Texas A&M Emergency Management Advisory Group

Newsday spoke to Dr. Robin Murphy, Texas A&M Engineering and member of TEMAG, about a search-and-rescue robotic dog used by the New York City Fire Department. http://ow.ly/pykt50O5QiM

FDNY deploys new search-and-rescue tool: Spot, a robot dog Spot is at the vanguard of technology expected to revolutionize search-and-rescue operations most everywhere, eventually.

KBTX-TV Channel 3 News in Bryan-College Station spoke to Dr. Dennis Jansen, Texas A&M Arts & Sciences and a member of TEMAG, about business growth at a Bryan furniture store. http://ow.ly/EJFZ50O5PMt

Bryan furniture store sees signs of growth in 2023 One furniture store in Bryan told KBTX some of their biggest struggles are fading away in 2023.

KBTX-TV Channel 3 News in Bryan-College Station talked to Dr. Dennis Jansen, Texas A&M Arts & Sciences and member of TEMAG, about cost cutting at St. Joseph Health in Bryan-College Station. http://ow.ly/Svk250NLWTR

St. Joseph Health confirms layoffs as it cuts cost Amazon, Google, and other businesses have made headlines for cutting costs and downsizing this year. One of Bryan-College Station’s largest employers, St. Joseph Health, will be doing the same.

TMJ4 News in Milwaukee spoke to Dr. Weihsueh A. Chiu, Texas A&M School of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences and member of TEMAG, about the immediate closure of an apartment building containing dangerous chemicals in Milwaukee. http://ow.ly/HiV250NyV7K

Former EPA scientist talks about dangerous chemical found in Milwaukee building It is the third day people living in a Milwaukee apartment complex have been forced away from their homes because of an evacuation order from the Milwaukee Health Department.

AFP Fact Check included Dr. Ben Neuman, Texas A&M Arts & Sciences and member of TEMAG, in a story addressing claims that COVID-19 vaccines reduce life expectancy. http://ow.ly/cec250NyUlM

Covid-19 vaccines falsely linked to lower life expectancy Public health authorities say Covid-19 vaccines are safe and effective at preventing severe illness and death, but articles and social media posts claim data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Cleveland Clinic show the shots reduce life expectancy by up to 24 years....

Scientific American talked to Dr. Ivan Rusyn, Texas A&M School of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences and member of TEMAG, about toxic chemicals that may be affecting Ohio residents following a train derailment in East Palestine. http://ow.ly/lmGq50NyNn7

Scientists Look for Toxins from East Palestine Derailment in Ohio East Palestine residents are looking to independent researchers to fill gaps left by authorities about the toxic chemicals that could be affecting people after a train derailment

The Eagle in Bryan-College Station spoke to Dr. Suresh Pillai, Texas A&M University - College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and member of TEMAG, about Aggie students creating 30% of the food used on the International Space Station. http://ow.ly/AUKi50NyLVH

Did you know 30% of space food is made at Texas A&M? Suresh Pillai says one of the best-kept secrets on the Texas A&M University campus is inside the Electron Beam Food Research Facility.

The Washington Post spoke to Ben Neuman, Texas A&M Arts & Sciences and member of TEMAG, about a Chinese sample that may link raccoon dogs to the origin of COVID-19. http://ow.ly/V3p550NsP5N

Genetic data links raccoon dogs to covid origin; WHO seeks China cooperation A sample taken in a Wuhan market in early 2020 holds genetic traces of both the coronavirus and a small canid known as a raccoon dog, scientists report

Gov. Greg Abbott reappointed Nancy Downing, Texas A&M School of Nursing and member of TEMAG, to the Texas Forensic Science Commission. http://ow.ly/GLzk50NsPmo

Governor Abbott Appoints Four To Texas Forensic Science Commission Governor Greg Abbott has reappointed Patrick Buzzini, Ph. D.; Michael Coble, Ph.D.; Nancy Dowling Ph. D.; and Jasmine Drake Ph. D. to the Texas Forensic Science Commission for terms set to expire on September 1, 2024. The Commission provides oversight over Texas crime laboratories and other entities...

Bloomberg spoke to Gerald W. Parker Jr., Texas A&M School of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences and member of TEMAG, about early pandemic samples that may indicate COVID-19 originated in animals. http://ow.ly/KBj750NsORt

Covid Report Based on China Samples Puts Suspicion Back to Animal Origins A new analysis of samples taken from a market in Wuhan, China during the early days of the pandemic are the strongest evidence yet that the Covid-19 virus jumped from animals to humans, some researchers say, in a report that laid out fresh findings which first garnered intense interest last week.

Bloomberg included Gerald W. Parker Jr., Texas A&M School of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences and member of TEMAG, in a story about the rising amount of high-security biolabs. http://ow.ly/fGyy50Nh9kx

Covid Lab Leak Fight Obscures the Global Rise of High-Security Biolabs There are more and more high-containment labs being built around the world — and no universal agreement on how to regulate or monitor them

NPR talked to Weihsueh Chiu, Texas A&M School of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences and member of TEMAG, about the hazardous chemicals found in Ohio air samples after a train derailment. http://ow.ly/4Y5750Nh94W

Scientists find high levels of hazardous chemicals in the air around Ohio town NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Texas A&M professor Weihsueh Chiu, about independent researchers, who have found higher-than-average levels of some hazardous chemicals around the train derailment.