L’interazione tra Dna e ambiente potrebbe essere stata determinante per la diffusione del coronavirus in Italia e non solo. E’ la tesi di Antonio Giordano, scienziato italiano trapiantato negli Stati Uniti, tra gli autori di un articolo pubblicato su “Frontiers Immunology”. Sarebbe questa una delle ragioni che hanno contribuito ad una diffusione ‘c...

Friday 29 May 2020 12 noon (EST) - 6pm (CET). https://facebook.com/italyinus/org (click to connect). The Embassy of Italy in Washington in collaboration with NSF (National Scientific Foundation) promotes the event "Bridging Italy and the USA in the fight against COVID-19". The scientific conversation will see the opening speeches of S.E. Armando Va...

Friday, June 5, 2020. 5.30 pm - 6.30 pm. 45 minutes lecture, 15 minutes Q & A. The webinar is $10 for all Filitalia members and non members. RSVP is required, so please reserve your ticket online. The webinar will take place online through Cisco Webex Meetings. Organized by Filitalia International. The Italian Consiglio Superiore di Sanità (Public...

Facing Hunger Foodbank is postponing its annual Italiano! Festival, previously scheduled for Aug. 15 in downtown Huntington, according to a news release. The decision to postpone was based on the continuing demands of the COVID-19 pandemic and the economic crisis in the 17 counties served by the food bank. “With a 40% increase in food demand since...

We in Italy are in the process of emerging from two continuous months of being strictly “confined to quarters.” Most people have paid attention to the guidelines for staying at home, social distancing and wearing gloves and masks when outside. And it has worked, as both the number of virus cases and deaths plummeted to low, pre-lockdown levels. Tod...

So Italy’s borders are reopening on June 3 for travel, but only to European tourists at the outset. International visitors must wait for a later date to pack their bags for Italy. That could be soon. “At the moment the European borders remain closed until June 15, but it is very likely that after that it will be possible to arrive in Italy from non...

An Italian pianist has treated local residents in Venice to a beautiful outdoor concert while sailing down one of the city’s most colorful canals. Ever since Italy’s lockdown measures were put in place to tackle the coronavirus pandemic, the usually bustling Grand Canal has seemed much quieter than usual – but now, the soothing sound of a grand pia...

The annual Grape Festival scheduled for Aug. 4-8 has been canceled because of the covid-19 pandemic, according to a news release from a festival representative. This year was to be the 122nd festival. "Due to the changing circumstances and unforeseen future due to the Covid-19 pandemic, we feel this decision must be made in order to protect the saf...

The photographs of people on the street Francesca Magnani takes every day document how New Yorkers have been coping with the virus. Originally from Padua, Italy, the writer and photographer has been living in Brooklyn for more than 15 years, and her work has been featured in a solo show at Photoville and many publications, including Brownstoner. Ma...

Mozzarella di Bufala Campana DOP e Champagne DOP, il «Los Angeles Times» ha scelto l’eccellenza italiana, insieme a quella francese, per raccontare due icone nel mondo ai tempi del coronavirus. Il reportage di una delle più prestigiose testate americane conferma l’appeal internazionale della Mozzarella di Bufala Campana DOP, considerata un vero e p...