Texas Reports Ten new Cases in Measles outbreak
On May 23, 2025, the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) reported 728 cases of measles have…
Texas Reports Nine new Cases in Ongoing Measles outbreak
On May 16, 2025, the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) reported 718 cases of measles have…
Texas Reports Fewer new measles Cases in Continuing outbreak
On May 9, 2025, the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) reported 709 cases of measles have…
Texas Reports Thirty Seven New measles Cases in Continuing outbreak
On May 2, 2025, the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) reported 683 cases of measles have…
Texas Reports Forty-Nine New measles Cases in Ongoing outbreak
On Apr. 25, 2025, the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) reported that 646 cases of measles…
Texas Reports Fifty-Six New measles Cases in Continued outbreak
On Apr. 18, 2025, the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) reported that 597 cases of measles…
Texas Reports Sixty New measles Cases in Growing outbreak
On Apr. 11, 2025, the Texas Department of State Health Services (Texas DSHS) reported that 541 cases of…
Colorado Department of Public Health Reported Second Potential Measles Case Identified
On Apr. 7, 2025, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment issued a Health Alert Network (HAN)…
Texas announces second death in measles outbreak
On Apr. 6, 2025, the Texas Department of State Health Services has reported the second measles death of…
Texas Reports 481 measles cases, eighty-one new more than previous week
On Apr. 4, 2025, the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) reported updated information about an outbreak…
Colorado Department of Public Health Reported Additional Measles Exposure Locations
On Apr. 2, 2025, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment issued a Health Alert Network (HAN)…
The Colorado Department of Public Health identified Measles case in Pueblo County, Colorado
On Mar. 31, 2025, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment announced an unvaccinated adult in Colorado…
Texas Reports more than 400 measles cases, a nearly 30 percent increase from previous week
On Mar. 28, 2025, the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) reported updated information about an outbreak…
E. coli Outbreak Linked to McDonald’s Quarter Pounders
On Oct. 22, 2024, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) announced that public health officials in multiple…
Oklahoma Bio rebranded as Life Science Oklahoma
On Jun. 13, 2024, the Oklahoma BioScience Association (OKBio), a 501(c)(3) corporation was rebranded Life Science Oklahoma. Life…
USDA confirmed highly pathogenic Avian influenza in Oklahoma
On May 1, 2022, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service confirmed the presence…
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COVID-19 science and reason
COVID-19 and it’s naysayers are attacking Science and Reason. The defenders must suffer the slings and arrows from…
The Stephenson Cancer Center received NCI designation
On May 2, 2018, the Stephenson Cancer Center received National Cancer Institute (NCI) designation. The Stephenson Cancer Center,…
Selexys Pharmaceuticals Corp was acquired by Novartis
On Nov. 21, 2016, Novartis announced it had acquired Selexys Pharmaceuticals Corp, a Oklahoma City-based company that specialized…
A team of OMRF researchers led by Gary Gorbsky found a way to turn back cell division
On Apr. 18, 2016, a team of Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation (OMRF) researchers led by Gary Gorbsky found…
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Alice Cooper played a benefit concert at OMRF
On Jun. 24, 2012, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Alice Cooper helped raise $675,500 for the…
Governor Mary Fallin dedicated OMRF’s new 186,000 square foot research tower
On Apr. 21, 2011, Governor Mary Fallin dedicated the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation’s (OMRF) new 186,000 s.f. research…
OMRF’s Multiple Sclerosis Center of Excellence opened its doors
On Mar. 15, 2011, the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation’s Multiple Sclerosis Center of Excellence, led by Dr. Gabriel…
Drs. Judith James and Linda Thompson at the OMRF helped develop a H1N1 or ‘swine flu’ vaccine
In 2009, Drs. Judith James and Linda Thompson at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation (OMRF) helped develop an…
The Oklahoma BioScience Association was incorporated
In 2008, the Oklahoma BioScience Association (OKBio), now known as Life Science Oklahoma, was incorporated as a 501(c)(3)…
Jordan Tang led a team of OMRF scientists that identified and cloned the enzyme believed to cause Alzheimer’s disease
In 2007, Dr. Jordan Tang, led a team of scientists at Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation (OMRF) that identified…
The OMRF celebrated it’s 60th anniversary
On Sept. 15, 2006, the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation (OMRF) celebrated it’s 60th anniversary. More than 600 people…
Dr. Stephen Prescott became president of the OMRF
On May 1, 2006, Dr. Stephen Prescott was named president of the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation (OMRF). Prescott,…
The Stephenson Research and Technology Center was established
In 2006, the Stephenson Research and Technology Center was established at the University of Oklahoma. The $27 million…
OMRF’s Sir Alexander Fleming scholar program celebrated it’s 50th class
On Jun. 8, 2005, the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation’s Sir Alexander Fleming scholar program celebrated it’s 50th class…