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	Gov. Kathy Hochul on Wednesday said children will not be required to wear masks in school when classes resume in the fall, but that&nbsp;could change depending on virus numbers.
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NYU Langone Hospital-Long Island in Mineola has started signing up eligible adults for the trial, sponsored by the National Institutes of Health.

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A lot has changed in the three years since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. For those who lost loved ones and for those who have lingering effects from the virus, life seems to have stood still. NewsdayTV's Shari Einhorn reports.

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Memorial Presbyterian Church in Roosevelt had to adapt to the decrease in in-person membership due to the pandemic. Nearly three years later, the church still offers virtual services. 

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Long Island parents who have children with underlying conditions speak about the pandemic and "tripledemic" and how it affects them. 

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Timothy Heaton, a former Suffolk County correction officer who spent more than five months hospitalized battling COVID-19, was given his retirement shield by Suffolk County Sheriff Errol Toulon Jr. Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023. Toulon Jr. 

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State health and education officials are urging people to wear masks indoors as COVID-19, flu and RSV infections increase on Long Island. Newsday TVs Steve Langford reports. 

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Patrice Piretti, 63, from Huntington Station, worked as a nurse and then a nurse leader at two Northwell Health hospitals, but then had to leave her job because Long COVID prevented her from working successfully. NewsdayTV's Shari Einhorn reports.

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On Wednesday, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced masks are no longer required on the Long Island Rail Road and other transit systems in New York.

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Summer is winding down and kids are preparing to return to school. NewsdayTV's Shari Einhorn reports.

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"The days of sending an entire classroom home because one person was symptomatic or tests positive, those days are over," Gov. Kathy Hochul said Monday.

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Meter parking fees in Babylon Village were increased Monday from a quarter for two hours to a quarter for one hour. The parking fee increases, among others, were a result of money lost due to the pandemic. Newsday TV's Cecilia Dowd reports.

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