BOSTON - Haitian immigrants, considered more likely than most other people to get AIDS, do not have any of the immune system abnormalities discovered in homosexual men, another group susceptible to the syndrome, a study shows. Blood tests on healthy homosexual men show that many of them have irregularities in their dis
SAN FRANCISCO - Mayor Dianne Feinstein has sent a telegram to Gov. Bob Graham of Florida, asserting that a hospital there got rid of an unwanted AIDS patient by having him flown to San Francisco. Mayor Feinstein said Morgan MacDonald, 27 years old, of Vero Beach, Fla., was brought here Tuesday in a chartered jet after
Reagan Administration officials today denied that prejudice against homosexuals was slowing the fight against the acquired immune deficiency syndrome, or AIDS. They also outlined steps the Government had taken to combat the disease. It is a charge I consider insulting to a lot of dedicated physicians and scientists try
There is no comprehensive Federal plan for dealing with acquired immune deficiency syndrome, or AIDs, and the delay in formulating one is due partly to the fact that many of its victims are homosexual, witnesses told a Congressional panel today. More than two years after this medical crisis became generally recognized,
The Government s special telephone information number on acquired immune deficiency syndrome, or AIDS, has been swamped with 8,000 to 10,000 calls a day, so the system will be expanded from three to eight lines. The toll-free number is (800) 342-AIDS.
Doctors are investigating whether a 45-year-old cook at the Queens House of Detention for Men who died of pneumonia was a victim of AIDS, a spokesman for the Department of Correction said yesterday. The man, whose identity was not revealed, died Thursday, according to Edward Hershey, the spokesman. There is no reason t
Fear of contracting sexually transmitted diseases such as the incurable AIDS and herpes helped reduce the gonorrhea rate in Los Angeles County in 1982, health officials say. Gonorrhea, a form of venereal disease, peaked in the county in 1980 when 52,851 cases were reported. In 1982 that dropped to 39,834, the lowest si
WASHINGTON - Scientists have established a tenuous link between a rare cancer virus and a deadly immune system disease, in a move that researchers say represents an exciting new lead in unraveling the mystery of the affliction known as AIDS. The scientists found evidence of the cancer virus in some AIDS patients and so
A study of eight families in Newark, N.J., shows that some children may have contracted a deadly disease of the immune system from routine close contact with their families, a researcher says. The study reported on eight children with a disease closely resembling acquired immune deficiency syndrome and that some cases
People with a deadly disease that affects the body s autoimmune system carry an unusual form of interferon, the body s natural disease fighter, according to a scientist who suggests that using the substance to treat the disease could make it worse. That possibility is of crucial importance, the scientist said, because
ATLANTA - Federal health researchers are encouraged about the new hepatitis B vaccine s safety after finding a low rate of complications among more than 200,000 patients, the national Centers for Disease Control has reported. The researchers also say they are convinced that, despite earlier worries, the vaccine is not
A special municipal health office was established yesterday to try to identify the cause of a rare new disease that has affected 520 New York City residents, most of them male homosexuals. The disease is called Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, or AIDS. While the cause is not known, doctors think an agent breaks dow
The discovery of a hormone imbalance associated with an often-fatal disease that was first observed among homosexuals two years ago may eventually lead to a simple test to reveal its presence quickly in patients and to prevent its spread through blood transfusions, a researcher said yesterday. The discovery also sugges
The Associated Press - Saturday, February 26, 1983
A disease that has been known in monkeys since 1969 closely resembles a mysterious immune system disease in humans and might help speed the search for a cure, researchers at the California Research Center at Davis have reported. Acquired immune deficiency syndrome was identified less than two years ago, but in that sho
Many of the nation s blood banks say they will not heed the advice of the National Hemophilia Foundation that male donors be asked whether they are homosexuals. The question is part of a effort to screen possible carriers of a disease that cripples the body s immune system. The disease, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndr
ATLANTA - Health officials trying to find ways to stop a deadly immune deficiency say they are afraid that whatever causes the mysterious illness might contaminate supplies of blood for transfusions. Public health officials and blood experts met here Tuesday at the national Centers for Disease Control to discuss possib
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