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FY12 Spending Debate Comes to a Close

Congress completed, and the President signed into law, the FY12 appropriations bill. The $915 billion spending bill wraps up the remaining nine appropriations measures. The bill provides funding for programs at the Department of Health and Human Services, including the National
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Rep. Rush Holt’s (D-NJ) Editorial in Most Recent Science

Science 16 September 2011:
Vol. 333 no. 6049 p. 1549
DOI: 10.1126/science.1211494
EDITORIAL:

Dueling Visions for Science

Rush Holt
Rush Holt is the U.S. Representative for New Jersey's 12th Congressional District and has a doctoral degree in physics.

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Protecting Women From Infection - 3/1/06

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Dr. Nancy Padian
University of California, San Francisco

Dr. Padian discusses why, compared to men, women are disproportionately at risk for HIV, and what women can do to reduce their personal risk. Given the increasing numbers of women infected, it's clear they need methods of prevention whose use they can control. She reviews research on women-controlled methods of prevention including microbicides, (chemical, topical methods that women can apply that might prevent infection) and physical barriers. In addition, she addresses strategies that promote economic independence and thus decrease reliance on male partners.