Holocaust Remembrance Day will be commemorated on Sunday, April 23. It is a day of observance, honoring the memory of the innocents slaughtered mercilessly by Hitler and his gang of Nazis. Six million Jews – peaceful, contributing citizens, the old and young, women and men – were rounded up into concentration camps, their property seized, and they were left to […]

In the 1950s and 1960s, civil rights, female empowerment, and antiwar issues were at the forefront of the country’s attention, and though Rachel Carson’s “Silent Spring,” the classic bestseller that condemned the use of pesticides and other environmentally detrimental materials, was published in 1962, conservationism was still relatively low on the totem pole of American consciousness. It wasn’t until 1969, […]

Lanza Legacy Lives On To The Editor: In its April 12 edition, the Queens Gazette wrote accurately about Woodside resident James “Jimmy” Lanza, who died earlier this month from 9/11-related brain cancer. His obituary stated that the contributions made during his life were in keeping with the highest tradition of service and greatly reflected upon himself, his community, his city […]

Let’s start with the good news: the overall cancer death rate in the United States has been declining over the past two decades, thanks to lower rates of smoking, earlier detection and better treatments. The bad news: cancer health disparities continue to exist. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) defines health disparities as preventable differences in the burden […]