I learned today that the Blount County Humane Society (BCHS) opposes a $2 dog license fee to help with the operational budget of the Blount County Animal Center, scheduled to open in mid-October. Their opposition is based on the grounds that the center will be a so-called kill center. Blount Countians opposed to the policy [...]
MARYVILLE – In an email from the good folks at terrysm@peoplepc.com today, I learned that the controversial canines alternately known as pitbulls, pits, or bullys, who were abused and exploited by a now supposedly contrite Mike Vick, are on the minds of the “Powers That Be in Dandridge.” Coincidentally, a poll asking whether the breed [...]
MARYVILLE – There hasn’t been a lupus specific treatment developed in over 50 years. This is not surprising, since the highly complex autoimmune disease affects the approximately 1.5 million American patients on different levels and in different ways. Recently Human Genome Sciences and GlaxoSmithKline announced positive results for clinical trials of the drug Benlysta (TM) [...]