Joseph Zadroga, Who Championed 9/11 Emergency Workers, Dies at 76
After the death of his son, a police detective, was linked to toxins at the World Trade Center site, he helped win federal benefits for other emergency responders.
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Biden declares emergency over lead in water in US Virgin Islands
President Joe Biden declared an emergency over lead-in-water contamination in the U.S. Virgin Islands earlier this week after tests on St. Croix revealed levels more than 100 times the limits set by the Environmental Protection Agency – among the worst…
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As Covid Emergency Ends, Surveillance Shifts to the Sewers
With other virus tracking efforts winding down, wastewater data is likely to become increasingly important in the months ahead, scientists say.
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TriStar Health plans to build $18 million freestanding emergency department in Nolensville
If approved, the proposed 11,900-square-foot emergency department would operate as a satellite facility of TriStar Southern Hills Medical Center.
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Antibodies discovered at Vanderbilt for prevention of COVID-19 granted FDA emergency use authorization
by Bill Snyder
On Wednesday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted emergency use authorization (EUA) to the global biopharmaceutical company AstraZeneca for a long-acting antibody combination which protects against COVID-19, discovered last year at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC). A number of medical conditions result in immune compromise, from treatments for many cancers...
AstraZeneca seeks emergency approval for COVID-19 antibodies isolated at VUMC
by Bill Snyder
The global biopharmaceutical company AstraZeneca said Oct. 5 it has requested emergency use authorization (EUA) from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for a long-acting antibody combination originally developed at Vanderbilt University Medical Center to protect against COVID-19.
If the EUA is granted, the combination of long-acting monoclonal antibodies, called AZD7442, would...
WHO approves Covid vaccine made by China’s Sinopharm for emergency use
The new addition to the list could hasten efforts to control the spread of Covid, which has recently spread to record high infection levels in some countries.
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California battles more than 500 fires with no end in sight as emergency response stretched thin
The fires are the worst in the northern and central regions of California and are expected to expand this weekend due to high heat and winds that will exacerbate the spread of flames.
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Coronavirus live updates: Russia sees highest case increase yet, Roche receives US emergency use approval for its antibody test
Russia reported its highest daily rise in coronavirus cases yet on Sunday, its health authorities announcing 10,633 new cases for a total of 134,686.
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New York to ban sale of flavored e-cigarettes by emergency order
The state would become the second in the country, behind Michigan, to ban the sale of fruit flavored e-cigarettes, which are popular with teenagers.
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