A Sampling of Clips for
December 20, 2002
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Survey suggests
dangers of smallpox misunderstood
USA Today, Dec. 20 – A survey
released Thursday finds that there is much misunderstanding
among Americans about smallpox and the vaccine. Major reports
accompanying the survey suggest that the vaccine is too risky
to warrant mass immunization of the public. Samuel Bozette,
UCSD Department of Medicine professor, created
models that suggested if an attack occurred, current plans to
isolate the sick and vaccinate those they have contacted would
produce the same number of illnesses and deaths as a massive
vaccination would.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2002-12-19-smallpox-misconceptions_x.htm
Related article appeared
in:
San
Diego Union Tribune, Dec. 20
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/fri/news/news_1n20vaccine.html
Depression
not normal part of aging
United Press International, Health
Tips, Dec. 20 – A UCSD study led by associate
professor of psychiatry Mark Rapaport found
that depression in the elderly, which can lead to illness and
premature death, can be treated effectively with the drug Paxil
CR. Despite its prevalence, depression is under-diagnosed in
the elderly, with only 10 percent of sufferers receiving treatment,
said Rapaport.
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Ocean tests
raise doubts over use of algae as carbon sink
Nature, Dec. 23 – Plans to use
marine microorganisms as a sink for atmospheric carbon dioxide
appear to have suffered a setback. (Mentions Scripps
Institution of Oceanography ships RV Roger Revelle
and RV Melville).
http://www.nature.com/cgi-taf/DynaPage.taf?file=/nature/journal/v420/n6917/full/420722a_fs.html
Sound and
fury
U.S. News, Science and Technology,
Dec. 23 – Whale deaths blamed on sonar have triggered
a heated debate about man-made noise in the sea. (Quotes Scripps
Institution of Oceanography’s John Hildebrand).
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/issue/021223/misc/23whales.htm
Latest cuts
send universities reeling
Science, Dec. 20 – California
is making substantial budget cuts in state-funded science programs.
The reductions affect Scripps Institution of Oceanography’s
oceanographic collections. (Quotes Scripps Institution
of Oceanography Director Charles Kennel).
http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/298/5602/2305a
Parking
fees at CSUSM rise 155%
San Diego Union Tribune, Dec. 20 –
Cal State San Marcos students will pay $158, to park their cars,
the steepest parking fees of any California state university,
on top of already announced tuition increases. UCSD
charges $134 per quarter for parking.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/fri/metro/news_1mi20fees.html
Snowy epiphanies
in Vienna’s music shrines
San Diego Union Tribune, Neil Morgan,
Dec. 20 -- Neil Morgan writes about the philharmonic and opera
in Vienna, Austria. Morgan notes that Austrian-born composer
Ernst Krenek (whose opera "Jonny spielt auf” is playing
in Vienna) gave his papers to UCSD's Geisel
Library and gave a series of lectures on campus in the 1970s.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/fri/metro/news_1m20morgan.html
