“‘We must overcome the global challenge of AIDS,’ a statement released yesterday from presidential candidate Mitt Romney says,” the Center for Global Health Policy’s “Science Speaks” blog reports. “He notes that the epidemic is ‘indiscriminate,’ takes ‘young and old,’ ‘leaves women and orphans,’ and often affects ‘those least able to help themselves,'” and “says America must continue to be ‘a beacon of hope for innovative research and support in overcoming the global challenge of AIDS,'” the blog writes (Barton, 7/21).