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Southside Hospital adds emergency helipad

A new helipad at Bay Shore’s Southside Hospital is adding some lift to Northwell Health’s regional emergency services. Already counted among the American Hospital Association’s “Most Wired” IT-savvy hospitals, Southside…



Island innovation shines in 35th Inc. 5000

By GREGORY ZELLER // With just under 1 percent of the Inc. 5000’s fastest-growing companies, Long Island is still solidifying its new-economy reputation – but for innovation’s sake, those 40…



Feinstein researchers nab major NIH awards

Two cutting-edge Feinstein Institute for Medical Research projects have been selected for an elite National Institutes of Health funding program. Kevin Tracey, the institute’s president and CEO, and Ping Wang,…





Island villages earn state clean-water funds

Two Suffolk County clean-wastewater efforts were among a flotilla of water infrastructure-improvement projects heralded this week by Gov. Andrew Cuomo. On Friday, the governor’s office announced that projects proposed by…




Waiting on ginning season, Applied DNA dips

Stony Brook-based Applied DNA Sciences reported another down quarter Thursday, with company officials blaming declines on shifting demands for the biotech’s proprietary security solutions. Reporting results for the third quarter…



Sales drop, tax bite sting Chembio Diagnostics

Medford biotech Chembio Diagnostic Systems Inc. took it on the chin in the second quarter, with steep losses attributed to declining sales for its infectious-disease detectors and a one-time, multimillion-dollar…


Stony Brook Medicine, Mount Sinai Health team up

Academic synergies and accelerated discoveries are the promise of a new research collaboration pairing Stony Brook Medicine and the Mount Sinai Health System. Stony Brook University and New York City-based…