Healthcare finally prioritizing providers’ mental health
By TERRY LYNAM // They’re often held to higher standards, but doctors and other medical professionals are mere mortals, just like the rest of us. Unlike the rest of us,…
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Chancellor cheers federal Internet-access funding
By DEBORAH STANLEY // It has been clear for years that high-speed Internet access is not a privilege, but a necessity that provides the key to academic, professional and personal…
Government, industry must unite now on telemedicine
By JERRY BALENTINE // During the COVID-19 pandemic, telehealth platforms acted as a lifeline for New Yorkers to safely access medical services. The lasting effect of this increased use of digital-health services will be nothing…
Guns kill kids, and if lawmakers won’t act, doctors will
By TERRY LYNAM // For the first time in more than 60 years, gunshot wounds have overtaken motor vehicle accidents as the number-one killer of American children. While certainly a…
Northwell deploys telehealth to Ukraine’s eastern front
By GREGORY ZELLER // Northwell Health has opened a new front in the Ukraine War, running straight through New Hyde Park. With invading Russian forces pushing across Ukraine’s eastern border,…
COVID-cracking UPenn duo snags top Feinstein honor
By GREGORY ZELLER // The technology behind the breakthrough COVID-19 vaccines has earned two University of Pennsylvania scientists highest marks from the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research. Specifically, UPenn Perelman…
In Musk’s Twitter play, red flags about media influence
By GREGORY ZELLER // So, a world-famous billionaire futurist with apparently unlimited resources, an affinity for weed and a continent-sized ego (with a mouth to match) is taking over Twitter…
Biden slips, old wounds fester in new Hofstra survey
By GREGORY ZELLER // Most Americans approve of the White House’s response to Russia’s Ukraine invasion – but that’s about the only part of President Joe Biden’s job performance earning…
Innovation, family reign at America’s First Supermarket
By GREGORY ZELLER // The line of succession continues at America’s First Supermarket. The Board of Directors of the Hauppauge-based King Kullen Grocery Co. has appointed James Cullen Jr. chairman,…
In Rogan controversy, social media’s darker evolution
By DAVID A. CHAUVIN // On the surface, it’s easy to paint the latest controversy for Spotify flagship enterprise “The Joe Rogan Experience” with broad strokes: another example of COVID-19…
Beefing up cancer treatments, with a vaccine in sight
By GREGORY ZELLER // New vaccines produced in part by a progressive Long Island biotech could significantly increase the efficacy of existing cancer treatments. The potential breakthrough – detailed this…
Study: Enjoy those nachos and beat COVID, too
By GREGORY ZELLER // High doses of an over-the-counter antacid can reduce the severity of COVID-19 symptoms. The important news about the common heartburn drug famotidine – known best by…
Two years in, still confronting big COVID questions
By TERRY LYNAM // Today, Feb. 11, marks the two-year anniversary of COVID-19 – at least, the anniversary of the World Health Organization giving the novel coronavirus a formal name….
After COVID, mom and pop face a big e-commerce risk
By ADAM HABER // The pandemic has permanently changed consumer behavior. The vast majority of consumers, better than 90 percent, now see two to three days as a baseline for…
Cabrini stakes LI with the mother of last-minute gifts
By GREGORY ZELLER // One of the nation’s youngest – and most generous – healthcare foundations made it a Christmas to remember for New York organizations serving underserved communities, with…