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To apply Texas A&M University’s education, multidisciplinary research and service to support the state of Texas, through the Texas Division of Emergency Management (TDEM) and the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS).

05/10/2023

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

Spot is at the vanguard of technology expected to revolutionize search-and-rescue operations most everywhere, eventually.

05/08/2023

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

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

04/24/2023

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

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.

04/13/2023

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

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.

04/12/2023

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

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....

04/11/2023

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

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

04/10/2023

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

Suresh Pillai says one of the best-kept secrets on the Texas A&M University campus is inside the Electron Beam Food Research Facility.

04/07/2023

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

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

04/05/2023

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 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...

04/03/2023

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

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.

03/29/2023

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

There are more and more high-containment labs being built around the world — and no universal agreement on how to regulate or monitor them

03/27/2023

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

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.

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