Coburn: Skip Europe AIDS meeting

From: The Washington Times | February 25, 2010 

An upcoming international AIDS conference in Europe should be canceled, says a Republican senator who wants organizers to use money for travel and meetings on treatment and research instead. In a letter sent last week to the president of the International AIDS Society, which is organizing this summer's 2010 AIDS Conference in Vienna, Austria, Sen. Tom Coburn of Oklahoma, a doctor, cited statistics showing that tens of millions of people across the world infected with HIV are going without treatment. "While I recognize the International AIDS Conference can provide a unique forum for networking, reviewing scientific developments and sharing information ...

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