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ArchivesDrug-resistant Staph Infections Prevail at HospitalsBy Dianne Finch on Monday, February 5, 2007.According to the Centers for Disease Control, 90 thousand people die each year from infections they catch at hospitals. And 5% of everyone who goes into a hospital catches some kind infection there. One of the most common and virulent germs infecting patients is a type of Staph called And it's on the rise in hospitals across the country - and it can be lethal. In New Hampshire, no one is keeping track of all MRSA infections. But public health experts in the state are working on a state-wide plan to reduce its incidence. listen:
  Hurricane CultureBy Xenia Piaseckyj on Monday, February 5, 2007.The rich character of New Orleans has always been colored by the threat of great storms blowing in off the ocean. Louisiana Playwright Anne Galjour explores the connection between hurricanes and the Cajun way of life in a one-woman play she wrote more than a decade before Katrina hit. She’s bringing her work to the Upper Valley this week, and she joins us to talk about it with guest host Xenia Piaseckyj. Anne Galjour is performing her one-woman play, Hurricane, at Dartmouth’s Hopkins Center for the Arts on February 6th and 7th and at the Latchis Theater in Brattleboro, Vermont on February 11th. (Click the links for more details.) listen:
The Future of Public FinancingBy Laura Knoy on Monday, February 5, 2007.Up until now, public dollars have played an key role defraying the costs of a Presidential campaign…. But that could change this year – with major candidates already deciding to “opt out†of the system. We’ll explore the advantages and disadvantages of public financing. Laura's guests are John Rauh, president of "Americans for Campaign Finance Reform," a national, bi-partisan group promoting public funding of all federal elections, who was the was the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate here in New Hampshire in 1992 and John Samples, Director of the Center for Representative Government at the Cato Institute and an adjunct professor at Johns Hopkins University. listen:
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