A Sampling of Clips for
April 10, 2003
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SARS scare
causes shortage of masks
San Diego Union-Tribune, Apr. 10
– Health officials say it's not yet necessary for everyone
to strap on surgical masks for routine protection from severe
acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). However, if it should come
to that, heavy-duty N-95 surgical masks have been shown to be
very effective at filtering out infectious particles. Unfortunately,
most pharmacies and medical supply stores are out of the masks
and have no idea when shipments will come in. "For 100
percent protection, you really need a SCUBA setup with some
kind of a separate filtered air supply," said Dr. Leland
Rickman, director of the epidemiology unit at University
of California, San Diego Medical Center. "It's
important to protect the mucus membranes of the eyes, the mouth
and the nose."
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/thu/currents/news_1c10masks.html
Patient
privacy law could be traumatic for medical providers
Copley News Service, Apr. 9 –
The federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability
Act, or HIPAA now require medical records and health information
be much more private and secure. The federal rules will impose
some changes in medical provider practices including prohibiting
healthcare practitioners from releasing any information about
their patients without informed consent. (Quotes Charles
Mittman, dean of clinical affairs at the University
of California, San Diego).
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Shuttle
assessment tool was 'wrong'
Houston Chronicle, Apr. 9 –
Investigators found that the software used to predict the cause
of damage on the space shuttle Columbia is not accurate. The
computer program Boeing engineers used wasn't much more than
a simple chart of past foam damage, accident investigators said
Tuesday. (Quotes Sally Ride, University
of California, San Diego professor and a member of
the Columbia Accident Investigation Board).
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/story.hts/space/columbia/1858712
Similar article appeared
in:
Dallas
Morning News, Apr. 9
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'Heart'
of SAIC reveals plans to step down, after 34 years
Copley News Service, Apr. 9 –
J. Robert Beyster, chairman and chief executive of SAIC, revealed
yesterday that he plans to step down. Under a plan approved
by SAIC's board Monday, a five-member search committee was established
to oversee the transition to a new chairman and CEO. (Quotes
University of California, San Diego Associate
Vice Chancellor Mary Walshok and Robert
Conn, who worked with Beyster and SAIC for more than
a decade as dean of the Jacobs School of Engineering at the
UCSD).
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UCSD may
get bronze of Dr. Seuss
San Diego Union-Tribune, Apr. 10 –
Theodor "Dr. Seuss" Geisel may be coming home to La
Jolla in bronze form by the time of the beloved author's 100th
birthday next March. Brian Schottlaender, director
of the University of California, San Diego's
libraries, said preliminary discussions have begun with Seuss'
widow, Audrey Geisel, and her daughter, Rancho Santa Fe sculptor
Lark Grey Dimond-Cates. UCSD's central library
was named for Geisel in 1993 after Audrey Geisel made a gift
reportedly worth $20 million and donated 10,000 sketches and
other materials to the library.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/thu/currents/news_1c10seuss.html
Last Word
San Diego Union-Tribune, Apr. 10 –
Wheel of Fortune was in San Diego March 29 - 31. The Los Angeles-based
"Wheel" crew that goes on the road three times a year
was taping its "College Week" shows here. The wheel-spinners
were kids from State, University of California, San
Diego, USD, etc.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/thu/night_day/news_mz1w10last.html
