Galveston County ready for flu season
November 30, 2007
Houston Chronicle Bay Area, Nov. 29, 2007 The first confirmed case of the flu this season has been reported in Galveston County, but health officials... more »
Experts 'fail' risk analysis for Boston bioterror lab
November 30, 2007
Washington Post, Nov. 30, 2007 An expert panel of the nation's premier science advisory organization yesterday gave a failing grade to a federal risk... more »
Research on encephalitis vaccines detailed by scientists at University of Texas, Center for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases
November 30, 2007
Calibre Macroworld, Nov. 29, 2007 New investigation results, "Chimeric Sindbis/eastern equine encephalitis vaccine candidates are highly attenuated... more »
It's good to be the queen
November 30, 2007
Houston Chronicle, Nov. 29, 2007 Anne Boyd, who becomes Queen Victoria during Galveston's Dickens on the Strand festival, gets to indulge two of her... more »
High-tech surgery uses precise photon beams, no scalpels
November 29, 2007
GALVESTON, Texas - A specialized form of concentrated radiation therapy using high-energy photon beams to destroy tumor cells with surgical... more »
UTMB nursing grads lead state in national licensing exam
November 29, 2007
GALVESTON, Texas - Results of the National Council of State Boards of Nursing are in and graduates of the School of Nursing at the University of... more »
Craddick announces interim studies
November 29, 2007
Austin American-Statesman, Nov. 28, 2007 House Speaker Tom Craddick on Wednesday released interim charges to be studied by lawmakers. Legislators are... more »
Grant to fund research on cancer, metastasis
November 29, 2007
Houston Chronicle Bay Area, Nov. 29, 2007 Binhua P. Zhou, a researcher at UTMB, has received a five-year, $1.4 million grant from the National Cancer... more »
RSNA awards Gold Medal to Drs. Bryan, Hendee and Thrall
November 29, 2007
Medicexchange.com, Nov. 28, 2007 A graduate of the UTMB Medical School has received the Gold Medal, the highest honor conferred by the Radiological... more »
Does milk do your body good?
November 29, 2007
Men's Health, Nov. 28, 2007 This article investigates health claims for milk citing research at UTMB that found that drinking whole milk after... more »