Day: June 3, 2014
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UK awarded $1.9 million to improve recruitment, preparation and retention of science, tech, engineering and math students
The Howard Hughes Medical Institute has awarded the University of Kentucky a five-year, $1.9 million grant to improve retention of students in the STEM disciplines: science, technology, engineering and mathematics,...
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Danville is latest Ky. community to ban indoor use of e-cigarettes, following new law that classifies them as tobacco product
The Danville City Commission has approved an ordinance that bans the use of e-cigs in enclosed places, placing the same restrictions on them that already exist on traditional tobacco cigarettes,...
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Breakthrough drugs for targeted diseases work wonders, but are very expensive; some see a trend to worry about
Drugs focusing on narrow subsets of broader diseases are now being developed for individuals with specific genetic makeups. This trend prompts questions about who covers the cost, who gets the...