2 distinct diagnoses on world health

Los Angeles Times by Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar | Jul. 31, 2007 (News Report)

Carmona's 2006 draft described condoms as an effective way to prevent AIDS, omitted U.S. efforts on public health in Iraq and Afghanistan and made only passing references to Bush. The report was subsequently pigeon-holed and never released by the health department.

The difference between the drafts, released Monday in Congress, added fuel to the controversy over whether the Bush administration has politicized science and medicine -- putting ... Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Dale Penn - Jul 31, 2007 - 8:40 AM PDT
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 by Jim Lang - Oct. 1, 2008

This is a fair but rather abbreviated report on the differences between the administration's outline for a global health report and that produced by then Surgeon General Carmona.

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Dale Penn
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