I’m 26, and have lived virtually my whole life in Hempstead. I’ve seen a lot of health-related issues — low-income people of color, like me, suffering from chronic conditions like asthma, diabetes, obesity, high blood pressure, and untreated mental illness. Often they haven’t been able to receive proper treatment for their conditions. I wanted to do something about it, and soon I will be able to, because I’m on my way to becoming a doctor.
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By Shakia Miller
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3/8/24
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Gregory Mensch, a Valley Stream native, joined 24 other graduating physical therapists at the New York Institute of Technology’s Riland auditorium earlier this year. A white coat — a …
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By Juan Lasso
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4/2/23
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I think pandemic affected us in a way that’s kind of hard to describe in words because we’ve never encountered anything like this ever before. Nothing in training ever prepared us for …
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3/25/21
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As the pandemic continues, news outlets throughout America have recently announced that 2020 has been recognized as the deadliest year in United States History, with thousands of COVID-19 related …
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By Nicole Alcindor
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12/24/20
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Bad news for fans of “Bachelorette” contestant Dr. Joe Park. On the seventh episode of the long-running reality television show, the Valley Stream native anesthesiologist was eliminated, …
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By Peter Belfiore
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12/3/20
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Most people don’t like going to the doctor. The truth? Even doctors don’t like going to doctors.
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By Ankita Sagar and Maria Carney
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6/26/20
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As hospitals across New York are inundated with Covid-19 patients, the state’s nurses and doctors have become front-line soldiers in the fight against the outbreak, doing everything in their …
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By Peter Belfiore
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4/17/20
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Take the fight to Syria? Who says? The guy who tweets about Chuck Todd’s “sleepy eyes” in the predawn hours?
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4/14/17
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By the time Mahalia Desruisseaux was 6 or 7 years old, she had already decided that she would be a doctor. The now 46-year-old recalls her frequent trips to the Haitian orphanage run by her father, where her mother was a teacher. She saw firsthand her parents’ desire to help those who are less fortunate, which they passed on to their daughter.
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By Daine Taylor and Scott Brinton
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11/30/16
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I don’t know about you, but my ancestors weren’t born here. In 1910, a 13-year-old boy from Odessa, traveling alone, boarded a ship with a ticket that entitled him to a bunk in steerage, and he set sail for America.
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9/2/15
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