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...create a joint institute between Harvard, MIT, and affiliated hospitals with the stated goal of finding a vaccine for AIDS within the next decade. The gift from Phillip “Terry” Ragon and his wife, Susan, will create the Ragon Institute—designed to overhaul norms of clinical research by drawing from acclaimed physicians, researchers, and engineers in various fields who have never directly worked in AIDS research before. Harvard Medical School professor Bruce D. Walker, who runs an AIDS clinic in South Africa, will serve as the Institute’s first director...
...former governors as possible candidates to replace Tom Daschle. But while several may have the qualifications to run the HHS bureaucracy, the real question is whether anyone can replace Daschle when it comes to the harder task of keeping on track President Obama's drive this year to overhaul the health-care system and expand coverage to the 47 million Americans who now lack it. (Read "Did Daschle Bow Out Too Soon, or Was It Inevitable...
Republicans say they want a dramatic overhaul of the bill, stripping out certain offending projects and focusing more on tax cuts. Congressional Democrats, who have the power to pass the bill with a minimum of Republican support, are for now holding fast to their initial plans, which have been drafted largely without Republican input. Obama has been struggling to find some middle ground, repeatedly instructing Democratic leaders to jettison the most controversial provisions, like money for state family-planning funding. As it stands, all three sides have yet to find a way to move beyond the rhetoric of bipartisanship; there...
...areas have been targeted for fiscal overhaul yet, but some suggestions included reorganizing professional development, deferring school maintenance, and charging fees for student programs and transportation. Turk said that any decisions made would be in the best interests of students...
That will require more than speedy spending. It will require a quick overhaul of Washington's spending priorities and spending processes. In other words, speedy reform...