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Christus Health partners with Texas A&M on rural health initiative
Fort Worth Star-Telegram • Mar 16, 2025The agreement, signed in a ceremony Tuesday, will bring A&M medical students to Jacksonville for one or two-week rotations in the Christus Health hospital and clinics. The intention of the program is to give medical students the opportunity, not only to see the need for rural medicine, but to see what is possible for their own medical futures should they choose to serve in rural settings.
Now, a research development team at Texas A&M University led by Manish Shetty has discovered a process that could reshape what is done with this plastic and how sustainable waste management operates in the future. The team developed a catalytic process using liquid organic hydrogen carriers that can effectively break down PET and other types of plastics.
Egg prices continue to hit records as Easter and Passover approach, but some relief may be coming
The Associated Press • Mar 12, 2025David Anderson, a professor and extension economist for livestock and food marketing at Texas A&M University, said wholesale figures dropping is a good sign that prices could go down as shoppers react to the high prices by buying fewer eggs. “What that should tell us is things are easing a little bit in terms of prices,” he said. “So going forward, the next CPI report may very well indicate falling egg prices.”
Twenty-five rehabilitated sea turtles, including 24 cold-stunned green sea turtles and one loggerhead, are swimming free again after receiving months of expert care. The Houston Zoo, along with the Gulf Center for Sea Turtle Research at Texas A&M University-Galveston, released the turtles into the Texas Gulf.
2,200-year-old grave in China contains ‘Red Princess of the Silk Road’ whose teeth were painted with a toxic substance
Live Science • Mar 12, 2025"This is the first and only known case of cinnabar being used to stain teeth in antiquity and throughout the world," study senior author Qian Wang, a professor of biomedical sciences at the Texas A&M University College of Dentistry, told Live Science in an email.
KBTXTexas A&M University brought some of its most groundbreaking research to the SXSW festival and conference in Austin, including a panel discussion held Monday.
Ted Cruz’s 5G push risks interference with military operations, experts warn
Houston Chronicle • Mar 10, 2025"This is just hard stuff here that defies quick solutions," said John Sherman, a former chief information officer at the Defense Department and the current dean of the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University. "If you rush through this, something on the national security side is going to potentially get impacted. We don’t want to put our service members in harm’s way."
The health impact of Daylight Saving Time
Fox 2 Detroit • Mar 10, 2025Are you feeling a little off since we made the clock switch? Changing the clock can impact us in many ways, both small and big. Feeling a bit groggy today? You are not alone.
Behind the scenes with Dr. Leslie Easterwood, the show veterinarian in charge of keeping 18,000 animals healthy
Click2Houston • Mar 9, 2025Dr. Leslie Easterwood, a professor at Texas A&M’s veterinary school, has been the show veterinarian since 2003. Her journey began as a student intern at the livestock show in 1987, and she has since risen to become one of two official full-time veterinarians caring for the animals during the three-week event.
As the measles outbreak grows in Texas, what makes the virus so contagious?
The Dallas Morning News • Mar 7, 2025“Structurally, measles looks a lot like a coronavirus, it’s built of similar parts,” said Benjamin Neuman, chief virologist for the Texas A&M Global Health Research Complex. “So instead of a spiky round ball, you’ve got more of a long snake and it’s covered in the same sorts of little bumps.”