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Suffolk County will give away KN95 masks and Covid-19 test kits on Jan. 24. The free distribution is scheduled for noon-6 p.m. in the lobby of the H. Lee Dennison Building, located at 100 Veterans Memorial Highway, Hauppauge. Approximately 1,000 test kits and nearly 1,000 KN95 Read More …
One day into the lifting of the state requirement for Covid-19 masks in public indoor spaces, Huntington residents had different responses. Gov. Kathy Hochul on Wednesday announced the end of the mask mandate effective Thursday, though it is still in place for schools. It’s “not Read More …
Gov. Kathy Hochul lifted the mask mandate for indoor public spaces, including businesses, effective Thursday. The mask mandate for schools remains in effect for now. Huntington Town Supervisor Edmund J. Smyth immediately canceled the mask mandate and temperature checks at town buildings. “The Town of Read More …
Gov. Kathy Hochul on Friday extended the Covid-19 mask mandate for businesses and venues until Feb. 10. The mandate for schools remains in place while a court considers the legality of the governor’s order to require masks. “As we know, the school masking policy remains Read More …
An appeals court ruling Tuesday will allow the state indoor mask mandate to remain in place until at least Friday. The state Education Department immediately notified schools that they should follow the mask mandate. Many schools, including those that had followed the initial ruling on Read More …
A state judge in Nassau County overturned the state’s indoor mask rule Monday, saying the requirement is unconstitutional. Gov. Kathy Hochul immediately responded that the state would appeal the ruling and later in the evening, the State Education Department said schools must enforce the Covid-19 Read More …
As the Covid-19 epidemic wears on, many medical experts are recommending the use of N-95 masks and not the cloth versions that became commonplace back in 2020. Dr. Adrian Popp, head of the infectious diseases department at Huntington Hospital, said that, the Omicron variant of Read More …
Starting Monday, masks will be required for all indoor public spaces unless the venue has a vaccine requirement, Gov. Kathy Hochul said Friday. The governor said that the move was meant to address a surge in Covid-19 cases and hospitalizations. Hochul had said Thursday that Read More …
An official in the office of Gov. Kathy Hochul said Friday that when students are unmasked, schools should “implement physical distancing to the extent possible… but should not exclude students from in-person learning to keep a minimum distance requirement.” Regulations issued by the state Department Read More …
Updated 11:15 p.m.: The Northport school board temporarily stopped its meeting Thursday night as members of the audience shouted at the trustees about plans to require masks when classes resume in the fall. The shouting could be heard over Zoom, about 40 minutes after the Read More …
What if there was a deadly virus that had already killed hundreds of children — over four times more than during a typical flu season? (1, 2) What if that virus had hospitalized thousands of children, leaving many of them with long-term health complications? (3) Read More …
It could have been so easy. Select a phone app, order a few pizzas for the staff at Huntington Hospital and be done with it. But no. Theresa Sullivan went the harder route, aided by hundreds of other residents eager to help those confronting the Read More …