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08.18.2021 COVID-19

COVID-19 booster shots to be offered starting in September, federal health officials announce

Federal health officials on Wednesday called for the distribution of COVID-19 booster shots starting this fall. The boosters should prevent the decline of vaccine efficacy against “mild and moderate disease” overtime, according...

04.14.2021 COVID-19

Suffolk officials say no cases of blood clot detected in county due to J&J vaccine as CDC, FDA pause distribution

Distribution of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine was paused this week as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Food and Drug Administration review cases of a...

01.25.2019 Health

Cutchogue farm recalls baby spinach, mesclun after Salmonella sample

Satur Farms in Cutchogue has issued a recall of mesclun and baby spinach after a sample tested positive for Salmonella bacteria, according to U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

12.06.2015 Agriculture

Federal food safety act to take effect next month

Many things come with a new year — new resolutions, new opportunities and, for some local produce farmers, new federal guidelines.

08.13.2014 Health

SCHD: Warning on powdered pure caffeine products

The Suffolk County Department of Health Services has issued a warning urging people stay away from powdered pure caffeine products being sold on the internet.

12.15.2013 Health & Environment

Health: FDA study helps explain the re-emergence of whooping cough

A new FDA study could help explain the re-emergence of whooping cough, a contagious disease that has claimed the lives of more children than scarlet fever, diphtheria or measles...

05.19.2013 Business

Local farmers say they’re not the one with issues

North Fork farmers are facing new government regulations they say will lead to too much paperwork — only to fix a problem that exists elsewhere in the U.S. The...

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