"My first reaction is, it’s not a surprise," says Natalie Simpson, PhD, professor and chair of the Department of Operations Management and Strategy in the UB School of Management.
The request by children’s hospitals nationwide this month that the federal government declare a formal state of emergency given the surge in respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and flu cases was no surprise to Oscar G. Gómez-Duarte, MD, PhD.
Twenty states must start screening newborns for Pompe disease, a rare and often fatal genetic disorder that weakens the heart and muscles, says UB clinical pharmacist Mary Riedy.
If the NFL's concussion protocol was not followed correctly, questions of liability for injury and professional responsibility must be pursued, Helen A. 'Nellie' Drew says.
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