Old Fulton Street in DUMBO on Sunday was co-named in honor of Patsy and Carol Grimaldi, the couple who first brought their legendary coal-fired pizza to the street in 1990 and helped revive the formerly-desolate neighborhood.

“Patsy and Carol Grimaldi Way” was dedicated in front of Juliana’s pizzeria at 19 Old Fulton St. The restaurant first opened as Patsy’s Pizzeria, then later changed its name for legal reasons to Grimaldi’s. The location was finally renamed Juliana’s in honor of Patsy Grimaldi’s mother.

Happy Tuesday in New York, where after the summer of Legionnaires’, new diseases are getting their turn in the spotlight.

Yesterday, Gov. Kathy Hochul declared a statewide health emergency amid a rapid rise in measles cases in upstate communities. There have been 109 reported cases of measles in the state this year, most of them concentrated in areas around the Finger Lakes. “No one should get seriously ill or die from a vaccine-preventable disease,” Hochul said in a statement. “That is why I have taken steps to increase the number of health professionals who can vaccinate and test. These emergency measures will protect New Yorkers and support our community partners as they work tirelessly to address the spread of this disease.”

This latest outbreak follows a sustained national campaign on the part of the Trump administration and Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to cast doubt on the safety and efficacy of vaccines, leading to declining vaccination rates. Nationally, there have been 3,887 reported cases of measles this year, the most since 1991. Measles is a highly contagious disease that spreads through droplets emitted by coughing or sneezing. Infection can lead to a distinctive body rash, pneumonia, brain swelling, blindness and death.

Here in New York City, the more pressing infectious disease concern is rabies. We’ve got a lot of wild animals in this city, including raccoons, which are among the animals most likely to carry and spread the virus. Health Department officials plan to vaccinate raccoons throughout Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island this week by scattering small brown-colored baits containing an oral immunization. In Staten Island, the plan is to toss bait out of a low-flying helicopter over parkland and wooded areas.

Regardless of species, this fall New Yorkers of all kinds get a generous Oprah-like gift: “You get a vaccine, you get a vaccine, and YOU get a vaccine!”

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Scientists who worked out how to control brain cells with light have won this year’s Nobel prize in physiology or medicine. Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel were honoured for their research into “light-gated ion channels and optogenetics”.

Peter Hegemann, at Humboldt University of Berlin, and Georg Nagel, at the University of Würzburg, wanted to understand how a tiny, single-celled alga called Chlamydomonas senses light. Light-sensing is not unique to animals with eyes: organisms throughout the living world use light to detect their surroundings and respond to changes in their environment. Even single-cell organisms have proteins that respond to light. These proteins are used to move towards or away from light, to generate energy and to respond to the various demands of a 24-hour day.

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