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July 15, 2005
Carolina in the News
Here is a sampling of links and notes about Carolina
people and programs cited recently in the media:State & Local Coverage
Duke leads push for AIDS vaccine
New initiative will involve UNC, other schools
The Herald-Sun (Durham)
A Duke University researcher will lead a major new push to develop a vaccine against AIDS. ...By building on new methods of locating patients in the very early stages of HIV infection -- methods developed by UNC researchers Christopher Pilcher, Myron Cohen and Joseph Eron -- the CHAVIS team will devise clinical trials focusing on those patients, Haynes said.
Related Link: http://www.newsobserver.com/news/story/2595020p-9029707c.htmlN.C. tick-borne illness rising
The Charlotte Observer
More people fall ill with the tick-borne disease Rocky Mountain spotted fever in North Carolina than in any other state. ...Dr. David Weber, a professor at the UNC School of Public Health, said that besides children, another group is particularly susceptible to catching tick-borne diseases: golfers.
N.C. sees druggist shortage
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Next time you're at the pharmacy, glaring at the workers and wondering why it's taking so long to fill your prescription, cut the pharmacist a break. ...The number of pharmacists in the state working in retail stores actually increased about 20 percent between 1991 and 2003, according to data compiled by researchers at the Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research at UNC-Chapel Hill.
A cure for autism?
WCNC-TV (NBC, Charlotte)
Autism has touched many families. ... When asked if the treatment worked, Jim Bodfish, (autism researcher at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) said, “At this point we have no evidence that chelation is a significant treatment.”Hungry Chapel Hill roads take bite out of traffic
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Scott Johnson was in the right place at the right time for some heavy lifting on the UNC-Chapel Hill campus Thursday. Johnson, owner of John's Towing, had just finished pulling a concrete-mixing truck from an 8-foot hole by the Frank Porter Graham Student Union on South Road about 5 p.m.
In the wings
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Adam Bergeron brings his relationship struggles to the stage in "A Guy's Tale," (www.guystale.com), his one-man show, presented by UNC-Chapel Hill's Cap & Gown Theatre Company and the Carolina Production Guild at UNC's Hamilton Hall. UNC grad Bryan Cohen directs.
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