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Alan Bernstein, executive director of the Global HIV Vaccine Enterprise, suggests that the debate over which analysis of the data matters most - as well as the rather clumsy manner in which the study was presented to the public - is secondary to what the research brings to the battle against HIV. "Let's not get hung up on tangential concerns, and stay focused on everyone's main priority: working our way toward getting a vaccine," Bernstein says. "This trial isn't the big bang. It isn't perfect, and [it] has only provided points of information that must be examined, pursued...
Gandy called attention to the apparent double standard that exists in the media’s treatment of women either running for or serving in public office, with the majority of the night’s conversation focused on Hillary Clinton in the 2008 presidential primary elections...
...first time ever, and just two weeks before the Cambridge Public School Committee Elections, the Cambridge public school district has been labeled “in need of improvement” due to the results of last spring’s Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) testing...
...even with all these warnings, people still hesitate to use vaccines, given the results of a recent survey conducted by the Harvard School of Public Health in which 41 percent of adults say they will not get vaccinated for H1N1. This statistic may seem surprising, since vaccinations have long been considered a safe and effective means for preventing serious illnesses. There are reasons why, as a child, we get a host of vaccinations that prevent us from contracting diseases ranging from polio to rubella to, now, chicken pox. And while chicken pox may seem like just a rite of passage...
...despite the current economic downturn, college is getting more expensive. Tuition and fees for the 2009-10 school year at a private, four-year college or university now averages $26,273, a 4.4% increase from last year. Throw in room and board and you're up to $35,636. Public schools are a better deal, of course, but their price tag is growing even faster - up 6% or more. All this in a year where the cost of most everything else (as measured by the Consumer Price Index) actually fell. There is a silver lining: increased aid and tax benefits...