Sen. Kerry Dismayed By Lack Of Congressional Action On HIV Vaccines
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
Congress has missed opportunities to offer significant support for HIV vaccine research, Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) said at a June 23 Foreign Relations Committee hearing on the topic of HIV vaccines. Both the Senate and the House have passed resolutions this year supporting the acceleration of HIV vaccine research. New estimates from the United Nations program on HIV/AIDS suggest that the developing world will need $15 bil. in 2006 to help reverse the spread of the disease.