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Hospitals Failing To Meet New COVID-19 Data Reporting Mandate To Get Warning Letters

New enforcement guidelines are now in place, pushing hospitals to comply with rigorous reporting requirements, or risk losing a crucial funding stream from the federal government.

Rick Bright, former director of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, speaks during a House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee hearing in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, May 14, 2020. Bright will lay out his concerns that Health and Human Services Department leaders were "dismissive" of his "dire predictions" earlier this year about the possible spread of the coronavirus, according to his written testimony. Photographer: Shawn Thew/EPA/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Government Scientist Tops Up Whistle-Blower Complaint And Quits NIH

Government scientist Rick Bright resigns from NIH claiming political goals are getting in the way of science. Bright was ousted from a different department at HHS earlier this year.

2 Scientists Awarded Nobel Prize In Chemistry For Genome Editing Research

The 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded for research into "rewriting the code of life." Emmanuelle Charpentier of France and Jennifer Doudna of the U.S. are the laureates.

After Surge In Coronavirus Cases, Syracuse University Pauses Student Activities

Syracuse University officials said late Tuesday that the number of students who have tested positive for COVID-19 in the last day has risen to 45. Most are associated with a off-campus parties that occurred last week.

Chasing the Dream, Season 3: Ep 2

Chasing the Dream: The Arts in Our CommunityWe take a look into Community Arts of Elmira and their public art initiative, Elmira Infinite Canvas. Dr.…

Binghamton University President Harvey Stenger spoke alongside SUNY Chancellor Jim Malatras and Broome County Executive Jason Garnar to announce the decision to move classes online. (Photo by Binghamton University)

Binghamton University Goes On Temporary Pause Amid Area COVID-19 Spikes

“You want to make sure cases still aren’t growing, even if they’re underneath the 100 threshold over a two week period."

Iceman Reborn

NOVA Iceman Reborn airs on WSKG TV February 17, 2016 at 9pm.He was stalked, attacked and left to die alone. Murdered more than 5,000 years ago, Otzi the…

Frank Kruppa, Director of Tompkins County Health Department. (Celia Clarke/WSKG)

Tracing Potential COVID-19 Cases In Ithaca Schools

The Ithaca City School District began in-person classes this week.

US Vice President Mike Pence speaks during the vice presidential debate with US Democratic vice presidential candidate Kamala Harris in Kingsbury Hall at the University of Utah on October 7, 2020, in Salt Lake City, Utah. (Photo by Eric BARADAT / AFP) (Photo by ERIC BARADAT/AFP via Getty Images)

4 Takeaways From The Mike Pence-Kamala Harris Vice Presidential Debate

Wednesday's debate, by 2020 standards, was normal. The candidates ignored questions and defended Biden's and Trump's records, but it was the fly that created buzz.

FILE - This Dec. 29, 2011 file photo shows the entrance to the editorial offices of the New England Journal of Medicine in Boston. On Wednesday, June 13, 2018, the journal retracted and republished a landmark study on the Mediterranean diet, and issued an unprecedented five other corrections after an obscure report in 2017 scrutinized thousands of articles in eight journals over more than a decade and questioned some methods. The New England Journal's review did not alter any conclusions and should raise public trust in science, not erode it, said its top editor, Dr. Jeffrey Drazen. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

In Rare Step, Esteemed Medical Journal Urges Voters To Oust Trump

"Our current political leaders have demonstrated that they are dangerously incompetent," the New England Journal Of Medicine's editors say in a scathing editorial.

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