Here’s how a seasonal shot may prevent Lyme disease
Updated Mar 04, 2021;
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. A new seasonal shot to prevent Lyme disease could be available in 2023, according to researchers at MassBiologics, a nonprofit unit of the University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worchester.
Researchers are starting the first human clinical trial of the shot, called Lyme PrEP, according to news releases from the University of Massachusetts Medical School Communications. The pre-exposure prophylaxis developed by MassBiologics uses a monoclonal antibody that protects humans against the disease.
But this shot isn’t a vaccine, researchers say. Instead, it would be given as a yearly injection before tick season begins.
Family Behind Tribeca’s Kitchen Charts New Chapter in the Wake of COVID-19 Tragedy
Andreas Koutsoudakis died due to complications related to COVID-19. His family is giving new life to his diner exactly a year after NYC’s first official case of coronavirus.
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Andreas “Andy” Koutsoudakis lived a life surrounded by his diner’s regulars, but he died alone, in between check-ins by his nurse at Richmond University Medical Center in Staten Island. He was 59. It was March 27, 2020, roughly 30,000 New York City pandemic deaths ago.
“I could have shut it down and everyone would’ve understood, but I decided to keep it going,” says Koutsoudakis’s only child, Andreas (“Andy Jr.”). With wet eyes, he sighs: “Nobody misses the old restaurant more than me, because it had my father.”
Man, 27, shot in New Brighton Monday night
Updated Mar 02, 2021;
Posted Mar 01, 2021
The NYPD responded to a report of shots fired on Jersey Street in New Brighton Monday night. (Staten Island Advance/Joseph Ostapiuk)
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. A 27-year-old man was shot in the lower back Monday night in New Brighton, police said.
Officers responded to the 300 block of Jersey Street, near Hendricks Avenue, at 9:21 p.m. for a report of shots fired, according to an NYPD spokesman.
The victim, who is considered in stable condition, was transported to Richmond University Medical Center in West Brighton by private means following the incident, the spokesman said.