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Death at 25: Blogging the end of a life
Eva Markvoort narrated an unvarnished blog about life with a terminal disease. This was an artistic outlet for her to reflect near the end of her life. “Hello to the world at large,” she said in the video. “To my... (Continue reading)
Haitian nursing school with USA ties survives quake
Written on 22 Jan, 2010 at 11:32 in Featured, Nursing News, Nursing School | viewed 489 times | 0 Comments
A nursing school with Ann Arbor ties survived the 7-magnitude earthquake that struck Haiti Tuesday, early reports indicate. The professional nursing school, Faculty of Nursing Science of the Episcopal University of Haiti, is 20 miles west of Port-au-Prince and 10... (Continue reading)
BREAKING: Nassau County’s First Swine Flu Related Death – Pregnant Woman
RIDGELY OCHS | AND MICHAEL FRAZIER. ridgely.ochs@newsday.com. michael.frazier@newsday.com 6:33 PM EDT, June 16, 2009 A young woman who had just given birth became the first apparent death from swine flu in Nassau County Tuesday, while New York City announced seven... (Continue reading)
Breaking: First Swine Flu Death(s) On Long Island Reported
RIDGELY OCHS | ridgely.ochs@newsday.com 5:33 PM EDT, June 15, 2009 Long Island has its first deaths from swine flu. Two Brookhaven residents died last week of the virus, Suffolk County Health Commissioner Dr. Humayun Chaudhry announced Monday. They were a... (Continue reading)
Three More Swine Flu Deaths Reported In NYC – Total Dead At 12
BY MICHAEL FRAZIER | michael.frazier@newsday.com 9:13 PM EDT, June 10, 2009 The number of deaths related to swine flu in New York City has reached double digits, with 12 deaths since the outbreak began in April in Queens, health officials... (Continue reading)
Breaking News: 1st NYC Swine Flu Death Reported
The swine flu virus claimed its first New York victim Sunday with the death of an assistant principal at a Queens public school who had fallen sick last week. Mitchell Wiener, the assistant principal at IS 238 in Hollis, died... (Continue reading)