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Twenty-three years after the fact, I have decided to write about a personal time in my life.
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4/21/16
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Not only is Obamacare a poor health care plan from a policy perspective, but now many doctors and health care professionals believe that it is contributing to one of the worst epidemics facing this nation, our state and Long Island: opioid addiction
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4/21/16
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On Sept. 10, 2013, Thomas Onorato and his wife, Melissa, of Franklin Square, welcomed their first child. Four days later, they almost lost him.
Thomas Kevin Onorato was born with microvillus …
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By Steve Smirti
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3/23/16
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Summer driving season is in full swing, and we’re out on the roads in large numbers. The absence of winter’s dangers can make it seem like a safer time to drive . . .
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7/22/15
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After the World Trade Center collapsed in a fireball on Sept. 11, 2001, a cloud of toxic dust enveloped Lower Manhattan. That dust contained a witches’ brew of cancer-causing agents . . .
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7/15/15
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I have a terrific photo of my grandson, Jacob, running with the ball for a touchdown. He was 9 at the time . . .
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4/23/15
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The Emanuel family –– including Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel –– sure knows how to stir the pot. Rahm’s older brother, Ezekiel, recently published a hugely controversial essay, “Why I hope to die at 75,” in The Atlantic.
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10/29/14
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The Ebola epidemic in West Africa has claimed more than 2,300 victims. There are close to 4,500 known cases, and they are no longer isolated to West Africa. So far in the U.S. as I write . . .
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10/23/14
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Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced a statewide Ebola plan on Oct. 16 that called for the coordination of health care, Port Authority and Metropolitan Transportation Authority workers to combat a potential spread of the Ebola virus should it cross New York’s borders. He also designated eight hospitals, including Long Island’s North Shore-LIJ, in Nassau County, and Stony Brook University Hospital, in Suffolk, to act as regional centers for treating patients with Ebola.
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By David Weingrad
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10/22/14
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As hookah smoking becomes more and more popular, a greater number of hookah bars are popping up all over Long Island. But some places see them as a nuisance, and municipalities are starting to ban the smoking lounges.
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By Alex Costello
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10/1/14
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