Health
Suffolk health department reports just one case of West Nile virus in 2014
There was one confirmed human case of West Nile virus in Suffolk County this year, Suffolk health commissioner announced Dec. 12: a senior in the Town of Islip was hospitalized in late August and has since recovered.
Health
New Ebola screening protocols, including mandatory quarantines, in NY; two returning travelers in Suffolk being monitored
As state steps up monitoring of West Africa travelers, and announces mandatory quarantine of people who've had direct contact with Ebola victims, East Moriches school district alerts parents that relatives of an employee are among those being monitored, but employee "currently poses no risk."
