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Coronavirus Suffolk County

Mobile service offers paxlovid to COVID positive on Long Island

  • Jul 26, 2022

Long Island police release new video from unsolved Gilgo Beach murders

  • Apr 12, 2022

Nassau leaves mask decisions to schools, giving KN95s to teachers

  • Jan 7, 2022

Exclusive: LIRR union sounds alarm over uncollected COVID test samples

  • Dec 31, 2021

Nassau County hands out 20,000 free at-home COVID test kits

  • Dec 30, 2021

Long Island reporting highest percentage of new COVID-19 cases in NY

  • Dec 23, 2021

LI business owners say they're struggling with new mask mandate

  • Dec 22, 2021

NYC vaccine mandate expands, Hochul defends mask rules

  • Dec 15, 2021

Latest Videos

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Mobile service offers paxlovid to COVID positive on Long Island

  • Jul 26, 2022
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People in 'high-risk' New York counties recommended to wear masks indoors

  • May 14, 2022
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Governor Kathy Hochul announces statewide school mask mandate will be lifted Wednesday

  • Feb 27, 2022
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Long Island student COVID infection rate highest in New York State

  • Oct 14, 2021
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Resolution reached for Huntington schools after school bus scramble

  • Sep 30, 2021
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6 students at Long Island school pulled out of class for not wearing masks

  • Sep 3, 2021
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Hauppauge School District will not make masks mandatory inside school buildings

  • Jun 13, 2021
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Suffolk County Community College freeze tuition for 2nd consecutive year

  • Apr 17, 2021

Latest Stories

Some counties refuse to enforce new mask mandate in New York as it begins

The newest New York state mandate took effect Monday, with masks required in all indoor public places unless the businesses or venues implement a vaccine requirement.

  • Dec 14, 2021

Long Island student COVID infection rate highest in New York State

COVID cases in students are higher on Long Island than anywhere else in New York State, according to data from the New York State Department of Health.

  • Oct 14, 2021

Coronavirus News: Debate over masks in the classroom gets heated across Long Island

Some parents are concerned that not being able to breathe in stifling, hot classrooms was more of a threat to their children than COVID. Others said it's necessary.

  • Sep 9, 2021

Coronavirus News: Massapequa schools to comply with state mask mandate after all

In a letter to the community, Superintendent of Schools Lucille Iconis said the board was still working on a possible legal challenge.

  • Aug 31, 2021

NYS Health Dept. issues universal mask mandate for schools, 2 LI school districts reviewing mandate

The New York State Department of Health is mandating that all public and private school students in grades pre-K-12 wear masks to school this fall. New York Governor Kathy Hochul said this week she would be instructing the Department to issue the mandate.

  • Aug 29, 2021