Cohen Children’s breaks new gene-therapy ground, again
By GREGORY ZELLER // Another next-generation genetic therapy for sickle cell disease has debuted at Cohen Children’s Medical Center. Just months after it became the first hospital in New York…
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Poll: Most Long Islanders avoid the naughty list in 2024
By GREGORY ZELLER // Don’t believe all that noise about New Yorkers being a nasty lot – it’s a bunch of hogwash, according to the latest Mount Sinai South Nassau…
PR mega-merger threatens the very soul of creativity
By DAVID A. CHAUVIN // In one memorable episode of “Mad Men,” Sterling Cooper merges into the tongue-twisting Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce, igniting a chaotic clash of egos and overlapping…
To make hospital-at-home a reality, experts call in IPS
By GREGORY ZELLER // A Long Island stalwart of product design and development is lending its considerable expertise to a comprehensive effort to create a working “hospital at home” model….
Northwell sees better spinal surgeries with Teligen tech
By GREGORY ZELLER // Northwell Health is showing some real spine. Literally. The New Hyde Park-based health system has become the first in New York State to employ the Teligen…
SBU lands on the front lines of Ukraine’s refugee crisis
By GREGORY ZELLER // Stony Brook University is part of an international team of institutions working to construct emergency shelters for refugees across war-torn Ukraine. The collaborative project – co-funded…
Feds scuffle as minorities pay a heavy diabetes price
By JEFFREY L. REYNOLDS // André “Doctor Dre” Brown can’t prescribe Ozempic because he’s not that kind of doctor, but that hasn’t stopped the Beastie Boys DJ and 1990s co-host…
At Bethpage, women’s empowerment written in the star
By GREGORY ZELLER // Bethpage Federal Credit Union is going Hollywood. The Bethpage-based bank – a top-20 nationwide credit union, boasting roughly 480,000 members and upwards of $13.4 billion in total assets…
Mount Sinai South Nassau delivers for Long Beach, again
By GREGORY ZELLER // Mount Sinai South Nassau has delivered another significant healthcare upgrade to the City of Long Beach. The flagship Long Island hospital of the New York City-based…
With billions in play, opioid settlements turn political
By TERRY LYNAM // To those who’ve lost a loved one, it’s blood money: $55 billion in court settlements to be paid out in response to the 900,000 American lives…
Senator: NYC congestion pricing is ‘direct attack’ on LI
By GREGORY ZELLER // Plans to impose “congestion pricing” on New York City motorists have generated raucous applause – and fierce resistance. Battle lines are being drawn along 60th Street…
Trump 2 could supercharge intellectual property law
By ALLISON SINGH // Intellectual property wasn’t a big subject in 2024 campaign speeches or political slogans, but it will play a big role in the new Presidential administration. This…
Research Week: Zucker School students reach beyond
By GREGORY ZELLER // Nearly 100 students from one of Long Island’s most prestigious medical schools have showcased research projects that go straight to the cutting edge – and well…
‘Liquid gold’ flows from donors to SSUH’s Neonatal ICU
By GREGORY ZELLER // An innovative “bridge” linking South Shore University Hospital to a groundbreaking breastmilk clinic is delivering human milk to premature babies whose mothers might not be ready…
At Metco, workforce efforts run deep below the surface
By TOM MARINER // “Metco has been here for 91 years?” This was my surprised retort to Ed Sottile and Nicole Hernandez of Oerlikon Metco, when I found them talking…