Lisa L. Colangelo
- Indexed articles, last 90 days
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- Oct 1, 2026
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As rabies spreads in LI raccoons, workers respond with vaccine bait (opens the original)
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Raccoons will eat just about anything, especially if it's covered with cod liver oil and fishmeal crumbles. That’s what health officials on Long Island are hoping, as workers distribute hundreds of thousands of fish-flavored packets containing rabies vaccine into wooded areas, culverts and other places raccoons like to gather. Vaccine baiting for raccoons is an important weapon against a wildlife rabies outbreak that started in Nassau County in 2024 and spread into Suffolk County last year. Sinc
Fourth human case of West Nile virus reported in Suffolk (opens the original)
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Suffolk County reported its fourth human case of West Nile virus this year, officials said Wednesday. The individual, an unidentified Brookhaven Town resident over 50, remains hospitalized after first experiencing symptoms in late August. West Nile virus can cause a range of symptoms from mild illness to fever, body aches and swollen lymph glands. In more rare but severe cases, people can develop encephalitis and meningitis, swelling in the brain and inflammation of the spinal cord. People over
Estrogen tablets could increase risk of blood clots, study finds (opens the original)
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Use of oral estrogen as part of menopausal hormone therapy could lead to a greater risk of blood clots, stroke and heart attack in women, according to a new study in the British Medical Journal. The risk, however, was not observed in women who used transdermal hormone patches that are worn directly on the skin. And menopause experts on Long Island said the potential risks with oral estrogen are widely known and can vary by age and health. "This is an observational study, not a randomized, double
Long Island man bounces back after joint implants, and others do too (opens the original)
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Playing sports and being active has always been part of 74-year-old Mark Hanlon’s life. He mostly powered through any injuries he received along the way. But at some point, they started to catch up with him. “When I was about 40, I noticed that my wallet always bothered me when I was driving a car,” said Hanlon, a lawyer who lives in Port Washington. “Eventually, I realized it wasn’t my wallet. It was my hip.” He underwent hip replacement surgery at the Hospital for Special Surgery in Manhattan
3 Long Island responders wrestling with 9/11 health effects 25 years later (opens the original)
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Twenty-five years after Sept. 11, 2001, the number of people battling 9/11-related illnesses — and dying from them — continues to increase. About 26,000 Long Islanders are registered in the World Trade Center Health Program — although many more were among the estimated 400,000 exposed to contaminants after the terror attacks. Here are stories of three Long Islanders managing chronic health conditions, and how they remain determined to thrive. In the aftermath of the 9/11 terror attack at the Wor
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