Study Finds That Lincoln Suffered from Smallpox During Gettysburg Speech

US President Abraham Lincoln delivered his famous Gettysburg Address, he was in the early stages of a deadly form of smallpox, a new study by two University of Texas researchers, has revealed. Some historians, who recognized that Lincoln was ill, following his Gettysburg speech, asserted t...

AstraZeneca's David Brennan Elected PhRMA Board Chairman

... Pharmaceuticals. He was appointed senior vice president of commercial operations of AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP in 1999. Brennan is an alumnus of gettysburg College . PhRMA represents the country's leading pharmaceutical research and biotechnology companies, which are devoted to inventing medicines th...

Karen Winnick Appointed Chairwoman of Winnick Family Foundation

... grantees are the Special Olympics, The Center for Jewish History, Children's Scholarship Fund, Partnership for Better Schools, Teach for America, The gettysburg Foundation, The National Parks Foundation, Best Friends Animal Society, The Los Angeles Police Foundation, Shoah Foundation, and the Center for Public...

Governor Rendell Forms Food Safety Council to Protect Public Health, Food Supply

...n, Pennsylvania Furnace Chuck Lamb, Souderton Gary LeGore, Harrisburg Lolly Lesher, Bernville Dr. Donald McLean, Boiling Springs Ross Pifer, gettysburg Dr. Palak Raval-Nelson, Philadelphia Lee Showalter, Chambersburg Randy St. John, Camp Hill Gary Swan, East Berlin ...

Pennsylvania Department of Health Confirms Rabid Kitten Found in Adams County

...l State Health Center. The kitten was found on North Washington Street in gettysburg and tested positive for rabies on May 19. The kitten was part of a litter o...one who may have come in contact with feral cats or kittens in this area of gettysburg -- specifically behind the Agway and the Flower Boutique -- since mid-April...

Patient Safety Authority Issues Annual Report for 2007

...ithin their own healthcare facility. PA-PSRS System Training In May, a new user training session was held in conjunction with the FMEA training in gettysburg and in December a webinar was offered for the first time with attendance at full capacity. The Authority also offers online training at http://www.ps...

Pennsylvania Attorney General Corbett, American Lung Association & Others Call for New MSA Funds to Be Used for Tobacco Prevention and Cessation

...and-Perry Drug & Alcohol Commission -- Family Health Council of Central Pennsylvania -- *Gateway VISION, a Division of Gateway Rehabilitation -- gettysburg Hospital Tobacco Control Program -- Greene County Tobacco Control Program -- Health Promotion Council -- Healthy Adams County -- Indiana Count...

College Students Promote Mental Health Awareness During National Stress Out Day

... University of Pittsburgh - Bradford Georgia Tech University of South Florida gettysburg College University of Texas - Brownsville Grand Valley State University University of Windsor Lafayette College ...

William Cahill to Head TriWest's Washington D.C. Office

...ry veterans and their families. Cahill earned his Juris Doctor at Georgetown University Law Center, and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from gettysburg College. He is a member of the Virginia Bar and admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of Virginia. Cahill joins the TriWest team in Washingt...

Gettysburg in Biological News

Building memories with actin

...code new memories but hard to hold onto them. If you can't seem to forget those ABBA lyrics you heard in seventh grade but can't remember Lincoln's gettysburg address, the vagaries of LTP might be to blame. Neuroscientists think that the process, in which a brain synapse becomes more potent after repeated st...