Bacteria found to eat forever chemicals — and even some of their toxic byproducts
On Jan. 27, 2025, a team of researchers from the University of Buffalo found that In the quest…
United States Dementia Cases Estimated to Double by 2060
On Jan. 13, 2025, a study led by NYU Langone Health shows that the risk of developing dementia at…
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Hunters Disagree on the Threat of Chronic Wasting Disease in Deer
On Jan. 10, 2025, a study of chronic wasting disease (CDW), the prion disease that causes deer, elk…
Roswell Park Team Identifies New Cause of Chemotherapy Resistance in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer
On Jan. 10, 2025, researchers at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center have identified a previously unknown cause of…
SIGA technologies’ TEPOXX (tecovirimat) Approved in Japan for the Treatment of Orthopoxviruses
On Jan. 2, 2025, SIGA Technologies announced that its antiviral treatment TEPOXX (tecovirimat 200 mg capsules), marketed as…
Brain cells remain healthy after month on International Space Station, but matured faster than brain cells on Earth
On Dec. 16, 2024, Scripps Research scientists announced they had discovered how brain cells respond to microgravity. Scripps…
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Rochester-based Saunders Foundation makes $30 million commitment to the University of Rochester Medical Center
On Oct. 23, 2024, the University of Rochester announced that the Saunders Foundation, led by University Trustee Emeritus…
How a few days in space can disrupt a person’s biology
On Jun. 12, 2024, scientists at Weill Cornell Medicine in New York City reported that just a few…
Break the Habit!
“Break the Habit!,” A quit smoking poster published by the New York State Department of Health, 1989.
Surgeons in New York announced world’s first eye transplant
On Nov. 10, 2023, surgeons in New York announced they had performed the first-ever whole-eye transplant in a…
Feinstein Institutes researchers first to use double neural bypass to restore movement in man living with quadriplegia
On Jul. 28, 2023, in a first-of-its-kind clinical trial, bioelectronic medicine researchers, engineers and surgeons at Northwell Healthï¾’s…
SIGA announced U.S. Government procurement orders of approximately $138 million for oral and IV TPOXX
On Jul. 27, 2023, SIGA Technologies announced that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services exercised procurement…
New York State Department of Health and Rockland County Department of Health alerted public to case of polio
On Jul. 21, 2022, The New York State Department of Health confirmed that a case of paralytic poliomyelitis…
USDA confirmed highly pathogenic avian influenza in non-commercial backyard flock in New York
On Feb. 19, 2022, the U.S. Department of Agricultureï¾’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) confirmed the…
SIGA announced Health Canada regulatory approval of Oral TPOXX
On Dec. 1, 2021, SIGA Technologies announced that Health Canada had approved oral TPOXX (tecovirimat) as an extraordinary…
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COVID-19 roller coaster
The COVID-19 Roller Coaster is a wild ride, strap yourself in and hold on… Cast of Characters: Senator…
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COVID-19 vaccinated vs. non-vaccinated
This cartoon illustrates the various issues facing individuals across the U.S. who are vaccinated against COVID-19 verus those…
NIH builds large nationwide study population of tens of thousands to support research on long-term effects of COVID-19
On Sept. 15, 2021, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) awarded nearly $470 million to build a national…
The United Nations announced the end of leaded gasoline use in vehicles worldwide
On Aug. 30, 2021, the United Nations announced the global phase-out of leaded fuel, a milestone for multilateralism,…
SIGA announced collaboration with Oxford University to expanded Access Protocol for Use of TPOXX in Central African Republic
On Jul. 29, 2021, SIGA Technologies announced that it had entered into a collaboration with Oxford University in…
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The COVID-19 Vaccine
Cast of Characters: Donald Trump, President | Mike Pence, Vice President | Anthony S. Fauci, MD, Director, National…
SIGA supplied TPOXX (Tecovirimat) as compassionate treatment for Monkeypox case in the UK
On Jun. 30, 2021, SIGA Technologies announced that it had provided TPOXX (tecovirimat) to Liverpool University Hospitals NHS…
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COVID-19 PPE distribution
Cast of Characters: Jay Inslee, Governor, Washington | Gavin Newsom, Governor, California | Doug Ducey, Governor, Arizona |…
COVID-19 The Wave
Cast of Characters: Donald Trump, President | Mike Pence, Vice President | Anthony S. Fauci, MD, Director, National…
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COVID-19 science and reason
COVID-19 and it’s naysayers are attacking Science and Reason. The defenders must suffer the slings and arrows from…
The US Department of Defense identified more troops to help administer COVID-19 vaccine
On Mar. 10, 2021, the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) announced that it had identified additional personnel authorized…
Monoclonal antibodies against MERS Coronavirus showed promise in phase 1 NIH-sponsored trial
On Feb. 23, 2021, the NIH announced that a randomized, placebo-controlled Phase 1 clinical trial of two monoclonal…
NIH launched database to track neurological symptoms associated with COVID-19
On Jan. 26, 2021, NIH researchers announced that a new database to collect information from clinicians about COVID-19-related…
SIGA announced Public Health Agency of Canada contract to purchase $33 million of Oral TPOXX
On Jan. 13, 2021, SIGA Technologies announced that the Public Health Agency of Canada had awarded a contract…
Celdara Medical secured funding to develop an adjuvanted universal flu vaccine
On Nov. 17, 2020, Celdara Medical announced that the NIH had awarded a two-year Small Business Innovation Research…