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Antibiotic-resistant bacteria can be difficult to detect, and survival depends on a quick diagnosis and treatment. However, an Auburn University research team has created a test using a biosensor thatMore >>
Antibiotic-resistant bacteria can be difficult to detect, and survival depends on a quick diagnosis and treatment.
However, an Auburn University research team has created a test using a biosensor that will help doctors go from hours to minutes in identifying super bacteria like MRSA, a type of staph bacteria that can cause deadly skin infections.More >>
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In a 1:00 P.M. news conference today, Dr. Don Williamson, head of the Alabama Department of Public Health, assuaged concerns about the mysterious illness in south east Alabama.According to Williamson,More >>
Dr. Don Williamson, head of the Alabama Department of Public Health: "No evidence of anything unusual in the flu viruses in the 7 patients."More >>
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A 19-year-old Selma man is under arrest charged with murder after he admitted to police that he shot missing person Micah Dewayne Johnson to death. Police say 22-year-old Johnson was last seen by hisMore >>
A 19-year-old Selma man is under arrest charged with murder after he admitted to police that he shot missing person Micah Dewayne Johnson to death.More >>
The Boy Scouts of America's national leadership will vote Thursday whether to allow openly gay Scouts in its ranks, a critical and emotionally charged moment for one of the nation's oldest youth organizations...More >>
In one of their most dramatic choices in a century, local leaders of the Boy Scouts of America voted Thursday on whether to ease a divisive ban and allow openly gay boys to be accepted into the nation's leading youth...More >>
AUBURN, Ala. (AP) - The Auburn University Board of Trustees has approved two men for positions on the board.
The Opelika-Auburn News reports (http://bit.ly/WCL75N) that the board made the decision during a meeting in Montgomery Thursday afternoon.
Mike DeMaioribus was approved as the District 8 trustee; and Wayne Smith was approved as an at-large trustee.
The 58-year-old DeMaioribus is the senior vice president at Dynetics Inc., a Huntsville-based company that specializes in intelligence, missiles, aviation and space.
The 66-year-old Wayne Smith is chairman, president and chief executive officer of Community Health Systems in Franklin, Tenn. The company operates or leases 135 hospitals in 29 states.
Their appointments will be made official with passage of a resolution by the Alabama Legislature, which will convene Feb. 5.
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