GENERAL NEWS Laboratory Training Courses.— Courses to be given during 1951 at the United States Public Health Service Communicable Disease Center, Chamblee, Ga., will include Laboratory Diagnosis of Syphilis (February 12 to 23 and March 12 to 23); Microbiology for Public Health Nurses (February 26 to March 2); Laboratory Diagnosis of Bacterial Diseases, General Bacteriology, Part 1 (February 26 to March 9) and Part 2 (March 12 to 23); Laboratory Diagnosis of Parasitic Diseases, Part 1, Intestinal Parasites (March 5 to 23) and Part 2, Blood Parasites (March 26 to April 13), and Laboratory Diagnosis of Enteric Diseases, Part 1, Introductory Enteric Bacteriology (March 26 to 30). Information concerning the courses to be given during the remainder of the year and application forms may be secured from the Officer in Charge, Laboratory Training Services, Communicable Disease Center, United States Public Health Service, Post Office Box 185, Chamblee, Ga. Opening for