Melanie Marich
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Along Ditmars Boulevard in Astoria, a familiar pattern has emerged: the 18 outdoor dining sheds that had lined the ten blocks adjacent to the subway since 2020 have dwindled down to just three. The scene on Ditmars mirrored restaurant rows across the city over the weekend when contractors with pickup trucks and power tools hit…
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In the pandemic era, we have learned a lot about the COVID-19 virus — how it moves, what it does inside our bodies and ways we can combat it. As we coexist with the virus, we’re coping with its shadow: long COVID. There is a lot we still don’t know about long COVID, an umbrella…