Suffolk County Department of Health Services

Mosquito samples collected two weeks ago from Aquebogue and Manorville tested positive for the West Nile virus, the Suffolk County Department of Health Services said today. 

Suffolk County’s vector control division plans to apply larvicides Tuesday  to control mosquitoes in certain marshes, including some in the Town of Riverhead and one in Flanders, the Suffolk County Health Department announced in a press release issued late Monday afternoon.

Whooping cough is highly contagious and can be very serious, even deadly, especially for infants who are unvaccinated or incompletely vaccinated. It can be treated with antibiotics. Early diagnosis is important.

The Suffolk County health department yesterday reported two human cases of West Nile virus yesterday, the first cases to be reported this season.

The first confirmed case of monkeypox has been identified in a Suffolk County resident, the Suffolk County Department of Health Services announced today. It is one of 96 confirmed monkeypox cases in New York and about 400 in the U.S. so far.

The local surge in COVID-19 cases corresponds with the trajectory of the more contagious delta variant in the region.The spike in confirmed cases has been accompanied by a spike in hospitalizations.

Patrons at Phil's Restaurant in Wading River and Señor Taco in Mount Sinai may have been exposed to COVID-19, the county health department said

Three private beaches in Riverhead Town have been closed to bathing by the county health department due to high bacteria levels.

Suffolk County's COVID-19 map, which has been reporting case numbers out of sync with the state's data, will be taken offline for a short time, County Executive Steve Bellone announced yesterday.

Riverhead Town will release documents submitted to the State Department of Environmental Conservation in connection with the town’s Wild Scenic and Recreational...