Articles by Lisa L. Colangelo
Ask a Long Islander about ticks and there's a decent chance they'll say it's the worst year ever.
And they might've said that last year as well.
Living in an epicenter of ticks, Lyme disease, alpha...
A Riverhead woman is being treated for tularemia, the rare disease known as rabbit fever after being bitten by her cat, an infectious disease doctor at Peconic Bay Medical Center said Wednesday.
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Suffolk County health officials said Thursday they were aware of three probable cases of tularemia, a rare but serious illness that can be transmitted to people by ticks and flies from sick wild rabb...
Christine Amitrano considers herself lucky that her breast cancer was discovered at the age of 35. So after two years of aggressive treatment, she enrolled in a clinical trial of an experimental va...
Rotavirus, the highly contagious disease that can cause severe vomiting and diarrhea in babies and young children, is on the rise on Long Island, the rest of the metropolitan area and nationwide. Doc�...
Less than a year ago, Jane Schlossman noticed pain in her leg she thought was due to a nerve issue. When it was followed by aches in her back and ribs, she got a PET scan in hopes of ruling out...
Influenza season is raging across New York. The state came down with a record-breaking 71,123 cases the week ending Dec. 20  the highest since flu became a reportable disease in 2004, officials said...
Lab-confirmed flu cases on Long Island more than doubled in a week, state figures show, the latest evidence that Nassau and Suffolk counties could face a rough influenza season.
Long Island is like...
