center for Women and Infants from the center’s namesakes, Emilie and Michael Corey....

05.21.2024 Health

Peconic Bay Medical Center opens Kanas Family Simulation Lab

Peconic Bay Medical Center unveiled a state-of-the-art simulation lab for training and staff professional development. The simulation lab was christened as the Kanas Family Simulation Lab in honor of...

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03.27.2024 Community

PBMC speech pathologist reflects on medical mission to Ukraine

Riverhead native Caitlin Saxtein, a speech language pathologist at Peconic Bay Medical Center who specializes in swallowing disorders, put her unique skill set to good use during a mission...

03.18.2024 Community

Blue Waves’ Deanna North pitches positive mental health to student athletes

Riverhead High School senior and varsity softball captain Deanna North, 18, has teamed up with Hope for Athletes to organize a “student athlete mental health awareness” softball game May...

02.07.2024 Health

Catholic Health opens outpatient health care facility in Riverhead

Catholic Health has opened a $7.2 million ambulatory care facility in Riverhead that will employ some 30 workers. The Rockville Centre-based health system opened the 15,600-square-foot Catholic Health Ambulatory...

02.05.2024 Health

Concerns mount about Flanders Northampton ambulance crew staffing

Susan Tocci of Flanders says her family has given more than 150 years of service to the Flanders Northampton Volunteer Ambulance, and that she herself rose up the ranks...

02.02.2024 Health

Peconic Bay Medical Center nurses and healthcare workers vote in favor of a strike

Peconic Bay Medical Center nurses and healthcare workers — who stated they are the “lowest-paid” in their profession on Long Island — have voted to authorize a strike. Dozens...

01.08.2024 Community

PBMC welcomes new chair of emergency medicine

Dr. Ninfa Mehta, the new chair of emergency medicine at Peconic Bay Medical Center, has a connection to the Riverhead hospital that goes well beyond her job. Back when...

10.13.2023 Health

Cancer screenings to continue at Peconic Bay Medical Center

Suffolk County’s Cancer Services Program will continue to operate at Riverhead’s Peconic Bay Medical Center, thanks to a five-year extension approved by the New York State Department of Health....

09.01.2023 Community

Peconic Bay Medical Center’s new cardiac testing technology saves lives

When Natalie Crowe of Setauket went for her physical in April, she felt perfectly fine. The last thing she expected to hear was that there was an irregularity in...

07.26.2023 Community

Q&A: Dr. Brian McKenna on non-prescription oral contraceptive

The Food and Drug Administration-approved Opill (norgestrel), the first daily oral contraceptive approved for use in the U.S. without a prescription, on July 13. Riverhead News-Review spoke with longtime...

06.21.2023 Environment

Cyanobacteria found in South Merritts Pond

While the air over Long Island was brown as a result of Canadian wildfires recently, the water in one part of Riverhead was blue and green. South Merritts Pond...

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