Clinton backs Congressional efforts on genetic discrimination

Imperfect remedies: legislative efforts to prevent genetic discrimination.

View from the Hill: Congressional efforts to address bioterrorism.

In government—and particularly in the federal government—ideas normally come from the bottom up. When finally approved, proposals are reasonably well thought out in terms of what we are going to do and why we are going to do it. Sometimes knowledge of “what” we are going to do far exceeds the ability to explain why we are going to do it. However, for bioterrorism we are better able to talk abou...

CED-80-5 Federal Weather Modification Efforts Need Congressional Attention

OFCCP Enforcement Efforts on Sex Discrimination in Compensation

Sex discrimination in compensation is traditionally understood within a pay equity framework. Quite simply, “Are women paid the same as men in similarly situated jobs after controlling for legitimate explanatory factors?” In application, pay differences that cannot be accounted for by reasonable explanatory factors (e.g., tenure, performance) is evidence of sex discrimination in compensation an...

Clinton Cuts Council on Environmental Quality

The clinical significance of neuron-specific enolase (NSE) as a tumour marker was evaluated in 54 patients with seminoma. Before orchiectomy NSE was elevated in six out of 21 patients with stage I seminoma and 11 out of 16 patients with metastases. After orchiectomy NSE normalised in all evaluated stage I cases, but was still elevated in six out of 12 patients with metastatic disease. NSE monit...