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Friday, February 22, 2019
Vol. 68, No. 8
HEALTH & WELLNESS
D’URSO MEETS NASSAU OFFICIALS BLAST POPE FRANCIS AMAZON QUITTING QUEENS
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Tuition-free school OK’d for NYU Winthrop First class to begin in July with focus on primary care physicians BY J E D HENDRIXSON A tuition-free medical school focused on training primary care doctors has received approval to open at NYU Winthrop Hospital in Mineola. New York University announced Tuesday that the threeyear medical school plans to bring in its first recruiting class of students this July and focus on training primary care physicians. “What distinguishes NYU is its capacity for boldness and innovation,” NYU President Andrew Hamilton said in a statement. “This new medical school is emblematic of that.” The program will offer full-tuition scholarships to all students in its MD degree program regardless of merit or financial need. “By offering an exceptional educational experience, it will enable us to develop a new generation of medical leaders in primary care,
an area of medicine where there is a pressing need,” Hamilton added. An April 2018" report by the Association of American Medical Colleges detailed how the nation could see a shortage of up to 120,000 physicians by 2030, which would have a widespread impact on patient care. The new school will join Stony Brook University School of Medicine, Hofstra’s Zucker School of Medicine and" New York Institute of Technology’s College of Osteopathic Medicine as the only medical schools on Long Island. The program received preliminary accreditation by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education," the nation’s accrediting body for educational programs at schools of medicine Feb. 12."Final approval from the state Education" Department is pending but expected later this spring. In December, the proposed school was awarded $1 million Continued on Page 66
PHOTO BY JED HENDRIXSON
Dozens of protestors standing outside of Pups4Love in Albertson calling for a ban on the sale of puppy mill bred dogs.
Animal activists protest pet store in Albertson BY J E D HENDRIXSON
testing the puppy store following a recent incident involving another animal activist. “What’s being done here is Animal advocates stood shoulder to shoulder outside wrong,” protester Keri Michel Pups4Love in Albertson Satur- said. According to Michel, day, holding up signs and pro-
Pups4Love, like other puppy stores in the region, receives dogs from puppy mills that mistreat the animals. Dozens of people chanting for animals’ rights and honking Continued on Page 67
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