DENT Neurologic Institute prepared to move forward with Alzheimer s drug despite controversy
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and last updated 2021-07-16 22:23:31-04
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) â DENT Neurologic Institute is ready to proceed with administering the newly-approved Alzheimer s drug aducanumab, also called Aduhelm, even as hospitals across the country announce they are not going to prescribe the drug due to concerns over its efficacy and questions about the FDA approval process.
Dr. Joseph Fritz, CEO of DENT, says there is evidence that the drug is effective in slowing the progression of Alzheimer s in people who are in the earliest stages of the disease.
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School district residents go to the polls on May 18 to vote on budgets and members of their local boards for the coming school year. Below are the details on the ballots in 124 districts. Results will be posted here as they become available.
Read our full coverage of the results here.
The Great Neck, Lawrence, Hewlett-Woodmere and West Hempstead districts received permission from the state to hold voting on May 11, before the statewide date of May 18, which is also the date of the Jewish holiday Shavuot.
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NEWTON FALLS For the second time this week, village council did not have a quorum of members to act on setting a date for a recall election for 4th Ward Councilwoman Sandra Breymaier.
At an emergency meeting Wednesday, only two of the four council members attended. Three members are needed for a quorum. Council members John Baryak and Tesa Spletzer attended, while council members Breymaier and Adam Zimmerman did not. Councilman at-Large Tarry Alberini resigned effective immediately on Tuesday.
Mayor Ken Kline told the more than 25 people at the emergency meeting that Breymaier notified him of health issues preventing her from attending, but he did not hear anything from Zimmerman.
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Newton Falls residents Sandy Riehl, left, Richard Eby and Anna Eby hold signs showing support for Mayor Ken Kline on Monday, prior to the Newton Falls Village Council meeting â which ended up being canceled due to lack of a quorum. More than 50 people gathered Monday to support Kline after attempts were made by two council members to remove him from office.
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NEWTON FALLS When two members of village council did not show up for Monday’s meeting or let officials know they were not able to attend, Mayor Ken Kline had village police go to their homes to tell them to get there.
NEWTON FALLS Community support for Village Mayor Ken Kline apparently has prompted two council members to withdraw their motion to have him removed. Resid