KHOU-TV (CBS) Ch. 11 Houston TX (Internet / TV) 06/20/06 http://www.khou.com/business/stories/khou060620_mh_utmblayoffs.a6070ce3.html Layoffs are looming at Galveston's largest employer. 11 News has learned the University of Texas Medical Branch will cut up to 1300 pink slips beginning next month.... more »

Galveston County Daily News (Internet / Print) 06/21/06 http://news.galvestondailynews.com/story.lasso?ewcd=4e5640f77ce1e970 Guest Column by Dr. Suzanne Peloquin: The front door of a white house on First Street opens from a green yard in a quiet neighborhood into a small space charged with a large... more »

Dallas Morning News (Internet / Print) 06/21/06 http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/APStories/stories/D8IC82O00.html The University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston will cut about 1,000 jobs, the school's president said Tuesday. Only about 15 percent of the cuts will come through attrition,... more »

MedPage Today (Internet) 06/21/06 http://www.medpagetoday.com/HematologyOncology/ProstateCancer/tb/3581 Whether a man with prostate cancer is treated with androgen deprivation may depend more on his choice of urologist than on the nature of his tumor or his age, researchers here suggested. "The use... more »

Austin American-Statesman (Internet / Print) 06/21/06http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/local/06/21roundup.html The Seton Healthcare Network welcomed its largest group of medical residents, or doctors-in-training, to Austin on Tuesday as part of a 30-year agreement with the... more »

Galveston County Daily News (Internet / Print) 06/21/06 http://news.galvestondailynews.com/story.lasso?ewcd=d4d900d5d14297ae Dr. Russell K. Miller, medical director for the Galveston Area Ambulance Authority, was recently recognized by the Greater Houston EMS Council as Medical Director of the Year.... more »

Galveston County Daily News (Internet / Print) 06/21/06 http://news.galvestondailynews.com/story.lasso?WCD=86922 The University of Texas Medical Branch announced Tuesday it likely would cut 1,000 jobs from its work force of 13,000 in the coming year. Of those, an estimated 15 percent to 20 percent... more »

Houston Chronicle (Internet / Print) 06/21/06 http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/3988229.html The University of Texas Medical Branch plans to lay off up to 10 percent of its work force to cut costs, the institution's president, John Stobo, said Tuesday. The pink slips will be delivered by... more »

Galveston County Daily News (Internet / Print) 06/20/06 http://news.galvestondailynews.com/story.lasso?ewcd=6266f9e27291b29c Today we commemorate the 141st anniversary of the ending of slavery in the United States. From its origins in Galveston in 1865, observing June 19 as the African-American... more »

Galveston County Daily News (Internet / Print) 06/20/06 http://news.galvestondailynews.com/story.lasso?ewcd=28ae75cf30c6dad1 A wet day Monday did not keep more than 200 people from turning out for the annual Juneteenth prayer breakfast at Ashton Villa. Mayor Lyda Ann Thomas welcomed those who had... more »