"Since the report came out, a lot has happened as far as the epidemic spreading, but very little has been done to implement the strongly felt recommendations of the panel," said June Osborn, dean of the University of Michigan School of Public Health and a member of the group that prepared the report. The necessary federal leadership is lacking, added Irving Weissman of Stanford University, who also participated in the intensive six-month study.
Samuel Thier, president of the Institute of Medicine, said he is particularly disappointed with the slow response to the committee's recommendation to coordinate research efforts among federal agencies better. But he pointed to some movement in Congress.
Sen. Pete Wilson (R-Calif.) has just introduced a bill that directs the Institute of Medicine to create a 10-member AIDS advisory panel that would report regularly to the president and Congress for at least the next five years. The panel ...
