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Stella DiPasquale, 11, has been making headbands for those on the front lines of the COVID-19 battle. She had heard that doctors and nurses who wear masks for 12 hours a day can get sore behind their ears and the headbands are meant to alleviate that pain. Credit: Newsday staff; Photo Credit: Joy Jaworski