I had never spent more than one night in a hospital or been confronted by serious illness, so my recent surgery for stomach cancer and six-day hospital stay were a life-altering experience.
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5/11/23
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Listening to Gabrielle “Gabby” Giffords speak, you’re quickly overcome by the urge to cry. The former congresswoman was once known for her incisive rhetoric, delivered with a magnetic smile. Then . . .
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12/17/20
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Gov. Andrew Cuomo appeared alongside Northwell Health President and CEO Michael Dowling Sunday to deliver “good news” — the statewide Covid-19 death rate continues to decline …
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By Scott Brinton
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4/19/20
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The Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, the research arm of Northwell Health, announced Friday morning that it was starting three large-scale clinical treatment trials to combat COVID-19, the …
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By Scott Brinton
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3/20/20
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Six bullets pierced Jessica Ghawi’s body on July 20, 2012. The “kill shot,” said her mother, Sandy Phillips, cut a five-inch hole in the side of her face. The aspiring sports …
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By Scott Brinton
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12/17/19
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We all know that America has a serious gun violence problem. While mass shootings have become chillingly common, I believe we are on the verge of a seismic shift in how we respond to them.
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By Laura Curran
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9/27/19
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Dear Colleagues:
In the weeks and months following the school shooting in Parkland, Fla., last year . . .
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By Michael J. Dowling
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9/6/19
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Four years ago, a group of 28 students committed to pursuing a degree in nursing at a school that offered no lectures and frowned on standardized teaching and testing.
When Hofstra University and …
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By Brian Stieglitz
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5/24/18
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North Shore-LIJ Health System officials said on Oct. 23 that they intend to develop a multi-million dollar biological containment unit at one of its 16 hospitals, designed to c
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By David Weingrad
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10/29/14
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The Jets’ old, dark-green scoreboard still stands in a dirt field at the team’s former training camp on Hofstra University’s north campus. “The will to win is nothing without the will to prepare,” it reads.
Call it a monument to the past, which will soon be removed to make way for the future –– a 63,000-square-foot addition to the Hofstra North Shore-LIJ Medical School, which was founded in 2008 and welcomed its first class of 40 in 2011. The $39.5 million project, funded in part with a $14.5 million state grant, will more than double the size of the medical school.
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By Scott Brinton
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6/12/13
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