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...
02.09.2021 COVID-19 State releases updated nursing home data showing twice as many fatalities at Acadia Center Newly revised COVID-19 fatality data released by New York State shows Acadia Center in Riverhead had nearly twice as many deaths as the state had previously disclosed. There were...
01.29.2021 COVID-19 Fatalities at nursing homes undercounted by as much as 50%: Attorney general report Fatalities at nursing homes across New York due to COVID-19 were undercounted by as much as 50% as residents who died at hospitals were not included in that data,...
01.21.2021 COVID-19 Race to vaccine continues as struggles persist for many with demand far outweighing supply When the COVID-19 pandemic began last March, Sarah Christ transitioned from her office to home to complete her seasonal work as a tax preparer. Having been diagnosed with stage...
01.17.2021 Health Stony Brook Medicine continues expansion to East End with new offices coming to Riverhead, Mattituck Plans are underway for two new Stony Brook medical offices in Riverhead and Mattituck, expected to open this year. Crews have begun working to convert the former BNB Bank...
01.12.2021 COVID-19 In sudden policy change, New Yorkers over age 65 now eligible for COVID-19 vaccine New Yorkers over 65 years of age will now be eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine following a shift in federal guidelines, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced in a conference...
01.07.2021 COVID-19 2020 Person of the Year: Dr. Lawrence Walser When Dr. Lawrence Walser had time for a brief break from his duties managing an intensive care unit filled with COVID-19 patients at Peconic Bay Medical Center, he would...
12.28.2020 COVID-19 ‘Next few days will tell,’ governor says of COVID-19 spread during holidays State officials are taking a wait-and-see approach to assess the most recent COVID-19 data, which shows a sharp increase in the positive test rate directly after Christmas. Gov. Andrew...
