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COVID vaccine pop-up site coming to West Brighton Sunday
Updated Mar 11, 2021;
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. A former school in West Brighton will be host to a pop-up coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine site this weekend, the office of Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Thursday.
One of 14 community-based statewide sites announced Thursday, the West Brighton vaccine pop-up is part of the state’s strategy to work with leaders in vulnerable communities to address vaccine hesitancy, Cuomo said.
“Our strategically placed pop-up sites have been invaluable in helping us reach New Yorkers living in vulnerable communities and to make the vaccine accessible to them,” he said.
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‘Gasping for air’: How Staten Island’s air pollution served as dangerous antecedent to COVID-19 outbreak
Updated Mar 03, 2021;
Posted Mar 01, 2021
Cheryl Marks, a St. George resident, was diagnosed with hypertension and requires a 24-hour IV to keep her lungs healthy. (Staten Island Advance/Joseph Ostapiuk)
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. Staten Island’s air pollution is never an afterthought for Cheryl Marks.
One of the nearly 5 million people diagnosed with hypertension in New York, Marks’ lungs are under constant stress, placing pressure on her heart. Three years ago, her doctors made the decision to put her on a 24-hour IV to pump medicine directly into her lungs.