Sandra Lindsay, an intensive care nurse at <a rel=nofollow noopener noreferrer href=https://lij.northwell.edu/ target=_blank>Long Island Jewish Medical Center</a>, was one of the first in the nation to raise her hand to take the BioNTech/Pfizer mRNA <a rel=nofollow href=https://www.northwell.edu/coronavirus-covid-19>COVID-19</a> vaccine, delivered by Michelle Chester, DNP.
Sandra Lindsay, an intensive care nurse at Long Island Jewish Medical Center, was one of the first in the nation to raise her hand to take the BioNTech/Pfizer mRNA COVID-19 vaccine, delivered by Michelle Chester, DNP. ( Photo: Northwell Health)

Michael Oreskes has written by the pandemic for Straus News and the Daily News among others. This is the second in a two part series in which he looks back on how the government, health officials and the media handled the COVID-19 outbreak that would kill over 1.1 million Americans.

Communicating the Pandemic (Part 2)
23 Mar 2025 | 09:33
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How you perform in a crisis is all about what you prepared before the crisis

Preparing for the next pandemic includes many challenges beyond communication. One of those challenges is improving the accuracy and availability of real-time data. Dr. Deborah Birx, the coordinator of the White House coronavirus...

There have been some changes at Penn Station such as the new Seventh Avenue entrance (above) but Hochul now says she does not want to expand the crowded rail hub into the block south of the station, which is one of the plans that the station owner Amtrak has pushed.
There have been some changes at Penn Station such as the new Seventh Avenue entrance (above) but Hochul now says she does not want to expand the crowded rail hub into the block south of the station, which is one of the plans that the station owner Amtrak has pushed. ( Photo: Ralph Spielman)

Hochul’s Retreat on Penn Station Expansion Will Spare Entire Block from Demolition

Gov. Kathy Hochul pulled the rug out from under Amtrak’s hope to double the capacity of Penn Station by tearing down the...

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20 Mar 2025 | 09:44
St. John’s men’s basketball team won the Big East regular season and the post-season Big East tournament. The team is now the toast of the town in a city where its major-league sports teams have all failed to deliver a championship in recent years.
St. John’s men’s basketball team won the Big East regular season and the post-season Big East tournament. The team is now the toast of the town in a city where its major-league sports teams have all failed to deliver a championship in recent years. ( Photo: St. John’s University)

St. John’s Basketball Is the Toast of the Town Once Again

The St. John’s Red Storm’s men’s basketball team has made college basketball thrilling again in this town.

Among the greatest...

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17 Mar 2025 | 02:51
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