Looking ahead

Looking Ahead: News to watch in the weeks to come | The Editors

World AIDS Day

December 1: Activists will gear up for a day of education and awareness, but many will no doubt be following the case of a 42-year-old American patient in Germany who, after a bone-marrow transplant from an HIV-immune donor, shows no signs of the virus returning. Nobel Prize--winning physician David Baltimore called it "a very good sign," but researchers may still be a long way from a cure. Across the world, an estimated 33.2 million people live with HIV, the precursor virus to deadly AIDS.

Show that never ends

December 2: Barack Obama might be the president elect, but the longest election cycle in American politics still has legs. By virtue of winning just a plurality, Sen. Saxby Chambliss will have to win a run-off against Democratic challenger Jim Martin if the Georgia Republican wishes to retain his Senate seat. On Election Day, Chambliss got 49.8 percent of the vote compared to 46.8 percent for Martin. Libertarian candidate Allen Buckley garnered 3.4 percent of the vote, playing spoiler and forcing the top two candidates to face off again for the majority required under Georgia law.