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Dr. Lawrence Eisenstein is leaving his role as Nassau County’s health commissioner to pursue opportunities in the private sector. Eisenstein served in this role since 2009 and steered the county through most of the pandemic. He will leave the county spot at the end of July, officials said. “Dr. Eisenstein has helped lead the county …

Vaccinations and warmer weather should help limit COVID-19’s spread as the state moves toward further loosening restrictions, but the virus will continue to kill and make people sick for years to come, public health experts predict. “The pathogen is very likely to be with us in perpetuity and we have to learn to live with …

A Massapequa High School student is striving to improve the mental health of middle schoolers in her district. Isabella Ritieni, a senior, recently created a mental health awareness video to emphasize the importance of mental wellness to seventh-graders at Alfred G. Berner Middle School. The six-minute video, which was shown during the school’s health education …

Bahamians brace for another storm There’s more trouble for the hurricane-ravaged Bahamas. Tropical Storm Humberto is threatening Grand Bahama Island, creating new worries for more than 2,000 people living in shelters and those trying to rebuild their homes after Hurricane Dorian. As of 8 a.m. ET, the storm was about 30 miles east-northeast of Great …

Bahamians brace for another storm Tropical Depression Nine formed near the Bahamas on Friday and is forecast to become a tropical storm on Saturday, the National Hurricane Center said in its 5 p.m. ET Friday advisory. The Bahamas government issued a tropical storm warning for its northwestern islands — that’s the same area decimated by …