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Hochul Names New State Health Commissioner Hochul Names New State Health Commissioner
Hochul Names New State Health Commissioner New York Gov. Kathy Hochul continues making personnel changes from former Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s previous administration, this time with a new health commissioner. Hochul announced that she has chosen longtime healthcare professional Dr. Mary T. Bassett, to take over as the Commissioner of the Department of Health, replacing former top Cuomo aide Howard Zucker, who announced his resignation earlier this month. Original story - New York State Health Commissioner Resigns, Hochul Announces Bassett, who will be stepping down as the director of the François-Xavier Bagnoud (FXB) Center for Health …

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COVID-19: NY Wants You To Take Free Online Health Training Program; Here Are Details COVID-19: NY Wants You To Take Free Online Health Training Program; Here Are Details
Covid-19: NY Wants You To Take Free Online Health Training Program; Here Are Details After being caught off-guard by the COVID-19 outbreak last spring, New York is taking preemptive measures to ensure that they are prepared for the next public health crisis. New York is launching the state’s Citizen Public Health Training Program - believed to be the first of its kind in the country - to train New Yorkers on how to best assist themselves, their families, and neighbors in the event of another event like the pandemic. The program, which was designed and will be run by Cornell University, includes an eight-session, 16-hour curriculum that is completely free and can be complete…

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COVID-19: NY Now Encouraging Houses Of Worship To Be Vaccination Sites COVID-19: NY Now Encouraging Houses Of Worship To Be Vaccination Sites
Covid-19: NY Now Encouraging Houses Of Worship To Be Vaccination Sites New York is calling on all houses of worship of all denominations to sign up as vaccination sites as part of the state’s “Roll Up Your Sleeve” COVID-19 campaign. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo was in Westchester County at Grace Baptist Church in Mount Vernon on Monday, March 22 to announce the new campaign to promote houses of worship of all faiths across the state to sign up as vaccination sites for their communities.  Houses of worship have all been given the green light to serve as points of distribution for the COVID-19 vaccine beginning in April. As part of this new campaign, medic…

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COVID-19: Pop-Up Vaccination Sites Added On Long Island COVID-19: Pop-Up Vaccination Sites Added On Long Island
Covid-19: Pop-Up Vaccination Sites Added On Long Island A pair of new pop-up COVID-19 vaccination sites are being set up on Long Island this week to provide the first doses of the vaccine to thousands of New Yorkers. Those sites are: Nassau County: Lakeview Public Library on Woodfield Road in Rockville Centre on Thursday, March 18. Suffolk County: Congressional Church of Patchogue on East Main Street on Friday, March 19. They are among 16 new community-based pop-up vaccination sites coming online this week at churches, community centers, public housing complexes, and cultural centers in downstate New York to “bolster the state’s commitment t…

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COVID-19: Cuomo Debuts 'Weapon That Will Win War' Against Virus COVID-19: Cuomo Debuts 'Weapon That Will Win War' Against Virus
Covid-19: Cuomo Debuts 'Weapon That Will Win War' Against Virus Gov. Andrew Cuomo has introduced New York to the "weapon that is going to win the war" against COVID-19. During an impromptu COVID-19 briefing on Thursday, Dec. 3 in Albany, Cuomo showcased the vaccine after the state received the first batch of vials containing the vaccination. Related story - COVID-19: 170,000 Vaccines Coming To New York, Here's Who Will Get Them “The next chapter is going to be vaccine distribution and acceptance,” Cuomo said. “This is the weapon that wins the COVID war, and we have to get serious about this. “The distribution is a massive undertaking by the government…

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COVID-19: New Antibody Test Results Released For Long Island For First Time In Six Weeks COVID-19: New Antibody Test Results Released For Long Island For First Time In Six Weeks
Covid-19: New Antibody Test Results Released For Long Island For First Time In Six Weeks With New York continuing to ramp up novel coronavirus (COVID-19) testing, it was determined that in the past six weeks, the number of patients testing positive for the virus’ antibodies has slightly increased. New York State surveyed more than 12,000 people between Friday, May 1, and Saturday, June 13, for antibodies, which found that 13.4 percent of those tested are now testing positive for COVID-19 antibodies, up 1.1 percent from the beginning of the tests. On Long Island, 11.4 percent tested positive as of May 1, jumping 2.7 percent to 14.1 as of June 13. “We’ve been doing more testing …

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