WILMINGTON – Synnovation Therapeutics will ask the state’s Council on Development Finance on Monday for a $438,000 Strategic Fund grant to help the cancer research company nearly triple its workforce, according to an application obtained under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). Synnovation is a Wilmington-based cancer research company formed in August 2021. It was founded by scientists who previously …
More than 200 ChristianaCare caregivers and their families came together for a systemwide service project on the Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service on Monday, Jan. 20, to pack supply kits for neighbors in need. Caregivers and their families served together. These volunteers assembled 3,500 supply kits with essential items like washcloths, dish soap and detergent for individuals …
The YMCA Black Achievers program aims to inspire African American teens by focusing on college readiness and career awareness through mentorship. Every week, these young individuals gather at the Walnut Street YMCA, in Wilmington, eager to learn and prepare for their futures. The local business community nominates African American mentors from various career fields based on their accomplishments and the contributions …
NEWARK – The ChristianaCare Health Network has officially become the second group of doctors and the first house staff in Delaware to successfully unionize. “It’s very exciting that Christiana residents have come together to form a union, creating the framework to support each other in each department’s needs,” said Dr. Layla Annous, a resident physician in medicine and pediatrics. ChristianaCare …
WILMINGTON – A new five-year partnership between two veterans organizations and a New Jersey college will help advance research on certain medical ailments common to those that served in the military. The Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) is between the Wilmington Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center, Rowan-Virtua School of Osteopathic Medicine (SOM), and the Veterans Health Foundation (VHF). The MOU aims …
With New Year’s Eve just a few days away, the Delaware Office of Highway Safety will again offer a program to crack down on driving under the influence to improve roadway safety. Sober Rides provides vouchers of up to $20 from partners Lyft and Uber, usable between Tuesday, Dec. 31 at 5 p.m. through Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025, at 2 …
NEWARK – The tipping point that told Kasia Biggin her idea to make zero-calorie sweeteners like stevia taste better came when her team attended the Natural Products Expo West in California in March. “We brought samples of our sweeteners and marketed them by approaching all of the companies that we wanted to get a review from,” says Kasia, who started …
Just two months after celebrating its 100-year anniversary, Wilmington’s Saint Francis Hospital is making a logistical shift for its hospice patients. This week, Delaware Hospice announced it will shift its Saint Francis-based operations from a centralized In-Patient Unit (IPU) to a scattered bed model. The move is to increase both patient and hospital flexibility as well as create more financial …
Customers at Columbia Care’s three medical dispensaries in Wilmington, Rehoboth Beach, and Smyrna have only one thing to say about today’s news: Woooo! The Cannabist Company, owners of 71 dispensaries and 20 cultivation and manufacturing facilities, has picked Delaware to launch its partnership with Ric Flair Drip. The signature cannabis brand, co-founded by the iconic wrestling World Champion Ric Flair, is …
By Bradley Vasoli DOVER — Delaware’s 16 Senate Democrats unanimously backed Governor John Carney’s (D) five selections for the Diamond State Hospital Cost Review Board while all six of the chamber’s Republicans abstained from voting. Former Delaware State University Board Chair Devona Williams, retiring Delaware Secretary of Finance Richard Geisenberger, business executive and former Woodbridge Superintendent Heath Chasanov, former Nanticoke …
