By Tom Basile Originally published by Newsmax With the CDC’s announcement that Americans should prepare to have daily life disrupted due to Coronavirus, we need to start getting serious about the threat of this possible public health emergency. Unfortunately, our political environment is so caustic, politicians on both sides seem willing to use even the […]
Last week I got my flu shot at Montefiore Nyack Hospital, and it’s imperative that residents in Rockland and Westchester County follow suit. Last flu season, health officials said more than 80,000 people died in the winter of 2017-2018, including 180 children and teens. In New York there were 128,252 confirmed cases of flu and […]
PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT This holiday season, take time to get yourself and your family an important gift of health: the flu vaccine. During National Influenza (Flu) Vaccination Week, December 3 – 9, County Health Commissioner Dr. Patricia Schnabel Ruppert reminds residents that the best way to prevent the flu, and its complications, is by getting […]
BY SHERLY JOURDAIN On Aug. 11, 2017, Pres. Trump declared the opioid epidemic a national state of emergency. The Center of Disease and Control reports three out of five overdose deaths are opioid-related, and an alarming estimate of one in every four persons who are using opioids for pain management will struggle with addiction. In […]
In recognition of American Heart Month, Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center will offer free cardiac screenings on Tuesday, February 5 from 1 – 7 p.m. in the hospital auditorium located at 255 Lafayette Avenue in Suffern, NY. According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC), heart disease is the leading cause of death for men […]