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Male Circumcision and the HIV/AIDS Myth

Ali A. Rizvi | Posted 09.03.2009 | Living


Ali A. Rizvi

The best way to prevent HIV and other STIs -- whether you're circumcised, uncircumcised, gay, straight, male or female -- is through education and condom use.

UN Aid Programs Have Cost $22B Yet Little Proof They Work, Studies Say

AP | MARIA CHENG | Posted 07.19.2009 | World


LONDON — In the last two decades, the world has spent more than $196 billion trying to save people from death and disease in poor countries. Bu...

Just What the Doctor Ordered: Clean Energy, Public Health, and Climate Change

Frances Beinecke | Posted 06.18.2009 | Green


Frances Beinecke

Climate change has been called "the biggest global health threat of the 21st century." The clean energy bill that is moving through the House right now is just what the doctor ordered.

Pentagon Challenge: Ask Iraqis How Many Have Died

Robert Naiman | Posted 11.13.2008 | Politics


Robert Naiman

Not only should Congress require the Pentagon to ask these questions, but Congress should require the Pentagon to use the data so gathered to create estimates of Iraqi deaths since 2003.