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News Notes – November 29
Making pills passé – Researchers seek ways to send drugs precisely where they are needed, minus the side effects By Carolyn Y. Johnson – Globe Staff / November 29, 2010 Whether it’s a headache or a sore knee, a toothache or a strep throat, people are used to taking their medicine in pill form. But [...]
News Notes – November 27
Shops set for Small Business Saturday By Adam Smith/Boston Herald – November 27, 2010 Today is supposed to be a big day for the nation’s small businesses, but it’s still not clear whether Small Business Saturday will sizzle or fizzle in its first year. Despite support from Mayor Thomas M. Menino, visits yesterday to Hub [...]
News Notes – November 24
HIV drugs found to aid prevention – Hub researchers help lead study By Elizabeth Cooney – Globe Correspondent / November 24, 2010 Researchers reported yesterday that the same drugs that have transformed HIV infection from a death sentence into a chronic disease can also help protect gay men from being infected with the virus in [...]
News Notes – November 19
Safety risks found at BU’s South End research laboratory By Kay Lazar – Globe Staff / November 19, 2010 Government scientists have not adequately assessed the risks to public health from a controversial high-security research laboratory at Boston University, according to a report made public yesterday by a panel of independent scientists. The National Research [...]
News Notes – November 18
Making it to Year 2 – Effort to help Boston graduates stay in college is showing early success By Akilah Johnson – Globe Staff / November 18, 2010 A fledgling program to stanch the flow of Boston public school students who make it to college but then drop out is showing early signs of success, [...]
News Notes – November 14
A true story about a little boy By Raymond L. Flynn – November 14, 2010 MY 4-YEAR-OLD grandson, Braeden, has a rare physical condition. He was born with a small cerebellum (a part of the brain involved in balance and coordination); he is unable to talk and falls down whenever he tries to walk. He [...]
News Notes – November 5
Gene research finds clues to AIDS survival – Boston-led study is part of vaccine search By Stephen Smith – Globe Staff / November 5, 2010 For decades, they lived a mystery: Why were they able to survive with the AIDS virus, free of symptoms and the need for potent drugs, while so many others with [...]
News Notes – November 1
Councilor Chuck Turner says he won’t appeal corruption verdict By Martin Finucane, Globe Staff – November 1, 2010 City Councilor Chuck Turner, who was convicted of federal corruption charges on Friday, says he has no plans to appeal, but he insists he’s an “honorable man” and plans to fight to stay on the council until [...]
News Notes – October 29
Prosecutor accuses Turner of ‘sly slip of cash’ – Defense questions credibility of witness By Jonathan Saltzman – Globe Staff / October 29, 2010 Boston city councilor Chuck Turner participated in the “oldest handshake in American politics, the sly slip of cash,’’ by accepting $1,000 from businessman Ronald Wilburn during a secretly videotaped meeting three [...]
News Notes – October 28
Chuck Turner puts the system on trial Carol Rose/Boston.com – October 27, 2010 Whatever else you think about Chuck Turner, the Boston City Councilman’s trial on alleged corruption charges has revealed the awesome power of the Feds to target whomever they please. Turner, age 70, is famous in Boston as a spokesman for the poor [...]
Print Edition: May 2012
