Call for Funding: President Obama called for spending an extra $50 million on U.S. HIV/AIDS programs, including $15 million for HIV clinics and $35 million for state drug-assistance programs, the WSJ reports . He also called for putting about 2.1 million more people globally on antiretroviral drugs by the end of fiscal 2013, through the U.S. program known as Pepfar. He spoke at a World AIDS Day event in Washington, D.C. Development Guidelines: The FDA issued guidelines for companies and researchers working to develop an artificial pancreas to treat type 1 diabetes, Reuters reports . Advocates are generally optimistic that the guidelines will encourage innovation, Reuters says. Doesn’t Reproduce: The results of most medical studies, even those that appear in well-respected, peer-reviewed journals, can’t be reproduced by other scientists, the WSJ reports . The current issue of the journal Science is

focusing on the problem, which may spring in part from the increased complexity of today’s experiments and variations in equipment or materials researchers use. Calls for Recusal: Conservatives are calling for Justice Elena Kagan to recuse herself in the upcoming Supreme Court case on the constitutionality of the health-care overhaul law because she used to be President Obama’s solicitor general, while those on the left want Justice Clarence Thomas to sit out the case because of his wife’s ties to groups that have advocated against the law, the Los Angeles Times reports . But the paper notes that Supreme Court justices “pride themselves on their impartiality and rarely recuse themselves unless they have a direct financial stake in the outcome of a case.” Image: iStockphoto

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A.M. Vitals: Obama Directs $50 Million to U.S. HIV Patients