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• Open access" and "Academic spring"- ---- research papers that describe work paid for by British taxpayer will be free online for universities, companies and individuals to use for any purpose, wherever they are in the world.-----http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2012/jul/15/free-access-british-scientific-research?newsfeed=true ---Other countries with appropriate vision with similar ethical insight are expected to follow-- “The move reflects a groundswell of support for "open access" publishing among academics who have long protested that journal publishers make large profits by locking research behind online paywalls. "If the taxpayer has paid for this research to happen, that work shouldn't be put behind a paywall before a British citizen can read it," Willetts said.”----
   
• Cervical cancer screening- More on PAP test & HPV testing- ‘Panel Faults Virus Test to Spot Cervical Cancer’ The Wall Street Journal ---"We're talking about the HPV test being better in one way, but not as good in another way," as the highly accurate Pap tests, she said. “-----
  
• An open access mandate for the National Institutes of Health. (Open Med 2008;2(2):e14-16). By Suber P. Link for FREE PDF http://www.openmedicine.ca/rt/printerFriendly/213/135

• Cervical screening saves lives so it's a big worry if young women start to miss their smear tests http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7695426.stm

• Less-frequent Pap smears may miss cancer precursors http://www.foxnews.com/health/2013/03/08/less-frequent-pap-smears-may-miss-cancer-precursors/

• The Research Councils UK (RCUK) policy on open access comes into effect from the 1st April 2013. The policy states that all peer-reviewed published research articles and conference proceedings funded by RCUK must be open access (watch the video).