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Single patient rooms ready for business in the St. John’s Episcopol Hospital Emergency Department.

St. John’s more than doubles the size of its Emergency Department

It’s a bright new day in the Emergency Department at St. John’s Episcopal Hospital in Far Rockaway. Relegated to history is a former cramped and overcrowded environment … more

By Jeffrey Bessen, Nassau Herald | 9/23/20

Special needs child is attacked. Who’s to blame?

It’s a story straight out of every parent’s worst nightmare. You get a call from your child’s school, informing you that your kid got into a spat with another child and was … more

By Rabbi Chaim Perkal | 9/16/20

Rabbi Dr. Aaron Glatt, speaking at the Young Israel of Woodmere where he is assistant rabbi.

BEHAVE YOURSELVES! That's Rabbi Dr. Glatt's plea to our Orthodox community as the High Holy Days approach

Rabbi Dr. Glatt Update- Quarantine Rules, Succos Meals, Hakafos, Hoshanos and More 2199 words In the past two weeks, I have been asked more quarantine … more

By Rabbi Dr. Aaron Glatt | 9/10/20

Peter Salk receives a polio vaccination from his father Jonas.

Today’s vaccine race recalls polo and Salk

Each year in the 1940s and ’50s, more than 15,000 Americans were paralyzed by polio and thousands died. The disease reached its peak in the United States in 1952, leaving 3,145 Americans dead … more

By Heather Robinson, JNS | 8/19/20

Dr. Ravid Straussman of the Weizmann Institute of Science found that bacteria living inside cancer cells are likely to impact how tumors behave.

Israelis ID new culprit behind cancer growths: tumor-specific bacteria

Despite their reputation, most bacteria are harmless. Many are vital to human life. Others, however, cause infections that lead … more

By Larry Luxner, For Israel Cancer Research Fund | 8/6/20

Rachel Freier, center, is the founder of Ezrash Nashim.

We’re Hasidic women fighting for our ambulance

On Nov. 19, 2019, the Regional Emergency Medical Services Council of NYC voted to deny the all-female Orthodox EMT corps Ezras Nashim an ambulance license. Last week, a state administrative judge … more

7/15/20

The Gurwin Gram Gram team facilitated more than 5,300 FaceTime sessions and delivered countless “Gurwin Gram Gram” videos sent in by family members all over the globe. Their efforts have been a lifeline throughout the pandemic, helping residents know they are loved.

Dealing with COVID-19 in Jewish nursing homes

As America’s battle with the novel coronavirus raged, no age group has been as widely affected as the elderly, making nursing homes, assisted-living facilities and senior residences ground zero … more

By Heather Robinson, JNS | 7/15/20

Rabbi Dr. Aaron Glatt in an earlier talk at the Young Israel of Woodmere.

5 Towners are warned: No mask, no shul

If you want to pray, don’t throw your mask away. And keep your distance! That’s the message voiced over the weekend by Rabbi Dr. Aaron Glatt, chief of infectious diseases at Mount … more

By Ed Weintrob | 7/9/20

Rabbi Dr. Aaron Glatt, Mount Sinai South Nassau hospital’s chief of infectious diseases, during a FacebookLive discussion of COVID-19 in late April.

BAD NEWS: Rabbi Dr. Glatt says renewed COVID-19 crisis threatens Nassau County

I am very sad to report we have seen an uptick in cases. Nassau County was down to 25 cases a day; that has since doubled. The Five Towns has new cases, related to travel into … more

By Rabbi Aaron E. Glatt, MD, chief of infectious diseases at Mount Sinai South Nassau | 7/2/20

Speakers at Monday night's mikvah webinar.

Rabbis reassure women: Your mikvahs are safe

Women’s mikvahs are safe — and fear of COVID-19 should not block their use. Five-hundred viewers heard this message during a webinar on Monday night hosted by Mikvah USA and My Gift of … more

By Ed Weintrob | 5/20/20