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08.31.2026 Health

PBMC women and infants facility site plan slated for approval by Riverhead Town Board

Riverhead officials are poised to approve site and facade improvements for Peconic Bay Medical Center’s new women and infants center — a key piece of the hospital’s $92 million...

08.27.2026 News

Peconic Bay Medical Center earns national designation for nursing excellence

Green and yellow confetti shot into the air, balloons spelling “Magnet” were flaunted and smiles curled on everyone’s faces as Peconic Bay Medical Center received the highest national honor...

08.19.2026 News

PBMC brings new high blood pressure treatment to the East End

Peconic Bay Medical Center continued to expand its cardiac care services with a new treatment for difficult-to-control high blood pressure that previously forced many East End patients to travel...

08.05.2026 Health

Riverhead woman becomes latest local ‘rabbit fever’ case after cat bite

A Riverhead woman has contracted the rare disease tularemia, commonly known as “rabbit fever,” after being bitten by her pet cat, the Riverhead News-Review has learned — adding another...

08.04.2026 Health

Riverhead boy, 9, slowly recovers from rare tick-borne ‘rabbit fever’

A 9-year-old Riverhead boy is among three probable Suffolk County cases of a rare tick-borne illness known as “rabbit fever” — amid a surge in bites experts say may...

07.20.2026 News

Peconic Bay Medical Center earns top stroke-care award after neuroscience center opening

Peconic Bay Medical Center has earned the American Heart Association’s highest stroke-care recognition to date, the hospital announced Monday — just months after opening its new neuroscience center in Riverhead....

07.15.2026 News

Bomb threat prompts police search at Peconic Bay Medical Center

Peconic Bay Medical Center was on high alert Wednesday after a bomb threat was called in to the Riverhead hospital. An unknown man claimed in an anonymous late-morning call...

06.29.2026 News

PBMC celebrates completion of first stage in Emilie Roy Corey Center development

Peconic Bay Medical Center celebrated the completion of the first stage of infrastructure construction in the development of the Emilie Roy Corey Center for Women and Infants, which is...