Statements by panelist Dr. Ralph Miech, associate professor emeritus of pharmacology, are included in coverage of the May 11 scientific gathering at the CDC in Atlanta to explore emerging bacterial infections that may be linked to the use of the drug RU-486. Last year, Miech published results of research suggesting that RU-486 may suppress the immune system, which would increase susceptibility to bacteria already present in the vaginal canal. This wire-service article was distributed to member media and appeared in newspapers and on Web sites around the country.

Statements by panelist Dr. Ralph Miech, associate professor emeritus of pharmacology, are included in coverage of the May 11 scientific gathering at the CDC in Atlanta to explore emerging bacterial infections that may be linked to the use of the drug RU-486. Last year, Miech published results of research suggesting that RU-486 may suppress the immune system, which would increase susceptibility to bacteria already present in the vaginal canal.

Part one of a two-part feature about Interfaith House, a three-year-old residential program currently housing 33 students of varying faiths. Living together seems to be the new wave of multifaith activity on college campuses. For more than a decade, schools have been diversifying their chaplaincies and tapping more into students' interest in the spiritual side of life. In the past three years, the trend has given rise to interfaith dorms not only at Brown, but at Syracuse University, Northwestern, and Wellesley College.

At the sentencing hearing of the man who unintentionally set off the Station nightclub fire, dozens of relatives of people who died spoke of the emotional pain they have experienced since the fire. Gregory K. Fritz, medical director of Bradley Hospital, and a professor of psychiatry and human behavior, discusses their grief and how these people and others like them can take steps toward recovery.

Neil D. Steinberg, vice president of development and campaign director, has been appointed by Mayor David N. Cicilline to conduct a review of the Providence Public Library’s business principles. Library officials are proposing closing branches because of a $900,000 budget shortfall, of which $700,000 is for neighborhood branch services.

Scott Haltzman, a clinical assistant professor of psychiatry and human behavior who studies gender differences, offers comments about “hot moms” who do not surrender their lives to their children’s lives.