University at Buffalo

Athletic Trainers or ATs are usually first on the scene when an athlete suffers an injury in professional sports. Ryan and Sarah Krzyzanowicz both lead the Masters of Science in Athletic Training at the University at Buffalo. They spoke with WBFO’s Holly Kirkpatrick about the importance of planning and preparation for cardiac-related emergencies in sports, as well as how they train their students for real-life emergencies.

With Democratic control of Congress at stake in the mid-term elections, Vice President Kamala Harris is on the road saying the Inflation Reduction Ace will ease inflation. She told a University at Buffalo audience that students and faculty can change the world with science fighting climate change.

For many in the LGBTQ community, the emergence of monkeypox is drawing parallels to another major public health crisis that was first dismissed as a “gay disease,” until heterosexuals began contracting it. Health experts say while the risk remains very low for most people, it’s unwise to dismiss monkeypox as an illness passed exclusively by homosexual contact, or exclusively by any sexual contact.

Often people who use home test kits don't report a COVID-19 positivity, making official database numbers less reliable than when all testing was reported. Testing sewer wastewater is giving numbers for the virus and for medications used to treat COVID.

Acknowledging community safety concerns in the aftermath of the May 14 mass shooting on Jefferson Avenue, organizers have added security measures in planning the return of University United Festival.

Pfizer has selected the University at Buffalo’s Jacobs School of Medicine to be part of an international study of its antiviral drug Paxlovid, and its potential to treat juvenile COVID patients. The oral treatment, which the FDA approved for emergency treatment of adult patients in December 2021, was found to reduce hospitalizations and even fatalities among symptomatic adult COVID patients.

How many times have you seen that "Employee of the Week" sign or perhaps "Employee of the Month"? A researcher from the University at Buffalo's School of Management said that's a bad idea, only adding to office envy.

Evidence suggests some people who were at risk for deeper drinking succumbed, while most of those who weren't at risk didn't.

"I don't think anybody thinks that we've all seen the last of COVID or heard the last of COVID."

More public entities are easing their mask requirements.