Two Giants Vie for Billions in S.T.D. Vaccine Market

Natasha Singer writes for The New York Times: “Two pharmaceutical giants are vying for the billions of dollars up for grabs in the market for vaccines against the human papillomavirus, or HPV, a sexually transmitted infection that can cause cervical cancer and genital warts.

Reporting on Gender Inequality and the Recession: There’s Nothing More Manly Than a Pink Slip

In a posting on Buzzflash.com, Meg White analyzes how job loss in the U.S. impacts men and women and the media’s coverage of this issue.

Scaring Breast Cancer Patients from Health Care Reform

MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow talks with NOW President Terry O’Neill about this latest right-wing scare tactic aimed against health care reform.

Opposing Groups Protest Outside Abortion Doctor’s Clinic

CNN’s Wayne Drash and Curt Merrill cover protests outside Dr. LeRoy Carhart’s clinic in Nebraska. Local NOW activists as well as national President Terry O’Neill participated in this event.

Abortion Coverage Emerging Among Central Issues in Health Reform

NOW President Terry O’Neill is quoted in this piece from the Women’s Health Policy Report on how “abortion coverage is becoming the latest battleground in the debate over health care reform.”