William Haseltine

Preliminary reports on Obama's first budget, to be unveiled tomorrow, suggest that funding for international AIDS programs will be held flat, despite campaign-trail promises to ramp up U.S. commitment. Yet now more than ever, investment in the cause can make a difference. Earlier this week, I met with three colleagues--Robert Gallo, Max Essex, and Robert Redfield--who have been at the forefront of AIDS research for the last 25 years. It was the four of us who… More »

A pioneering AIDS researcher contends that the tools to end the epidemic may already be at hand

Some images haunt. Throughout the 1990s, the image of the jagged cavern blasted into the basement of the World Trade Center seemed to me to be a undecipherable icon, revealing the powerful subterranean forces that would shape our time. On September 11, 2001, Al Qaeda decoded this symbol of doom. Last week, I witnessed a foreboding image of another sort as I stood in an unfurnished five-bedroom apartment on the 50th floor of a newly constructed building in Dubai.… More »

The current economic crisis imperils both short- and long-term prospects for our economy. In the near term, lack of liquidity, collapsing asset values, bankruptcies, job losses and foreclosures spell financial ruin or deep distress for most. The long-term impact on our ability to recover and to thrive in the post crisis world is less obvious but perhaps even more troubling. The United States leads the world in scientific and technical innovation. As long as the… More »

Some images haunt. Throughout the 1990s, the image of the jagged cavern blasted into the basement of the World Trade Center seemed to me to be a undecipherable icon, revealing the powerful subterranean forces that would shape our time. On September 11, 2001, Al Qaeda decoded this symbol of doom. Last week, I witnessed a foreboding image of another sort as I stood in an unfurnished five-bedroom apartment on the 50th floor of a newly constructed building in Dubai.… More »

The current economic crisis imperils both short- and long-term prospects for our economy. In the near term, lack of liquidity, collapsing asset values, bankruptcies, job losses and foreclosures spell financial ruin or deep distress for most. The long-term impact on our ability to recover and to thrive in the post crisis world is less obvious but perhaps even more troubling. The United States leads the world in scientific and technical innovation. As long as the… More »