Archive for the 'Health' Category

OP-ED: The Real History of ‘Corporate Personhood’: Meet the …

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The Real History of ‘Corporate Personhood’: Meet the Man to …

The following is an excerpt of Jeffrey Clement’s Corporations Are Not People: Why They Have More Rights Than You Do and What You Can Do About It .) Click here to order a copy.

HIV Treatment and Prevention Gains Threatened by Global Financial Crisis

Thirty years after AIDS was first recognized as a human scourge, major recent gains in treatment and prevention risk being derailed by the global financial crisis.

Cutbacks threaten HIV gains

Thirty years after AIDS was first recognized as a human scourge, major recent gains in treatment and prevention risk being derailed by the global financial crisis.

The Editors: Buckeye Badgers

John Kasich’s public-sector-union reform. The law, enacted earlier this year but put to a referendum thanks to the efforts of organized labor, is vital to the fiscal health of the state’s municipal governments, and it should remain on the books.

Nobel medicine prize for Canadian-born scientist to stand despite death

Family members of Nobel prize winner Ralph Steinman walk in front of a picture of Steinman during a ceremony honoring him at Rockefeller University in New York, Monday.

Dennis McCarthy: Dog set to be a friend to all vets

Atticus is an eight-and-a-half year old Yellow Labrador and the Grand Marshall Dog for the American Humane Association Hero Dog Awards, selected for the vital service and protection he has performed for Jim Hogan, a blind Vietnam veteran since Valentin…

Opinions offensive

I enjoy the Altoona Mirror. However, allowing someone like Barbara Thomas from New Enterprise to spout forth her hypocritical and non-logical blend of politics and religion is very unappealing.

Richard (RJ) Eskow: If You Can Write Hate-Filled, Obscenity-Laced…

An email entitled “Lies of Eskov in HP AOL Ariticle” was received this morning by the Campaign For America’s Future and forwarded with the comment, “Here’s a nice complimentary one … geez.” Hate mail comes with the job and this note was unexceptional…

World in 2011: A Day of Discussion in New York

December 4, 2010 marked the third day of the Economist’s World in 2011 Festival in New York.