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Discriminating for religious reasons
Here is my ha’porth, for the record. It is no excuse to say that your religion…
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Get a First Life
Very funny parody of second life: www.getafirstlife.com. I particularly enjoyed the recommendation to “fornicate using your…
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What causes uncertainty in vaccine demand?
Scientific American discusses the need for better forecasting of need for drugs and vaccines: Unpredictable demand…
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Do we learn good?
Andrew Jack wrote in the Financial Times on Wednesday about measures to reduce AIDS in Africa. …
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Limiting the risks of government data sharing
The UK Government is going to consult more widely on its proposals for data sharing within…
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The costs to business of overseas corruption
Governments sometimes struggle to take a firm line on corruption overseas. On the one hand governments…
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UK Opposition Makes Pledge on Malaria
Shadow Chancellor George Osborne has announced that the Conservatives would spend at least £500 million a…
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More on food miles
I mentioned earlier this year the need to be rational about “food miles” – that is,…
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Food miles and the poor
There is a debate about whether we should buy food from poor countries – which helps…
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Seeing the big picture on global health
Laurie Garrett writes in the current edition of Foreign Affairs about the Challenge of Global Health:…
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