David Stone
Founder & Euro Editor
Navigating Apps with Changes in Memory: Join Our Study
December 2, 2025
Weill Cornell Medicine seeks older adults with mild memory loss for a study on improving navigation apps. Participation is valuable,...
What Is a Virus and Why Are They Out To Get You?
Viruses are a threat to human health and have been around for centuries. A virus is a tiny infectious agent that can replicate only inside the living cells of an organism. Viruses are much smaller than bacteria, and they are…
More New Yorkers Ignoring Subway and Bus Mask Mandate as Riders, Experts Debate Value
Mask compliance among subway and bus riders has sunk to its lowest level since early in the pandemic, the MTA’s most recent figures show, as commuters increasingly ignore the transit agency’s mandate to cover up amid mixed messages all around….
Roosevelt Island Coronavirus Cases Rising Fast
According to the latest tracking, Coronavirus cases on Roosevelt Island rose to near 7%. Infections jumped in all of New York City, but it centered heavily on Manhattan. Increases in tourism coupled with decreases in precautions like face masks and…
PHOTOS: Surviving COVID’s Second Year in NYC
Ben Fractenberg, THE CITY This article was originally publishedon Dec 27 at 9:18am ESTby THE CITY/Sign up here to get the latest stories from THE CITY delivered to you each morning. The Roosevelt Island Daily News For many, 2021 began with renewed hope as…
The Coronavirus Pandemic Heightens Awareness of Viruses, But What Are They?
By David Stone Assorted Ideas, Large & Small The coronavirus pandemic heightened awareness of viruses, but few realize how many there are – more than any other living thing – or their vital role in human health and well-being. Heightened…
Why the COVID Vaccines Can’t Kill Off Disease Like the Smallpox Vaccine Did
Why can’t the newer COVID vaccines kill off the disease like the Smallpox vaccine did? The Smallpox vaccine contains a live cowpox virus. Although a low risk for humans, it teaches your immune system, through exposure, to rally against pox-like…
Learn more at a Drug Mart Third Shot Clinic hosted by Rebecca Seawright
With booster shots now approved, state assembly member Rebecca Seawright is organizing Third Shot Clinics helping constituents get the information they need. The Roosevelt Island Daily News Vaccines remain critical for New York City’s raising out of the coronavirus pandemic….
Vaccine mandate for NYC school employees can move forward, judges rule
Alex Zimmerman, Chalkbeat New York Sep 27, 7:37pm EDT This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters The Roosevelt Island Daily News A federal appeals court has removed a temporary block on New York City’s…
MTA on ‘Mask Blitz’ Following Reports of Low Compliance
Jose Martinez, THE CITY This article was originally publishedon Sep 22 at 5:27pm EDTby THE CITY/Sign up here to get the latest stories from THE CITY delivered to you each morning. Police officers and transit workers distributed a record 26,000 masks in the transit…
Do you need a COVID test? Things have changed, but here’s what you need to know
With schools opening, workers returning to offices and travel increasing, a COVID test may be in your future. But the landscape has changed since the Delta variant surge, especially for Roosevelt Island, where RIOC closed its mystery-filled Swift Testing Site…
David Stone
Founder & Euro Editor