07.22.2021 Government Overdose deaths down locally this year as numbers soared nationally in 2020 Opioid deaths in Southold and Riverhead towns from Jan. 1 to date amount to a number both towns’ police chiefs hope will stay the same in the coming weeks....
07.07.2021 Health New approach to opioid treatment as Quannacut joins national study Treatment for patients struggling with opioid addiction is often a multi-faceted approach. Medication can help ease the patient’s symptoms of withdrawal and cravings. And the counseling portion of treatment...
06.24.2021 Environment Beware of ticks this summer as experts say population on the rise After a mild winter, experts are warning of an especially bad tick season in 2021. The phones at East End Tick & Mosquito Control have been ringing “off the...
06.23.2021 COVID-19 Cuomo: New York will end COVID-19 state of emergency Thursday New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has announced that New York’s COVID-19 state of emergency, which has been in place since last March, will end Thursday. Mr. Cuomo lifted most...
05.30.2021 Community Bone marrow match saved a local life; drive will now aim to help more When Joanne Goerler was diagnosed with myelodysplastic syndrome, a blood cancer in which blood cells in the bone marrow do not mature, a doctor said her only option was...
04.29.2021 Health Two local sisters share an unbreakable bond after bone marrow donation Lorraine LaRosa faced a seemingly impossible decision. She knew how fortunate she was to have not one, but three perfect matches for a bone marrow transplant, a procedure used...
04.21.2021 COVID-19 Farm workers vaccinated during pop-up at Raphael A van parked along a North Fork farm field or at one of the area’s winery tasting rooms may seem unlikely places to receive a COVID-19 vaccine, but both...
04.17.2021 COVID-19 Dealing with dementia in age of COVID-19 Dealing with dementia, whether it’s the result of Alzheimer’s or another cause, is enough of a challenge in ordinary times. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the challenge is even greater...
04.01.2021 COVID-19 During COVID, another crisis continued: opioids Over the past year, as the COVID-19 pandemic claimed lives and sent thousands to hospitals and into ICUs, another epidemic was also raging. Opioids. While experts say the opioid...
03.22.2021 COVID-19 Gen Xers can roll up their sleeves as vaccination eligibility expands Tuesday The COVID-19 vaccine is being made available to residents of New York State over the age of 50 beginning Tuesday, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced at a press conference Monday....
03.10.2021 COVID-19 One year later, reflecting on the ‘tsunami of sickness’ that hit PBMC in two waves It was in mid-March last year, just a few days after Suffolk County’s first confirmed COVID-19 case, when Dr. Lawrence Walser sat at a small desk where he would...
03.09.2021 COVID-19 COVID-19 on the North Fork, a one-year statistical snapshot It’s been exactly one year since the first case of COVID-19 was reported in Suffolk County. Perhaps more than any other news event, the pandemic has been told through...
03.08.2021 COVID-19 After year filled with loss, hope emerges for future as PBMC commemorates health care heroes One by one, the hospital staff members approached the monument just unveiled outside Peconic Bay Medical Center and placed a rock at its edge Monday evening. Each rock featured...
02.23.2021 COVID-19 School districts to report data on teacher vaccinations to state; nursing home visitation to expand School districts will be required to report the number of teachers who have been vaccinated as the state begins to collect data to assess what Gov. Andrew Cuomo referred...
02.10.2021 Health Amy Loeb promoted to executive director at PBMC, replacing Andrew Mitchell Andrew Mitchell, the president and CEO of Peconic Bay Medical Center since 2001, is leaving his current role after nearly 20 years of running the hospital’s day-to-day operations. As...
