AIDS czarina: Clinton's policy chief contends with spending caps and stubborn myths

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AIDS policy office director Sandy Thurman expects AIDS research funding to decrease in the future. The main obstacles to funding are discretionary spending caps in the fiscal 1999 federal budget and the public's perception that a crisis no longer exists. The office plans to use marketing strategies to alter public opinion, and will focus on developing a vaccine.

Sexually Transmitted Disease R&D, Interview, AIDS (Disease), Sexually transmitted disease research

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Is medical research doomed?

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Medical research financing is decreasing drastically. Medical research programs will fail if they do not get 10% to 20% of their funding from stable sources. Market forces are causing these difficulties but if these difficulties continue there will be economic repercussions for medical schools, health care quality and US businesses.

Medical Research, Product development, Health care industry, Cover Story

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