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Covid-19: Amityville Nurse Sold Fake Cards, Submitted Bogus Oxy Scripts: DA
A 50-year-old pediatric nurse faces over 30 counts in two different indictments for money laundering, providing fake COVID-19 vaccination cards, and creating false oxycodone prescriptions for people who were not her patients, authorities said.
Amityville resident Julie DeVuono, owner of Wild Child Pediatric Healthcare, was indicted on Wednesday, April 12, for multiple felonies involving forged vaccination records and prescriptions, the Suffolk County DA announced.
It is alleged that DeVuono, acting in conjunction with employees Brooke Hogan and Marissa Urraro, abused her position as a hea…
Covid-19: Repeat Infections Can Be Dangerous, Even Deadly, Brand-New Study Reveals
Repeat COVID-19 infections can be dangerous, even deadly, including for those who have been vaccinated and boosted, according to a brand-new study.
The study by the Washington University School of Medicine and the Veterans Affairs St. Louis Health Care system found that "repeat SARS-CoV-2 infections contribute significant additional risk of adverse health conditions in multiple organ systems."
The findings, published Thursday, Nov. 10 in Nature Medicine, reported that such outcomes include:
hospitalization;
disorders affecting the lungs, heart, brain, and the body’s blood, mus…
Local State Of Emergency Declared In NYC Due To Monkeypox Outbreak
New York City Mayor Eric Adams declared a local state of emergency due to the monkeypox outbreak.
Adams issued the emergency executive order on Monday, Aug. 1.
As of Friday, July 29, 1,289 people in New York City had tested positive for monkeypox.
“New York City now has over 1,200 reported cases, approximately 25 percent of cases nationally, and we are continuing to see the numbers rise," Adams said. "This order will bolster our existing efforts to educate, vaccinate, test, and treat as many New Yorkers as possible and ensure a whole-of-government response to this outbreak."
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Covid-19: Long Island Sees New Increases In Cases, Infection Rate; Breakdown By Community
After seeing a slight reprieve, the positive COVID-19 infection rate on Long Island has surged past 5.50 percent as New York contends with new cases of the virus rapidly spreading across the state.
On Long Island, the average seven-day average positive percentage of those tested in Nassau and Suffolk dipped from 5.72 percent on Friday, April 15 to 5.41 percent the following day, up to 5.46 percent on Sunday, April 17, before spiking to 5.55 on Monday, April 18, according to the state Department of Health.
Statewide, during that same span, the average positivity rate rose from 4.78 percent t…
