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...that Massachusetts restore the $9.7 million cut from its AIDS budget—are eminently reasonable, considering the lives and money that timely prevention and research promise to save. AIDS and tuberculosis and malaria—the other diseases U.S. money would fight—take a particularly heavy toll in the developing world; of the 36 million people infected with HIV worldwide, more than 95 percent live in developing countries. Especially in these places, where little treatment or prevention is currently available, U.S. money would save lives at a bargain rate...
...Mental health disorders take a significant financial toll, according to a 2001 study by the NMHA. Untreated and mistreated mental illness costs American business, governments and families $113 billion a year. Mental illness is also the second leading cause of disability and premature death...
...daily press briefing at Bagram air base, the allied command post north of Kabul, always begins with a reminder of why so many soldiers have gathered on this dusty plain. Coalition spokesman Major Bryan Hilferty numbers the days since Sept. 11, 2001, reminds reporters of the death toll and describes a victim. Last Friday, it was Michael Hannan, 34, of Lynbrook, N.Y., who, Hilferty said, "knew how to put people at ease and how to make them laugh. His daughters Rachel, 5, Alexandra, 22 months, and wife Andrea are left only with memories." Fifteen minutes later, Hilferty wrapped...
...comparisons to Columbine are inevitable: an angry young man, dressed completely in black, takes his revenge on a school. But there are differences: Friday's death toll is slightly higher, German police believe there was only one gunman and the killer zeroed in on teachers rather than fellow students. And perhaps most importantly, Germany, where it can take up to a year to pass background checks required just to buy a hunting rifle, has far stricter gun laws than...
...said, but few believe he can control all the suicide bombers. Sharon pledged to withdraw from the Palestinian cities, but he seemed in a bigger hurry to mop up every potential terrorist and perhaps dismantle what was left of the civilian Palestinian Authority in the West Bank. The death toll for the week rose to more than 100, with Israeli soldiers tightening their grip around Manger Square, where Palestinian gunmen and a huddle of civilians and priests were besieged in the Church of the Nativity complex. Israeli warplanes and artillery struck targets in southern Lebanon on Saturday after Israeli posts...