I have begun to worry about malaria, and I’m taking malaria prophylaxis, even though I’m not about to leave for a safari or the wilds of Myanmar anytime soon.
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7/6/23
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"The pandemic is over.” With those words last weekend, President Biden declared . . .
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9/22/22
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Like him or not, President Obama will always be remembered as a transformational figure. The 44th president, the first African-American, is a tremendous orator who promised . . .
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1/19/17
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The meanest streets are in India.
As the holidays are celebrated across America, I have just left . . .
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12/18/14
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So, the midterm election came and went. Republicans control Congress. Now what?
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11/20/14
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We can be thankful that the 2014 election is behind us. Republicans are dancing for joy, and Democrats are in a state of doom and gloom.
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11/13/14
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Our local governors are faced with a challenge they never dreamed of: infectious disease. Ebola is no longer just running rampant in West Africa. It has made its way to New York City.
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11/6/14
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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 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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