Duke in the News: Jan. 16, 2003
Bush Has His Reasons to Alter Tactics on North Korea | In Fee Squabble, State Threatens to Cancel Duke Medical Contract | Transplant Fails; Boy, 3, To Have Another, and more...
Thursday, January 16, 2003
BUSH HAS HIS REASONS TO ALTER TACTICS ON N. KOREA
Los Angeles Times, Jan. 16 -- Chung-In Moon, a South Korean visiting professor at Duke University, says the Bush administration needs to be prepared for tough negotiations in which the North Koreans would demand an end to U.S. hostility, security guarantees, gestures of respect and U.S. diplomatic recognition. ... Full story
IN FEE SQUABBLE, STATE THREATENS TO CANCEL DUKE MEDICAL CONTRACT
(Durham, N.C.) Herald-Sun, Jan. 16 -- In a move that would send thousands of area state retirees and employees to new health care providers, the State Employee Health Plan is threatening to terminate its contract with Duke University Health System. ...Full story
TRANSPLANT FAILS; BOY, 3, TO HAVE ANOTHER
Los Angeles Times, Jan. 16 -- After weeks of optimism, John and Alicia Bennett of Northern California learned this week that their son Tommy's experimental stem-cell transplant performed at Duke failed, meaning he will need another procedure to fight his otherwise fatal disease. ... Full story
DEEP TROUBLE
(Durham, N.C.) Independent Weekly, Jan. 15 -- Divers Alert Network, which was founded by a Duke anesthesiology professor, is a Durham-based nonprofit that's internationally respected for its mission of "divers helping divers." But an investigation by The Independent found that behind the $14 million-a-year enterprise, directors were accusing their longtime CEO and corporate counsel of also helping themselves. ...Full story
GROWING PAINS
North Carolina Magazine (N.C. Citizens for Business and Industry), January 2003 -- The look of hospitals has changed drastically in the past decades. One example is the main entrance at Duke University Hospital, which gives off the feeling that you're driving up to a four-star hotel, complete with valet parking. ...Full story
REVIEW: SOUND TRAVELS FASTER THAN LIGHT
Christian Science Monitor, Jan. 16 -- A new Duke University Press book, Jonathan Sterne's "The Audible Past," argues that our aural environment makes us modern.
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MORE MEDICARE CUTS COMING
(Raleigh) News & Observer, Jan. 16 -- The Duke Senior Health Center in Raleigh, owned by Duke University Health System, and another run by Rex Healthcare are bracing for more cuts. Currently they offset losses with revenue from programs that do make money.
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CHARLOTTE HOSPITALS TO HOLD OFF INOCULATING EMPLOYEES
Charlotte Observer, Jan. 16 -- "We're trying to be good citizens," said Dr. Keith Kaye, an infectious disease specialist at Duke. "We think we can participate safely (in the smallpox immunization program) if we follow all the national guidelines."
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