EMERGING EPIDEMIC

U.S. News & World Report, March 13 -- Donnie Beitchman, a Duke patient with the hepatitis C virus, is grateful for each and every measured step he can take today. ... Full story

REEVE'S LESSON: LUNG-CANCER TOLL HIGH FOR WOMEN


Atlanta Journal-Constitution, March 9 -- Dr. Jennifer Garst, assistant professor of medicine at the DukeUniversityComprehensiveCancerCenter, tackles the questions raised by Dana Reeve's death due to lung cancer at age 44. ... Full story

CAN APPLE MAKE A CAMPUS COMEBACK?

Chronicle of Higher Education, March 10 -- As Duke and other universities find new educational uses for iPods, Apple's products are now more prominent on campuses than they have been in nearly a decade. ... Full story

HIGH PROPERTY TAXES DRIVING A NEW REVOLT

The Christian Science Monitor, March 8 -- Helen Ladd, a property tax expert at Duke, discusses the flip side of the real estate boom -- a property-tax revolt. ... Full story

5,700 BIOLOGISTS BACK ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT

The Washington Post, March 9 -- Stuart Pimm, a conservation biologist at Duke, discusses why he has joined with other scientists in urging the Senate in a letter to keep the Endangered Species Act largely intact. (See second item.) ... Full story
--Also, Common Dreams News Wire: 5,738 Scientists Decry Attempts to Weaken Endangered Species Act ... Full story
Duke Magazine: Ecologist Stuart Pimm Explores a Disappearing World (video) ... Watch

STUDY SAYS TESTING TIME CAN'T BE BLAMED FOR RISING DRUG COSTS

New Zealand Herald, Reuters, March 9 -- Henry Grabowski, a Duke professor of economics, discusses a study that shows that the United States dominates the global new drug industry.
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LIBERAL ACTIVIST ADS ATTACK CONSERVATIVES

Seattle Post-Intelligencer, March 9 -- The purpose of ads that link three conservative leaders with lobbyist Jack Abramoff is "to educate people about the critical importance of separation of church and state," said Duke law professor Erwin Chemerinsky. (AP story also appeared in The Boston Globe and more than 30 other news outlets.) ... Full story

CITY'S CIVIL RIGHTS HISTORYON DISPLAY

(Durham) Herald-Sun, March 9 -- Duke staff members have helped preserve photos and recollections of Durham's civil rights past. ... Full story

NATIONAL CHEERLEADING SAFETY GROUP RECOMMENDS BARRING CERTAIN STUNTS

Sports Illustrated, AP, March 9 -- New restrictions imposed by a national cheerleading safety group won't affect Duke, where cheerleaders have not been allowed to do anything but routine tumbling since the mid-1980s. ... Full story