1997

Clinton Wants More AIDS Drug Funds: The Associated Press; Tuesday, December 30, 1997 17:50:00; WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Clinton is preparing to ask Congress for a $100 million increase for a program that buys life-prolonging medicine for poor AIDS patients who don t qualify for Medicaid. The request, in Clinton s 1999 fiscal budget, represents a 35 percent increase for the cash-strapped AIDS drug program, an
Ivory Coast's HIV Patients Frustrated Medicine: They were once optimistic about joining a U.N. program offering newest drugs. Now, the uneducated and the poor find out that treatment is out of reach.: Associated Press; Sunday, December 28, 1997; Amba Dadson; Associated Press; ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast - When Desire Koua N dah first heard that Ivory Coast would be included in a pilot program to make powerful new AIDS drugs available at subsidized prices, his hopes soared. So, too, did those of thousands of other Ivorians like N dah who are infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. But th
Australia Eyes AIDS Vaccine: The Associated Press; Friday, December 26, 1997; 8:21 p.m. EST; MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) -- Researchers will use a grant from a U.S. AIDs group to study a crippled strain of the AIDS virus in hopes of developing a vaccine for the fatal illness, officials said Friday. Professor John Mills, head of Melbourne s Macfarlane Burnet Center for Medical Research, said the research on HIV,
Report: Blood Scandal Probe Widens: The Associated Press; Wednesday, December 24, 1997 19:32:00; PARIS (AP) -- Several doctors and administrators are being investigated in connection with a 1985 scandal in which about 1,300 people were given AIDS-tainted blood, a newspaper reported Wednesday. The new investigations bring the number of suspects in the case to more than 30, including former Prime Minister Laurent Fa
Study: Cats Can Hurt AIDS Sufferers: The Associated Press; Wednesday, December 24, 1997 14:00:00; BOSTON (AP) -- Germs spread by cats and lice are health threats to people whose immune defenses are weakened by AIDS. The bacteria are the same ones responsible for cat scratch fever and trench fever. In those whose immune systems are wrecked by HIV, these microbes can cause serious skin sores and life-threatening comp
Canadian Doctor Convicted in AIDS Death: The Associated Press; Monday, December 22, 1997; 10:51 p.m. EST; TORONTO (AP) -- A doctor pleaded guilty Monday to assisting the suicide of a man with AIDS, becoming the first Canadian physician convicted of helping a patient to kill himself. Dr. Maurice Genereux, 50, was released on bail and will be allowed to continue treating patients pending his sentencing. Genereux administered
Teen With AIDS Tells Others Story: The Associated Press; Friday, December 19, 1997 01:08:00; Angie Wagner, Associated Press Writer; I am the future, and I have AIDS. I am Hydeia L. Broadbent. I can do anything I put my mind to. I am the next doctor. I am the next lawyer. I am the next Maya Angelou. I might even be the first woman president. You can t crush my dreams. I am the future, and I have AIDS. --From speech at the 1996 Republican National C
UN AIDS Program Frustrates Africans: The Associated Press; Thursday, December 18, 1997; 5:39 p.m. EST; Amba Dadson, Associated Press Writer; ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) -- When Desire Koua N dah first heard Ivory Coast would be included in a pilot program to make powerful new AIDS drugs available at subsidized prices, his hopes soared. So, too, did those of thousands of other Ivorians like N dah who are infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. But t
Survey: China Docs Behind on AIDS: The Associated Press; Wednesday, December 17, 1997 13:44:00; BEIJING (AP) -- Many doctors in China need a crash course in treating AIDS, a survey shows. It found that nearly 60 percent of doctors in eight Chinese cities mistakenly believed that AIDS could be transmitted by sharing bowls and chopsticks, the Beijing Youth Daily newspaper reported Wednesday. The survey found th
Jury Awards Yale HIV Intern $12.2M: The Associated Press; Wednesday, December 17, 1997 16:45:00; Brigitte Greenberg, Associated Press Writer; NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) -- A jury awarded $12.2 million Wednesday to a doctor infected with the AIDS virus, finding that Yale University was negligent when the woman pricked herself with an infected needle as an intern nine years ago. The doctor and her family broke down in tears when the verdict was announced. Money is
British Soldiers Warned of AIDS: The Associated Press; Wednesday, December 17, 1997 18:05:00; LONDON (AP) -- Commanders at Britain s largest military base have advised troops to take an AIDS test after at least two HIV-positive women had a series of sexual affairs with soldiers. The two women had been having sex with soldiers based at Catterick garrison in Yorkshire, 210 miles north of London, Col. Neil Donalds
HIV-Infected Sex Offender Charged: The Associated Press; Wednesday, December 17, 1997 19:31:00; John Flesher, Associated Press Writer; TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) -- A convicted sex offender infected with the AIDS virus may have exposed as many as a dozen women and will be charged with failing to tell four of them, prosecutors said Wednesday. James Wallace Jones, 33, will be arraigned Thursday, accused of failing to notify four sex partners -- including
Study: Symptoms Can Reveal HIV: The Associated Press; Tuesday, December 16, 1997; 4:33 p.m. EST; Joann Loviglio, Associated Press Writer; BALTIMORE (AP) -- Fever, joint pain and night sweats can indicate infection with the AIDS virus before it shows up in the standard blood test, researchers say. The symptoms can appear within three to four weeks after a person is infected with HIV, according to the study published Wednesday in The Journal of the
Calif. Court Closes Marijuana Club: The Associated Press; Saturday, December 13, 1997 06:57:00; Bob Egelko, Associated Press Writer; SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- A state appeals court ruled that marijuana clubs cannot legally sell the drug to patients, despite California s medical marijuana initiative approved by voters last year. The 1st District Court of Appeal s ruling Friday reinstated an injunction that shut down the Cannabis Buyers Club in San Franci
Monkey's Virus Kills Researcher: The Associated Press; Friday, December 12, 1997 04:15:00; Tara Meyer, Associated Press Writer; ATLANTA (AP) -- The employee at Yerkes Primate Research Center didn t think much of the tiny substance that struck her eye as she helped move a caged rhesus monkey. Ten days later, the woman s eye was inflamed. Four weeks later, she died after contracting the herpes B virus. The woman s death, announced Thursday, is th
British Mull Legalized Marijuana: The Associated Press; Thursday, December 11, 1997 11:09:00; Sue Leeman, Associated Press Writer; LONDON (AP) -- Marijuana should be legalized because it is a largely safe drug that can alleviate some symptoms of multiple sclerosis, AIDS and cancer, the sponsors of Britain s first public conference on the issue declared Thursday. Body Shop founder Anita Roddick, one of the sponsors, told an often-rancorous audience
Gore Aims for HIV Medicaid Coverage: The Associated Press; Tuesday, December 9, 1997; 5:54 p.m. EST; WASHINGTON (AP) -- Vice President Al Gore said Tuesday he is extremely disappointed that the Department of Health and Human Services has been unable to extend Medicaid coverage to people with HIV to provide them with AIDS-fighting drugs before they become ill. Gore, who called for the initiative last spring, said effor
Advisers: Clinton Losing AIDS Focus: The Associated Press; Saturday, December 6, 1997.; Laura Meckler, Associated Press Writer; WASHINGTON (AP) - President Clinton s AIDS advisers are set to issue a harsh report card Sunday accusing the administration of letting down its guard in the fight against AIDS. Progress in the federal response to AIDS has stalled in recent months, contributing to a sense of diminished priority for AIDS issues during th
AIDS Medicaid Proposal Rejected: The Associated Press; Friday, December 5, 1997; 1:01 a.m. EST; Laura Meckler, Associated Press Writer; WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Clinton administration has rejected as too expensive a proposal to extend Medicaid coverage to people with HIV to provide them with AIDS-fighting drugs before they become ill. Officials had hoped the plan would pay for itself by keeping people healthy and saving money on future hospital care. But
Intern Infected With AIDS Sues Yale: The Associated Press; Wednesday, December 3, 1997; 6:22 a.m. EST; Brigitte Greenberg Associated Press Writer; NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) -- It was only a needle prick. But the tiny wound created huge trouble for a Yale University intern, who now has the virus that causes AIDS. The woman is suing the Ivy League university, claiming she was not trained or supervised on how to insert a line into an artery and that, as a result of the
World Mourns Victims on AIDS Day: The Associated Press; Monday, December 1, 1997, 9:19 p.m. EST; PARIS (AP) -- AIDS activists around the world marched, prayed and wore red ribbons Monday to mark the 10th World AIDS Day -- while AIDS victims in poor nations did what they did every day: Lived, struggled and died in obscurity. On Monday, at least, their lives were honored. In Europe, demonstrators observed the day wi
AIDS Victims Thrive in Kenyan Home: The Associated Press; Monday, December 1, 1997; 7:16 a.m. EST; Karin Davies, Associated Press Writer; KAREN, Kenya (AP) -- Joseph Angelo arrived at a home for HIV-infected orphans, newly born and covered in dirt. His mother, alone and dying of AIDS, had buried him alive because she assumed her son would not live. Rescued by a policeman, Joseph joined 49 other youngsters at Nyumbani, or home in Swahili. Three mont
World AIDS Day Focuses on Children: The Associated Press; Monday, December 1, 1997; 9:49 a.m. EST; Demonstrators in India depicted AIDS as a snake. Officials in China decided the best place to spread AIDS warnings is on trains. Thailand lamented the effects of economic turmoil on its efforts to combat the deadly disease. Even observances of World AIDS Day on Monda
Clinton Urges Youth to Avoid HIV: The Associated Press; Monday, December 1, 1997; 8:46 p.m. EST; Slobodan Lekic, Associated Press Writer; WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Clinton observed World AIDS Day with an appeal to America s young people not to let HIV keep you from reaching your dreams. In a videotaped message to participants in a ceremony organized by the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, Clinton said the battle against AIDS has shown some
Haitian Children Inherit AIDS: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Sunday, November 30, 1997, 1:29 p.m. EST; PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) -- They jump rope, beat out a hypnotic Haitian rhythm on a plastic beach bucket and sing, lustily, out of tune. The children at Rainbow House don t know they were born to the poorest of the poor in Haiti, and are heirs to the AIDS disease that killed their mothers. Welcome, Baby Jesus,
Report Stresses AIDS Prevention: The Associated Press; Thursday, November 27, 1997; 3:53 p.m. EST; Kalpana Srinivasan, Associated Press Writer; WASHINGTON (AP) -- Policy-makers in developing nations should take preventive action against AIDS, especially in countries where full-blown epidemics have not yet occurred but where the potential looms, the World Bank urges in a new report. The World Bank s study of the global impact of AIDS shows that the virus is hin
High Court to Hear HIV Bias Case: The Associated Press; Wednesday, November 26, 1997; 4:48 p.m. EST; Laurie Asseo, Associated Press Writer; WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court said Wednesday it will use a dispute over a dentist who refused to treat an HIV-infected woman at his office to clarify protections against bias for people with the AIDS virus. The court said it will hear an appeal by Maine dentist Randon Bragdon, who a lower court said violated the
UN: More AIDS Cases Than Thought: The Associated Press; Wednesday, November 26, 1997; 5:58 a.m. EST; Christopher Burns, Associated Press Writer; PARIS (AP) -- More than 30 million people worldwide are now living with the AIDS virus, and some 16,000 new victims are infected every day, the United Nations said today in a report that showed previous figures underestimated the contagion s reach by one-third. One in every 100 sexually active adults worldwide is infec
Canada Judge Completes Blood Probe: The Associated Press; Wednesday, November 26, 1997; 6:43 p.m. EST; OTTAWA (AP) -- Thousands of people infected in Canada s tainted blood scandal during the 1980s should get compensation without having to prove wrongdoing, a judge recommended Wednesday. In his long-awaited report, Judge Horace Krever gave no hint, however, at how much such a move might cost. The government already has
New Way Found to Make Vaccine: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Monday, November 24, 1997; 5:07 p.m. EST; Paul Recer, AP Science Writer; WASHINGTON (AP) -- A protein combination engineered in the laboratory may lead to a powerful vaccine that can be tailored to attack cancer, AIDS or other virus diseases, researchers report. Scientists at the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research said that by fusing a molecule from a tumor or a virus with a natura
S. Africa Probes Banned AIDS Drug: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Friday, November 21, 1997; 1:47 p.m. EST; PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) -- An anti-AIDS drug banned earlier this year by South Africa s medical regulatory body is reportedly being used anyway by AIDS and HIV-infected patients. The Medicines Control Council was investigating reports that Virodene P058, which it banned in February, was being used, council head Pet
More AIDS Drugs Are Being Developed: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Friday, November 21, 1997; 5:00 p.m. EST; John Hendren, Associated Press Writer; NEW YORK (AP) -- Drug makers are working on an unprecedented array of new medicines to combat the AIDS virus, enough to triple the number of drugs and vaccines on the market today, according to an industry survey released Friday. Drug makers are now testing 124 new treatments on patients, according to the survey of maj
Expert: AIDS Spreading in Africa: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Friday, November 21, 1997; 3:19 p.m. EST; JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP) -- The AIDS virus has become widespread in some regions, especially in sub-Saharan Africa, where 19 million people are infected -- the highest incidence in the world, said Dr. Elhadj as Sy, head of the Joint U.N. Program on HIV/AIDS. The epidemic s impact in terms of suffering, orphanhoo
Researchers Find HIV Help in Virus: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Thursday, November 20, 1997; 8:18 p.m. EST; Paul Recer, AP Science Writer; WASHINGTON (AP) -- It may take a virus to kill a virus, say researchers who have made a biological weapon that seeks out cells infected with HIV. In laboratory experiments at the University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, scientists have shown that a harmless virus coated with special proteins will search out cells inf
Some AIDS Patients Have Immune Cell: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Thursday, November 20, 1997; 4:59 p.m. EST; Paul Recer, AP Science Writer; WASHINGTON (AP) -- Some rare patients infected for years with the AIDS virus without becoming ill make white blood cells of a type missing from most patients of the immune system disorder, researchers say. An analysis of blood from a Boston man infected with HIV for 18 years but still healthy showed that he was protect
Less Kids Getting AIDS at Birth: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Thursday, November 20, 1997; 4:37 p.m. EST; Tara Meyer, Associated Press Writer; ATLANTA (AP) -- The number of American children contracting AIDS from their mothers at birth dropped 43 percent between 1992 and 1996 because women are getting tested earlier and beginning drug treatment, the government said Thursday. This is a success story, and it is very encouraging news that our prevention efforts
Study: Benefits of AZT Treatment: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Wednesday, November 19, 1997; 5:21 p.m. EST; BOSTON (AP) -- Treating doctors and nurses with the drug AZT after accidental on-the-job exposure to the AIDS virus dramatically reduces the risk of infection. A study conducted by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirms the wisdom of this approach, which is already widely used in hospitals where s
Panel: Deregulate Heroin Treatment: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Wednesday, November 19, 1997; 6:26 p.m. EST; Paul Recer, AP Science Writer; BETHESDA, Md. (AP) -- Heroin addiction is a medical problem that can be cured if doctors are freed from heavy-handed restrictions on the use of methadone, a federal scientific panel concluded Wednesday. The report by a committee at the National Institutes of Health supports an earlier White House call for more physicia
Report: AIDS to Leave 40M Orphans: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Wednesday, November 19, 1997; 6:05 p.m. EST; Barry Schweid, AP Diplomatic Writer; WASHINGTON (AP) -- In a sobering account of the worldwide impact of AIDS, the U.S. Agency for International Development said Wednesday that 40 million children in developing countries will be without one or both parents by 2010. With a population explosion of young people, especially in poor countries, it is a crisis o
Russian Group Lashes Out at Sex Ed: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Tuesday, November 18, 1997; 5:43 a.m. EST; Anna Dolgov, Associated Press Writer; MOSCOW (AP) -- In a country where AIDS is spreading fast and abortion remains the main method of birth control, a group of activists are lobbying to keep sex education out of Russia s schools. At a news conference Monday, psychologists, lawmakers and political activists lashed out at attempts to institute sex education
Researchers: HIV Hides in Cells: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Friday, November 14, 1997; 5:25 a.m. EST; Paul Recer, AP Science Writer; WASHINGTON (AP) -- Faint hopes that a commonly used three-drug cocktail may cure AIDS are dimming even further, according to researchers who say the drugs do not snuff out HIV lurking in certain blood cells. The finding, reported today, means that patients may have to take the AIDS drugs for the rest of their lives to
China: Up to 200,000 Have HIV: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Thursday, November 13, 1997; 1:12 p.m. EST; BEIJING (AP) -- The number of official cases of HIV infection in China has climbed to 7,253, although experts say the real figure could be as high as 200,000, an official newspaper reported Thursday. The virus, first detected in China in 1985, is spreading mainly through heterosexual sex and drug use, the China Daily s
Of first 1,166 HIV tests in Chautauqua County, one was positive: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Thursday, 13 November 1997.; MAYVILLE, N.Y. (AP) - A single positive result amid a flurry of HIV testing has left Chautauqua County optimistic that an outbreak of the AIDS virus linked to one man may not be as widespread as initially feared. Of the first 1,166 county residents tested in the two weeks after Nushawn Williams was accused of knowingly
In a Canadian pocket of poverty, AIDS rages: The rapid rate of infection has forced officials to declare Vancouver's first medical emergency ever.: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - November 9, 1997; David Crary, Associated Press; VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- In Canada s trendiest city, a short stroll from chic harborside hotels and bistros, a pocket of skid-row poverty is reeling from one of the worst AIDS epidemics of any wealthy nation. The 15 blocks known as Downtown Eastside form the poorest urban neighborhood in Canada -- a seamy mix of
Prostitutes Offer AIDS Vaccine Hope: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Saturday, November 8, 1997; 11:31 a.m. EST; Karin Davies, Associated Press Writer; MAJENGO, Kenya (AP) -- The two cousins have a lot in common. Divorced and desperately poor, both work as prostitutes out of their tiny, tin-roofed huts in a no-hope slum to feed their children. They share intimacies, child-care duties, and meals and money when one needs a hand the other can give. Hawa Chelangat, 34
FDA Approves Stronger AIDS Drug: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Friday, November 7, 1997; 7:28 p.m. EST; Lauran Neergaard, AP Medical Writer; WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration approved a more powerful version of the AIDS drug saquinavir on Friday, setting the stage for thousands of AIDS patients to switch their medicine. Hoffman-La Roche s Fortovase , the improved version of the protease inhibitor saquinavir, will be on pharmacy
Report: New Drugs Reduce AIDS Death: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Friday, November 7, 1997; 2:01 a.m. EST; BERN, Switzerland (AP) -- HIV-infected people in Switzerland have two-thirds less risk of dying than they did two years ago, according to a study published Friday in the British Medical Journal. The Swiss team who carried out the study, led by Dr. Matthias Egger of Bern University, attributed the improvement to the eff
Report: AIDS May Erupt in E. Europe: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Monday, November 3, 1997; 11:57 a.m. EST; Harry Dunphy, Associated Press Writer; WASHINGTON (AP) -- New evidence suggests that while countries in sub-Saharan Africa have the most people infected with AIDS -- 14 million -- the deadly virus may be on the verge of exploding in Eastern Europe, the former Soviet Union and other regions, the World Bank reported today. A bank report recommended that gover
Report Recommends AIDS Prevention: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Monday, November 3, 1997; 4:31 p.m. EST; Harry Dunphy, Associated Press Writer; WASHINGTON (AP) -- Government leaders in developing countries must act to prevent AIDS epidemics even if that means promoting such politically controversial programs as condom use and clean needles for drug users, according to a World Bank report released Monday. The report recommended fast, intensive prevention effort
$19.6M Awarded for AIDS Housing: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Monday, November 3, 1997; 3:10 p.m. EST; WASHINGTON (AP) -- Federal grants totaling $19.6 million will provide support to low-income people in 20 states who are infected with the AIDS virus, Housing Secretary Andrew Cuomo said Monday. The grants will help 11,000 people who have tested positive for HIV, including those with full-blown AIDS, remain in their hom
Family Watches 8 Die of AIDS: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Saturday, November 1, 1997; 11:21 a.m. EST; Jordan Lite, Associated Press Writer; MONTICELLO, Iowa (AP) -- For so long, Loras Goedken had buoyed his family with his determination in the face of AIDS. But now, as his loved ones massaged his legs and held his hands, he breathed fitfully. His mother, Mary, kissed him and told him again and again that she loved him. His son-in-law, Jeff Pike, reassured
Experts: HIV fear could wake up teens to their vulnerability: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - October 31, 1997 6.49 p.m. EST (2349 GMT); Carolyn Thompson, Associated Press; JAMESTOWN, N.Y. (AP) � With reports of nine young women in this small town contracting the AIDS virus from one man, experts said Friday that more teens will realize they are vulnerable to the disease. Events like this really do increase a young person s sense of vulnerability, said Michael Resnick, a sociologist at the
3 Talk About HIV-Infected Partner: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Friday, October 31, 1997; 7:17 a.m. EST; Catherine Crocker, Associated Press Writer; NEW YORK (AP) -- One woman spoke about the flowers, jewelry and candy that Nushawn Williams gave her. Another talked about getting high with him. A third suggested that the women he had unprotected sex with were just as reckless as he was. One by one, they recounted how the 20-year-old drifter duped them when he lived
N.Y. Teens Line Up for HIV Tests: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Thursday, October 30, 1997; 6:13 p.m. EST; Carolyn Thompson, Associated Press Writer; JAMESTOWN, N.Y. (AP) -- Teen-agers lined up for HIV tests Thursday, walking away with bandages on their forearms and anxiety on their faces amid news that a 20-year-old drifter had infected at least nine young women in town. Authorities say hundreds of people may be at risk of HIV infection through direct or indirect c
Ohio Worried About HIV-Positive Man: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Thursday, October 30, 1997; 11:26 p.m. EST; M.r. Kropko, Associated Press Writer; CLEVELAND (AP) -- An HIV-positive man convicted of raping a 17-year-old boy may have had sex with at least 50 young men, some of whom he met in his youth basketball league, police said Thursday. James Russell, 35, knew he was HIV-positive when he had unprotected sex with the victim, who was learning disabled, according
Program explains science behind AIDS: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Thursday, 30 October 1997.; Casey Combs, Associated Press Writer; PITTSBURGH (AP) - There was shrieking, giggling and blushing from high school students when a teacher asked them to pick a partner who you d like to exchange body fluids with. The request was nothing lurid. It was merely part of an experiment to show the students how fast the AIDS virus can spread. Thirty students each
Shot Recipients Fear Hepatitis, HIV: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Tuesday, October 28, 1997; 11:10 p.m. EST; Brigitte Greenberg, Associated Press Writer; MONROE, Conn. (AP) -- Hundreds of residents who received flu shots at town-sponsored clinics fear that they may have been exposed to the hepatitis and AIDS viruses because a doctor failed to change syringes between patients. More than 450 residents, most of them elderly, packed a high school auditorium Tuesday and gril
Man Causes Teen HIV Scare in N.Y: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Tuesday, October 28, 1997; 3:02 p.m. EST; Carolyn Thompson, Associated Press Writer; MAYVILLE, N.Y. (AP) -- A man accused of infecting at least nine young women with the AIDS virus was some sort of scorekeeper who kept lists of the names of dozens of females he had sex with, authorities said today. Authorities believe Nushawn Williams lurked near parks and schools in western New York state and talked y
Many Teens Feared Exposed to HIV: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Monday, October 27, 1997; 12:56 p.m. EST; MAYVILLE, N.Y. (AP) -- At least 11 young people became infected with HIV, and health authorities said today they traced the outbreak to a man who approached teen girls in schools and parks and traded drugs for sex. Chautauqua County Health Commissioner Dr. Robert Berke said the 20-year-old man continued having sex afte
Officials Warn of Asia AIDS Tragedy: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Sunday, October 26, 1997; 8:56 a.m. EST; Jim Gomez, Associated Press Writer; MANILA, Philippines (AP) -- Asia s huge population faces a tragedy of historic proportions if the rapid spread of AIDS in the region is not contained, officials of an AIDS congress said Sunday. The AIDS clock in Asia s most populous countries is clearly ticking fast, Dr. Peter Piot, executive director of the Joint U.N.
Molecule May Help Battle AIDS: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Friday, October 24, 1997, 6:34 a.m. EDT; WASHINGTON (AP) -- In a basic discovery that eventually could lead to powerful new types of AIDS drugs or even a vaccine, researchers have identified in the laboratory a natural molecule that prevents the AIDS virus from infecting cells. The molecule was discovered by a team led by famed AIDS researcher Robert Gallo. A
Study: Sex Ed. Not Tied to More Sex: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Wednesday, October 22, 1997; 6:28 p.m. EDT; Erica Bulman, Associated Press Writer; GENEVA (AP) -- Education about sexual health and AIDS leads to safer sexual behavior without encouraging young people to have intercourse at an earlier age, a U.N. study said Wednesday. The study by UNAIDS , which coordinates AIDS prevention for the United Nations, said it reached its conclusion after reviewing 68 stud
Book Helps HIV-Positives With Stress: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Sunday, October 19, 1997; 12:06 p.m. EDT; Waka Tsunoda, Associated Press Writer; NEW YORK (AP) -- One screamed. A second couldn t believe the test result and demanded to see the report. And a third accepted the news calmly, but he walked home in a daze, almost bumping into trees and poles. Even with recent medical advances, AIDS is a disease without a cure, and being diagnosed with HIV, the human i
AIDS Experts Stress Prevention: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Saturday, October 18, 1997; 6:23 a.m. EDT; Tara Meyer, Associated Press Writer; ATLANTA (AP) -- The best way to stop the spread of the AIDS virus is to keep from getting sick in the first place, an element the government says has been lost among news reports on successful treatments. A recent media study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that of 399 published articles about H
Report: Puerto Rico 3rd in U.S. AIDS Cases: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Saturday, October 18, 1997; 7:44 p.m. EDT; Luis R. Varela, Associated Press Writer; PONCE, Puerto Rico (AP) -- Puerto Rico has a higher rate of AIDS than all but one state and the District of Colombia , a former U.S. surgeon general said Saturday. The U.S. commonwealth has 59 cases of AIDS per 100,000 people, ranking it third behind the District and the state of New York, Antonia Coe
Official Backs AIDS Studies: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Friday, October 17, 1997; 4:32 p.m. EDT; Tara Meyer, Associated Press Writer; ATLANTA (AP) -- Studies that withhold a proven drug regimen from pregnant women with AIDS in developing countries are ethical and essential if an affordable alternative is to be found, a U.S. AIDS official told newspaper executives Friday. The studies are the best way to find a regimen that is practical for a poor regi
AIDS Epidemic Rages in Vancouver: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Thursday, October 16, 1997; 5:19 a.m. EDT; David Crary, Associated Press Writer; VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) -- In Canada s trendiest city, a short stroll from chic harborside hotels and bistros, a pocket of skid-row poverty is reeling from one of the worst AIDS epidemics of any wealthy nation. The 15 blocks known as Downtown Eastside form the poorest urban neighborhood in Canada -- a seamy mi
Top AIDS Experts Quit Journal: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Wednesday, October 15, 1997; 4:33 p.m. EDT; Daniel Q. Haney, AP Medical Editor; BOSTON (AP) -- Two top AIDS experts have resigned from the New England Journal of Medicine s board to protest an editorial that likened AIDS studies in the Third World to the notorious Tuskegee experiment. Dr. David Ho, head of the Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center in New York City, and Dr. Catherine M. Wilfert, a ped
Genital Herpes Rates Jump: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Wednesday, October 15, 1997; 6:53 p.m. EDT; Malcolm Ritter AP Science Writer; NEW YORK (AP) -- Despite the emphasis on safe sex to prevent AIDS, genital herpes has increased fivefold since the late 1970s among white teen-agers and doubled among whites in their 20s. In all, about one in five Americans over age 12 has the sexually transmitted infection, and most of them don t know it, the Centers
2 Resign After Journal's AIDS Story: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Wednesday, October 15, 1997; 5:46 a.m. EDT; NEW YORK (AP) -- Two prominent AIDS researchers resigned from the New England Journal of Medicine s editorial board to protest an opinion piece that attacked federally funded AIDS studies in developing countries, The New York Times reported today. Dr. David Ho and Dr. Catherine M. Wilfert, the journal s chief advisers
Thai Religion Practices Piercing: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Friday, October 10, 1997; 5:23 a.m. EDT; Ellen Teper Lochaya; PHUKET, Thailand (AP) -- His face a mask of otherworldly repose, the teen-age disciple didn t bat an eye when the temple elder held his mouth open and pierced his cheek with a 3-foot-long steel spike, like a needle punching through cloth. Dripping blood from the wound in his face, the teen-ager -- along with scores of
Couple's N.Y. Subway Ads Return: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Tuesday, October 7, 1997; 1:37 p.m. EDT; Donna De La Cruz, Associated Press Writer; NEW YORK (AP) -- In the latest installment of Julio and Marisol : The macho Julio is distraught after learning his old girlfriend has the AIDS virus. Could he be infected too? Will he call the AIDS hot line he saw advertised on the subway? And will he tell Marisol, his new love? New York City s favorite subway soap ope
HIV Boxer Permitted to Fight: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Thursday, October 2, 1997; 5:22 p.m. EDT; BOSTON (AP) -- A man hired at the last minute to face light heavyweight David Lawhorn was allowed to fight even though he is infected with the AIDS virus, state boxing officials said Thursday. Natasha Altenor of the Massachusetts Boxing Commission said Carl Madison was allowed to fight before the results of a test show
Mineral Linked to HIV Survival: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Tuesday, September 30, 1997; 6:05 a.m. EDT; Will Lester, Associated Press Writer; MIAMI (AP) -- Researchers say they have increasing evidence that a deficiency of the mineral selenium -- found in foods including whole grains, seafood and liver -- can dramatically lower the survival rate of people infected with HIV. Scientists say the mineral plays a key role in maintaining a healthy immune system, a
Doctors: New AIDS Drugs Failing: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Monday, September 29, 1997; 1:34 p.m. EDT; Daniel Q. Haney, AP Medical Editor; TORONTO (AP) -- Widely heralded new AIDS treatments that seemed to stop the virus advance and revive patients from near death are now beginning to fail in about half of all those treated, doctors said Monday. The disappointing reports suggest the tough virus is coming back after being knocked briefly into submission, j
Miss America Eager to Speak on AIDS: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Monday, September 29, 1997; 4:44 p.m. EDT; BELOIT, Wis. (AP) -- Newly crowned Miss America Katherine Shindle is anxious to get out on the speech circuit and talk about AIDS. I can t wait to get out and start speaking, because there s so much to be done, the 20-year-old told the audience Saturday at a fund raiser for AIDS. I ve been so into HIV prevention for a
CDC: Two-Thirds Know They Have AIDS: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Sunday, September 28, 1997; 12:13 p.m. EDT; Daniel Q. Haney, AP Medical Editor; TORONTO (AP) -- A surprisingly high two-thirds of all Americans who are infected with the AIDS virus already know it, health officials reported Sunday. Researchers from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimate that about 775,000 Americans carry HIV, and at least 500,000 have been tested and know the
FDA Approves AIDS Drug: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Monday, September 29, 1997; 12:05 p.m. EDT; WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration has approved a drug that may let AIDS patients cut six tablets a day off their complicated pill regimen. The drug, Glaxo Wellcome s Combivir , is the first combination pill for AIDS therapy, combining two of the most common medicines,
FDA Warns Against 2 Home HIV Tests: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Friday, September 26, 1997; 4:21 p.m. EDT; WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration warned consumers Friday not to use two at-home medical tests for the AIDS virus and hepatitis, saying they were fraudulently sold by a California company. Neither product -- the Lei-Home Access HIV Test and the In-home Hepatitis A Test Kit -- has been shown to work, t
Gonorrhea Cases Increase Among Gay Men: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Friday, September 26, 1997; Page A06; ATLANTA, Sept. 25 -- Cases of gonorrhea among homosexual men have more than doubled at some U.S. clinics, suggesting that sexual precautions are not being taken as seriously now that the AIDS epidemic is slowing, the government said today. We have heard anecdotes throughout the country that people feel HIV is no longer
Volunteers Want Live AIDS Vaccine: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Thursday, September 25, 1997; 5:47 p.m. EDT; WASHINGTON (AP) -- Volunteers who want to help advance the search for an AIDS vaccine by being injected with a live, weakened strain of HIV emerged from a government meeting Thursday saying they will push to start such an experiment soon. But Dr. Anthony Fauci, head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious D
FDA Wants Women in Drug Studies: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Tuesday, September 23, 1997; 3:58 p.m. EDT; WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration moved Tuesday to force drug companies to stop excluding young women from studies of promising new medicines merely for fear they ll get pregnant during the research. For years, doctors as well as the government considered it wise to keep women of childbearing age out
Docs May Be Injected With AIDS: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Sunday, September 21, 1997; 8:49 p.m. EDT; CHICAGO (AP) -- A group of doctors and public health advocates say AIDS research is so important that they are willing to risk their lives by being the first humans to be injected with a vaccine consisting of a live, though weakened, strain of HIV. The International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care, based in Chic
AIDS Deaths And New Cases Fell Last Year: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Friday, September 19, 1997; Page A12; ATLANTA, Sept. 18�New cases of AIDS in the United States fell 6 percent last year, the first drop since the epidemic began in the early 1980s, and the government credits powerful new drugs. The same period also showed a drop in AIDS deaths, a trend reported by the government earlier this year. Deaths from the disease f
Nurse May Have Contaminated Drugs: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Thursday, September 18, 1997; 10:02 p.m. EDT; HOUSTON (AP) -- An HIV-positive nurse with a drug habit may have contaminated vials of narcotics on the job, prompting a hospital here to recommend 53 former patients be tested for the AIDS virus. There is no way to tell if dosages for patients were drawn from the vials of Demerol, Dilaudid and morphine that had been o
New AIDS Cases in U.S. Drop: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Thursday, September 18, 1997; 4:04 p.m. EDT; Tara Meyer, Associated Press Writer; ATLANTA (AP) -- New cases of AIDS in the United States fell 6 percent last year, the first drop since the epidemic began in the early 1980s, and the government credits powerful new drugs. The same period also showed a drop in AIDS deaths, a trend reported by the government earlier this year. Deaths from the disease fel
UN: Big Cos. Should Help AIDS Fight: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Thursday, September 18, 1997; 3:24 a.m. EDT; Philip Waller, Associated Press Writer; GENEVA (AP) -- The world s biggest companies need to do more to combat AIDS, according to a U.N. agency. While international companies are undertaking anti-AIDS campaigns inside their own work forces, they should expand their efforts to surrounding communities, said Sally Cowal, spokeswoman for UNAIDS .
Journal Slams Ethics of AIDS Study: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Wednesday, September 17, 1997; 5:57 p.m. EDT; Daniel Q. Haney, AP Medical Editor; BOSTON (AP) -- Urgent experiments intended to stop the tragic spread of AIDS from mothers to children in some of the world s poorest places are under attack from the New England Journal of Medicine. An editorial in Thursday s issue of the influential journal compares the research efforts to the notorious Tuskegee study
Researchers: Body Holds Key to AIDS: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Wednesday, September 17, 1997; 5:34 a.m. EDT; Alex Dominguez, Associated Press Writer; BALTIMORE (AP) -- The body s own self-defenses may hold the key to stopping the AIDS virus, researchers say. Fourteen of 128 hemophiliacs who were repeatedly exposed to blood products tainted with the AIDS virus did not become infected with HIV, more proof that an anti-inflammatory agent naturally produced by the body
AIDS Activists Urge Needle Funding: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Wednesday, September 17, 1997; 4:52 p.m. EDT; Laura Meckler, Associated Press Writer; WASHINGTON (AP) -- Hundreds of AIDS activists descended on the Department of Health and Human Services on Wednesday carrying symbolic tombstones as they protested the ban on federal funding for needle exchange programs. Thirteen people were arrested after trying to carry a 12-foot moral backbone into the building for S
Study: AIDS Virus May Just Dormant: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Tuesday, September 16, 1997; 9:06 a.m. EDT; BALTIMORE (AP) -- AIDS drugs that lower the virus to undetectable levels leave a silent infection in patients immune systems that can rebound dangerously if the expensive treatment is ever stopped, new research shows. Though combining protease inhibitors into a drug cocktail has produced dramatic improvements for thous
Journal Urges Reporting of HIV: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Wednesday, September 10, 1997; 5:06 p.m. EDT; BOSTON (AP) -- The distinguished New England Journal of Medicine is urging mandatory reporting of HIV infections to state health departments to increase the chances people will get early treatment. More than half of all states now require that the names of infected people be reported to confidential registries. However
Scientists Create New AIDS Weapon: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Thursday, September 4, 1997; 5:03 p.m. EDT; Daniel Q. Haney, AP Medical Editor; BOSTON (AP) -- Scientists have created the first virus-killing viruses, cleverly crafted microscopic missiles that zero in on AIDS-infected cells and destroy them. The idea is to fight infection with infection. The newly created viruses target only cells that have already been captured by HIV. The approach works well i
500 Babies Per Year Contract AIDS: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Thursday, September 4, 1997; 4:39 a.m. EDT; WASHINGTON (AP) -- About 500 babies a year contract the AIDS virus from HIV-infected mothers during pregnancy and delivery, but in developing countries the rate is 1,000 a day, according to health officials. Experts gathered Wednesday at an international conference said the AIDS epidemic is raging among newborns from H
Confidential HIV Test Subpoenaed: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Thursday, August 28, 1997; 5:33 a.m. EDT; DENVER (AP) -- State health officials say they are obeying the law by refusing a subpoena for confidential HIV test results from a woman arrested at least two dozen times on prostitution charges. A hearing was set for today in Denver District Court on a motion by the Colorado Attorney General s office to prevent releas
HIV Home Test Hotline Shutting Down: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Thursday, August 28, 1997; 6:17 a.m. EDT; NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) -- Johnson & Johnson plans to shut down the toll-free number for consumers to obtain results for a home HIV screening test it discontinued in June. The company stopped production of the Confide test because of a lack of consumer interest. It planned to disconnect the phone number Friday, co
Parolee Says He Got AIDS in Jail: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Sunday, August 24, 1997; 6:12 p.m. EDT; Michael Pearson, Associated Press Writer; EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. (AP) -- When Michael Blucker went to prison for burglary and auto theft in 1992, he wasn t expecting a death sentence. A federal lawsuit filed by the 28-year-old parolee says that s what he got when he contracted the AIDS virus during repeated rapes in prison. The case goes to trial Monday. Blucke
R.I. Passes Body Fluid Felony Law: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Wednesday, August 20, 1997; 3:52 a.m. EDT; Paul Tolme, Associated Press Writer; PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- Inmates on the East Coast refer to it as serving a prison guard, while in the West it s called gassing. Guards know it simply as being splashed or smeared with urine or feces. It s a badge of honor to serve an officer, said Richard Loud, president of the Rhode Island Brotherhood of Correctional
Soros Funds Needle Exchange Program: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Sunday, August 17, 1997; 4:13 p.m. EDT; NEW YORK (AP) -- Financier George Soros said he will donate $1 million to buy clean hypodermic needles for drug addicts nationwide who risk contracting AIDS. Soros challenged government leaders to respect the scientific evidence that needle exchange programs curb the spread of HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. Critics s
Second Gene Hinders HIV Infection: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Thursday, August 14, 1997; 6:51 p.m. EDT; WASHINGTON (AP) -- Researchers studying specimens from 3,000 people have confirmed a second gene mutation that inhibits the disease progression of HIV, the virus that causes that AIDS. In a study being published Friday in the journal Science, scientists at the National Cancer Institute said the altered gene, along with
U.S. Urges Hepatitis C Tests: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Wednesday, 13 August 1997, 3:27 a.m. EST; WASHINGTON (AP) -- Government advisers say anyone who had a blood transfusion before 1992 should be tested for hepatitis C, a serious liver infection. A Public Health Service blood advisory committee said Tuesday there should be a massive campaign to get out the word to the public, including advertising to tell people
Needle Exchange Founders Convicted: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Tuesday, August 12, 1997; 5:46 p.m. EDT; NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) -- The founders of a needle exchange program were convicted late Monday of violating one of the harshest laws in the nation banning syringe distribution. Municipal Court Judge Terrill Brenner was not swayed by the defendants argument that handing out clean needles in exchange for used ones help
Lab Managers Convicted In N.Y. Blood Center Tampering Case: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Monday, 11 August 1997; NEW YORK (AP)--In the latest fallout from a scandal at the nation s largest independent blood supplier, two former New York Blood Center workers have been convicted of tampering with tests designed to screen blood donations for the AIDS virus and other diseases. A jury found former manager Rosa Gonzales, 48 years old,
Glaxo to Expand Access to AIDS Drug: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Thursday, August 7, 1997; 3:26 a.m. EDT; WASHINGTON (AP) -- Adults who are not responding to standard HIV therapy now have access to an experimental drug still awaiting government approval. Glaxo Wellcome Inc. will give 2,400 adults with advanced AIDS its experimental drug called 1592, the company announced Wednesday. The drug 1592 is a member of an older
Trade Route Brings AIDS to China: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Saturday, August 2, 1997; 11:17 a.m. EDT; Charles Hutzler, Associated Press Writer; LINXIA, China (AP) -- Coral from Taiwan , rugs from Xinjiang, knives from Inner Mongolia -- the trade goods of centuries -- line the tidy, brimming shops in Linxia s bazaar. Behind the far-flung traffic in exotic wares that long kept this Muslim trading town in western China prosperous now slinks a more
HIV-Free Cunanan Raises Questions: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Friday, August 1, 1997; 6:07 p.m. EDT; Will Lester, Associated Press Writer; MIAMI (AP) -- The report that Andrew Cunanan did not have the AIDS virus has only deepened the mystery into his motives for allegedly killing five men in a cross-country crime spree. Rumors that Cunanan was HIV positive spurred the theory that the slayings were motivated by AIDS rage -- a compulsion to lash out and see
Guilty Verdict in Cyprus AIDS Trial: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Tuesday, July 29, 1997; 9:52 a.m. EDT; Alex Efty, Associated Press Writer; LARNACA, Cyprus (AP) -- A court today convicted a Greek Cypriot fisherman of knowingly infecting his British girlfriend with the AIDS virus. The court said it would sentence Pavlos Georgiou, 40, on Thursday. Janette Pink, 45, of Basildon, England, had accused Georgiou of knowingly infecting her with the HIV virus while
Structural Flaw Found in AZT: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Tuesday, July 29, 1997; 5:03 p.m. EDT; Malcolm Ritter, AP Science Writer; NEW YORK (AP) -- Ten years after AZT hit the market, scientists say they ve figured out why it doesn t work better: Chemically, it s a bad dance partner. The discovery might lead to better weapons against the AIDS virus, the researchers said. But the company that makes AZT was skeptical. AZT, the first drug approve
Radical Heart Surgery Stirs Debate: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Monday, July 28, 1997; 1:34 a.m. EDT; Martha Irvine, Associated Press Writer; SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- As Joe Young saw it, he had two options: risk major experimental surgery or die of congestive heart failure. Never mind that the surgery, which includes slicing a wedge from a patient s enlarged, weakened heart to make it smaller and more efficient, is far from routine -- or that he is HIV-positiv
Morning-After AIDS Treatment: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Friday, July 25, 1997; 2:37 a.m. EDT; Tara Meyer, Associated Press Writer; ATLANTA (AP) -- A woman has sex with her HIV-positive husband and the condom breaks. An inmate is raped behind bars. A child is molested by a diseased attacker. These were some of the cases brought up by experts Thursday as they debated whether doctors should be prescribing AIDS drugs as a morning-after treatment for t
Experts Debate AIDS Drugs Usage: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Thursday, July 24, 1997, 5:00 p.m. EDT; ATLANTA (AP) -- A woman has sex with her HIV-positive husband and the condom breaks. An inmate is raped behind bars. A child is molested by a diseased attacker. These were some of the cases brought up by experts Thursday as they debated whether doctors should be prescribing AIDS drugs as a morning-after treatment for t
Study: HIV Spurs Own Reproduction: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Monday, July 21, 1997; 6:19 p.m. EDT; WASHINGTON (AP) -- Scientists have proved a long-expected trait of the AIDS virus: It produces a protein that stimulates cells to enhance its deadly reproduction. The protein is called Tat, and researchers from the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute will report Tuesday that it essentially provides a wake-up call that renders
AIDS-Hemophiliacs Case Progressing: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Friday, July 18, 1997; 6:19 p.m. EDT; CHICAGO (AP) -- A settlement between about 6,000 AIDS-infected hemophiliacs and the makers of tainted blood-clotting products is progressing after resolution of two appeals, a plaintiffs lawyer said Friday. Attorney David Schrager said payments of $100,000 to each hemophiliac or surviving family could begin this summer
AIDS Victim Told of Court Verdict: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Friday, July 18, 1997 04:44:00; Bill Bergstrom, Associated Press Writer; TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) -- An AIDS victim s hold on life is barely strong enough for him to grasp that the state Supreme Court has refused to allow him to have a doctor end his life, his attorney said. Heavily sedated and drifting in and out of sleep, Charles Hall, 35, was told of Thursday s ruling but was unable to res
Scientists Identify AIDS Footholds: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Wednesday, July 16, 1997 11:02:00; Malcolm Ritter, AP Science Writer; NEW YORK (AP) -- Scientists have identified two more footholds the AIDS virus can use to infect cells, a finding that might mean it will be harder than once thought to block infection by covering up such entry points. Researchers also found evidence that a cousin of HIV, called SIV, uses the footholds to infect monkeys
House Panel Oks More AIDS Funding: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Tuesday, July 15, 1997 15:09:00; Cassandra Burrell, Associated Press Writer; WASHINGTON (AP) -- The government would spend about $1.8 billion for AIDS treatment and prevention next year -- 7 percent more than the president wanted -- under an $80 billion spending bill approved Tuesday by a House subcommittee. By voice vote, the House Appropriations Committee s panel on labor and education includ
Money an Issue for AIDS Patients; AIDS patients living longer, money problem grows: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Tuesday, July 15, 1997; 2:50 a.m. EDT; Lauran Neergaard, Associated Press Writer; WASHINGTON (AP) -- With death rates dropping and AIDS patients living longer, the challenge now is finding money to care for those living with the disease, advocates say. The bad news is more medical providers are being caught in a revenue crunch, with no money for the flood of patients who now need outpatient care, sa
CDC Report: AIDS Deaths Declining: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Monday, July 14, 1997 06:22:00; Lauran Neergaard, Associated Press Writer; WASHINGTON (AP) -- The number of deaths from AIDS continues to drop, falling 19 percent during the first nine months of 1996, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said today. The CDC last February reported the first drop in deaths since the epidemic began in 1981. That report covered the first six months of l
Louisiana Promotes Its Own Condoms: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Sunday, July 13, 1997; 12:06 p.m. EDT; Roxana Hegeman, Associated Press Writer; NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Louisiana is in the condom business. After giving away more than 10 million condoms each year, the health department of Louisiana has developed its own name brand to meet the demand. The state s free condom program -- targeted at people at high risk of contracting AIDS and other sexually transmitted
FDA Recalls Blood Product Treatment: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - July 12, 1997, 4:50 p.m. EDT; WASHINGTON (AP) -- Three lots of a blood product used to treat hemophiliacs are being recalled because of contamination with a potentially deadly mold. The Food and Drug Administration said Saturday the Hyland Division of Baxter Healthcare recalled the medicine sold under the brand name Recombinate. Recombinate is a br
Man Gets 14 Years For Spreading HIV: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Friday, July 11, 1997, 12:21 a.m. EDT; HELSINKI, Finland (AP) -- An American rap artist was sentenced to 14 years in prison Thursday on 17 counts of attempted manslaughter by infecting Finnish women with the AIDS virus. Stephen Thomas, 36, of New York City, was arrested in January on charges of endangering the women by having unprotected sex with them witho
Bleeding Gums Infect Woman With HIV: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Thursday, July 10, 1997 13:00:00; Tara Meyer, Associated Press Writer; ATLANTA (AP) -- A woman apparently became infected with the AIDS virus from a deep kiss with a man who had bleeding gums and canker sores -- the first reported case of HIV transmission through a kiss, the government says. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention emphasized Thursday that the virus was transmitted
Report Backs AIDS Eye Implants: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Thursday, July 10, 1997 06:09:00; BOSTON (AP) -- A capsule implanted in the eyes of AIDS patients helps them fight off blindness three times longer than earlier therapy, according to a study published today. The medicine, a sustained-release version of the drug ganciclovir, is already the standard treatment for AIDS-related cytomegalovirus
Experimental AIDS Drug Available: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Thursday, July 10, 1997 00:28:00; WASHINGTON (AP) -- The manufacturer of an experimental drug says children with advanced stages of AIDS who have not responded to other treatments may be eligible for the drug. Early clinical trials of the drug 1592 indicate it penetrates the central nervous system, according to a statement Wednesday by
Judge: AIDS Not a Deadly Weapon: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Wednesday, July 09, 1997 13:56:00; HIGH POINT, N.C. (AP) -- A judge Wednesday threw out an attempted murder charge against a man accused of raping a 12-year-old girl while knowing that he had the AIDS virus. Andrew Lee Monk, 37, was the first man in North Carolina to be brought to trial on charges of attempted first-degree murder for allegedly using the
NY Blood Center Head Resigns: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Friday, July 04, 1997 03:24:00; Verena Dobnik, Associated Press Writer; NEW YORK (AP) -- The head of the nation s largest independent blood supplier has resigned amid charges his center tampered with tests for the AIDS virus and other diseases. Dr. John Adamson s resignation Thursday as president of the New York Blood Center comes during a federal investigation into allegations that some l
AIDS Activists Boycott Zantac: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Tuesday, July 1, 1997 14:07:00; Richard Cole, Associated Press Writer; SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- AIDS activists and San Francisco officials announced a boycott of Glaxo Wellcome s lucrative Zantac antacid Monday, saying the company has delayed patients access to a promising HIV drug. The dispute centers on a drug known as 1592, which both activists and Glaxo say appears far more powerful and
UN: 1,000 Kids Get AIDS Every Day: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Saturday, June 28, 1997 11:56:00; Stephanie Griffith, Associated Press Writer; BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) -- At least a thousand children are contracting AIDS each day, according to a U.N. report that warns of severe increases in infant mortality due to the disease, unless immediate steps are taken. There were some 400,000 new AIDS cases involving children under 18 last year, and some 350,000 childre
Study: Antibiotics Could Slow AIDS: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Thursday, June 26, 1997 18:22:00; LONDON (AP) -- Antibiotics could help reduce the spread of AIDS in Africa, according to a U.S. study that showed that they dramatically lower the level of the virus in the semen of men also infected with sexually transmitted diseases. The scientists reached their conclusion after studying a group of 135 HIV-positive me
Ruling Threatens Hemophiliacs Deal: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Wednesday, June 25, 1997 18:35:00; Linda A. Johnson, Associated Press Writer; TRENTON, N.J. (AP) -- Two weeks before thousands of AIDS-infected hemophiliacs were to begin getting $100,000 checks from makers of tainted blood-clotting products, a U.S. Supreme Court ruling Wednesday threw their class action settlement into question. As some of the roughly 6,000 hemophiliacs panicked, their attorney
Meditation Part of HIV Retreat: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Wednesday, June 25, 1997 03:06:00; David Kligman, Associated Press Writer; SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Daniel Ollis knows the pain and stress his brother went through before dying of AIDS seven years ago. Ollis, who was diagnosed with HIV in 1983, said his brother s death was reason enough to attend a new seminar that involves no drugs or side effects -- only meditation and spiritual exercises.
German Dr. Convicted in AIDS Case: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Monday, June 23, 1997; 10:27 p.m. EDT; GOETTINGEN, Germany (AP) -- A German doctor was sentenced to 6 1/2 years in prison after being convicted Monday of failing to test the blood of an AIDS-infected donor, which resulted in the death of another patient. The Lower Saxony state court in Goettingen found Guenter Eckert, 56, liable for the August death of a wo
U.S. Needle Exchanges Jumps by 45: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Thursday, June 19, 1997; 5:26 p.m. EDT; Tara Meyer Associated Press Writer; ATLANTA (AP) -- The number of needle exchange programs in the United States climbed to at least 87 in 1995-96, with almost a quarter of them in states where they are outlawed, the government said Thursday. The number represents a 45 percent increase from 1994-95, according to a survey published by the Centers for Disea
Guidelines Simplify AIDS Treatment: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Thursday, June 19, 1997; 4:01 p.m. EDT; Paul Recer, AP Science Writer; WASHINGTON (AP) -- New federal AIDS treatment guidelines may help end confusion among doctors and patients who must make life-and-death choices among 11 antiviral drugs that can be taken in 320 different combinations. Improper use of the AIDS drugs, experts warned Thursday at a news conference, can do more harm than go
Russia Launches Safe Sex Campaign: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Thursday, June 19, 1997 10:18:00 AM; Greg Myre, Associated Press Writer; MOSCOW (AP) -- A flurry of newspaper ads promoting safe sex marked the launch Thursday of Russia s first campaign to stop the spread of AIDS, a disease that is only now approaching epidemic proportions here. With its health care system in rapid decline, Russia can t afford the expensive drugs used to treat patients wit
FDA Warns of AIDS Drug Side Effect: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Wednesday, June 11, 1997 7:52 pm EDT; Lauran Neergaard, Associated Press Writer; WASHINGTON (AP) -- The government warned doctors Wednesday that thousands of patients taking the powerful new AIDS drugs called protease inhibitors should be closely watched for an unexpected side effect: diabetes. In letters nationwide, the Food and Drug Administration stressed that the estimated 150,000 Americans tak
Change in AIDS Research Urged: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Wednesday, June 11, 1997 6:39 pm EDT; WASHINGTON (AP) -- A consumer advocacy group renewed its push Wednesday for the government to change the way it conducts AIDS research in poor countries and stop withholding a protective drug from pregnant HIV-infected women. The practice is unethical and questioned by even some of the researchers conducting the experi
AIDS Drugs Used on `Morning After': The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Monday, June 09, 1997 22:14:00 PM; Tara Meyer, Associated Press Writer; ATLANTA (AP) -- After a night of sex, a woman and her AIDS-infected husband take his drugs together. Another man turns to his doctor for pills after his condom breaks during a one-night stand with an infected partner. Some doctors are already prescribing such a morning-after treatment for people who fear they may have
Medical Marijuana Clubs Still Outlaws: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Friday, June 06, 1997 16:52:00 PM; John Hendren, AP Business Writer; SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- The strains of sitar music mingle with the smoke of the Cannabis Cultivators Club, a 60s-style bistro where the menu lists eight grades of top quality marijuana. A glass counter displays the best sellers: marijuana-filled brownies, peanut butter cookies, merry pills, Ronrico rum bottles and glossy
Study: Condom Use Rises in U.S.: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Thursday, June 05, 1997 15:36:00 PM; Tara Meyer, Associated Press Writer; ATLANTA (AP) -- Condom use among women has more than doubled since 1982, with 7.9 million saying they had their partner wear one during sex in 1995. That s up from 3.6 million in 1982, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in a survey issued Thursday. The survey of 10,847 women age 15 to 44 also found tha
Court Turns Away HIV-Soldier's Case: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Monday, June 02, 1997 07:27:00 PM; Richard Carelli, Associated Press Writer; WASHINGTON (AP) -- An HIV-infected and imprisoned soldier who says he wrongly is being punished for having unprotected sex with his wife lost a Supreme Court appeal today. The justices, without requesting a response from government lawyers, turned away Carinel Pritchard Jr. s arguments that the Army violated his marita
AIDS Vaccine Protects Chimps: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Sunday, June 1, 1997 5:04 pm EDT; Malcolm Ritter, AP Science Writer; NEW YORK (AP) -- Chimps got lasting protection against AIDS virus infection after they were given a combination of two experimental vaccines, researchers report. Three chimps resisted infection when they were injected with HIV about a year after their last booster shot. I think it s an important early step toward the g
Guatemala, Chile Raspberries Seen Causing Cyclospora In U.S.: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Friday, 30 May 1997.; ATLANTA (AP)--Raspberries from Guatemala and Chile are suspected of causing an outbreak of 90 cases of cyclospora in five states in the past two months, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday. It s the second time in as many years that imported raspberries have been blamed for cases of the intesti
New AIDS Vaccine Tested on Monkeys: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - May 24, 1997,Filed at 11:21 a.m. EDT; Daniel Q. Haney, AP Medical Writer; SOUTHBORO, Mass. (AP) -- Locked inside the Level 3 biohazard lab at Harvard s New England Regional Primate Center are a pair of 20-pound macaque monkeys code-named 71-88 and 255-88. They should be dead by now. In November 1991, scientists gave each a big injection of simian immunodeficiency virus, or SIV, the monkey ve
Study Backs Thalidomide on Ulcers: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Wednesday, May 21, 1997 14:00:00 PM; BOSTON (AP) -- Thalidomide, the sedative banned since the 1960s for causing birth defects, has re-emerged as the only effective treatment for AIDS-related mouth ulcers. A study found that a month of treatment dramatically relieves this painful condition and clears it up entirely in about half who take it. The drug has
AIDS Patients Schooled on Lying to Revive Careers: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Sunday May 18, 1997; Tara Meyer, Associated Press; ATLANTA -- Career coach Al Stewart stands before a classroom of people seeking to reenter the corporate world and earnestly advises deception. Don t tell them why you left your original job. Don t ask too many questions about health benefits. Don t tell them you have AIDS. You have to play the game, Stewart tells the c
Reports: Clinton To Call AIDS Goal: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - May 18, 1997, 12:26 a.m. EDT; WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Clinton is ready to set a national goal of finding an AIDS vaccine in 10 years, according to published reports. The Washington Post and The New York Times reported in Sunday editions that the president will issue such a call in a commencement speech at Morgan State University in Baltimore o
Man Who Leaked AIDS List Sentenced: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Wednesday, May 14, 1997 17:03:00 PM; CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) -- A former funeral home director who mailed a confidential list of nearly 4,000 AIDS patients to the media to spite a former lover was sentenced to 60 days in jail. Gregory Wentz, 33, was allowed to remain free as he appeals his misdemeanor conviction of violating confidentiality laws. His attorn
Study Refutes Condom-Sex Link: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Wednesday, May 14, 1997 16:41:00 PM; WASHINGTON (AP) -- A national campaign in Switzerland to promote the use of condoms has not encouraged people to have more sex, according to a study. The study published Wednesday in the American Journal of Public Health found that a safe sex program and education about the risks of contracting the AIDS virus led to dr
HIV Drug Available at Pharmacies: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Wednesday, May 14, 1997 13:32:00 PM; John Hendren, AP Business Writer; NEW YORK (AP) -- Crixivan , the protease inhibitor most often prescribed to patients with the HIV virus that until recently was in short supply, will now be sold at pharmacies nationwide, Merck & Co. said Wednesday. The drug has been taken by 85,000 patients in the United States
Study Rejects Medicinal Marijuana: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Wednesday, May 14, 1997 14:41:00 PM; Scott Bekker, Associated Press Writer; PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Smoking marijuana has less medical benefit than taking the drug s active ingredient in its pure form, and neither is of much use when side effects are considered, a new study says. The active ingredient in marijuana, THC, has been shown to be medicinally useful for such things as fighting nausea af
Doc: AIDS Vaccine May Be Impossible: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Tuesday, 13 May 1997, 9:05 EDT; WASHINGTON (AP) -- Despite an extensive and detailed understanding of AIDS, an expert said Tuesday it is possible that medical science will never find a vaccine that protects against infection from the virus. Drugs have been found that appear to suppress HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, but researchers still don t know
Gender Gap in HIV Care / AIDS progression in women is still mostly a mystery: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Tuesday, 13 May 1997.; PASADENA, Calif. - WHILE NEW drugs are helping men in the war against AIDS, women are dying in increasing numbers as doctors struggle to define the unique way the disease progresses in female bodies. Women often go undiagnosed longer because doctors fail to recognize that some of their yeast, vaginal and throat infecti
Competition Cuts Into Generic Drug Firms' Bottom Line: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Sunday May 11, 1997; Steve Sakson, Associated Press; NEW YORK -- Generic drugs, those low-priced copies of brand-name medicines, are so popular that they now make up nearly half the 2.4 billion prescriptions written in this country every year. That popularity hasn t filtered down to the bottom lines of the generic drug makers, however, and the industry s troubles mean co
HIV Drug Studies Show Good News: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - May 7, 1997, 4:06 p.m. EDT; NEW YORK (AP) -- A new study of powerful AIDS drugs shows they devastate HIV in one of its favorite hangouts, while another suggests that curing an infected person would take at least two to three years -- if it can be done. A different study earlier this year had shown that one year wasn t enough, and researchers esti
Tainted Blood AIDS Victims Settle: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Wednesday, May 07, 1997 06:35:00 PM; CHICAGO (AP) -- Hemophiliacs who contracted the AIDS virus through tainted blood won a group award of more than $600 million under a deal approved by a federal judge. Four health-care companies will pay $100,000 to each of about 6,200 hemophiliacs or surviving family under the agreement approved Tuesday by U.S. Distric
Bayer To Reimburse AIDS Victims: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Tuesday, May 06, 1997 20:03:00 PM; LEVERKUSEN, Germany (AP) -- The Bayer chemical group expects to pay $267.4 million to 6,200 hemophiliacs in the United States who were infected by AIDS-tainted blood products between 1978 and 1985, a spokeswoman said Tuesday. Bayer, one of four companies involved in the case, is close to an agreement to pay the victims
More HIV-Positive Women Have Babies: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Monday, May 5, 1997 2:47 pm EDT; Martha Irvine, Associated Press Writer; SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- No one knows whether Lisa O Connor s baby will be born with the AIDS virus. More than three years ago, the baby -- whose HIV-positive mother is due to give birth to her in June -- would have had about a 1-in-4 chance of contracting the virus. Now, in some U.S. regions, that statistic has dropped t
New Data Tracks HIV-Infected Women: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Monday, May 05, 1997 18:58:00 PM; Jane E. Allen, AP Science Writer; PASADENA, Calif. (AP) -- While AIDS deaths are increasing for women as they fall for men, women s infections are often missed as the disease follows a different course, according to new research presented Monday. Women s HIV often is missed because doctors aren t recognizing that vaginal infections, yeast infections of
Blood Companies Reimburse Gov't: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Monday, May 05, 1997 18:40:00 PM; WASHINGTON (AP) -- Four companies that may have distributed HIV-tainted blood would reimburse the government nearly $12.2 million for payments made by federal health insurance programs under a settlement announced Monday. The agreement comes as the companies try to resolve a class-action lawsuit involving more than 6,0
Bird Vaccine May Help Fight AIDS: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Monday, May 05, 1997 16:41:00 PM; Paul Recer, AP Science Writer; WASHINGTON (AP) -- A vaccine made from a virus that gives a pox to canaries but is harmless to humans has shown promise in blocking infection by the AIDS virus. The vaccine has been injected into a group of healthy volunteers and found to cause a powerful surge of killer T-cells, a type of immune system warrior that pr
Candlelight AIDS Vigil Held: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Monday, May 5, 1997 12:55 am EDT; Jean H. Lee, Associated Press Writer; SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Asking San Franciscans to honor every death, value every life, thousands of people marched somberly through the heart of the city in a candlelight vigil Sunday remembering those who have died of AIDS. San Francisco was among more than 350 cities and 46 countries worldwide taking part in the Intern
AIDS Patients Seek New Futures: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Sunday, May 04, 1997 09:47:00 PM; Tara Meyer, Associated Press Writer; ATLANTA (AP) -- Career coach Al Stewart stands before a classroom of people seeking to reenter the corporate world and earnestly advises deception. Don t tell them why you left your original job. Don t ask too many questions about health benefits. Don t tell them you have AIDS. You have to play the game, Stewart tells
Research: Fetal Marrow Effective: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Saturday, May 03, 1997 17:08:00 PM; Jennifer Rothacker, Associated Press Writer; WASHINGTON (AP) -- Success in treating sickle cell anemia, leukemia and even AIDS could be greatly improved if bone marrow from fetuses rather than adults is used in transplants, according to researchers at Georgetown University. After almost 20 years dealing with all types of transplantation ... we have a good, optimi
Survey: Teen Sex Rate Drops: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Monday, May 01, 1997 00:10:00 PM; Laura Meckler, Associated Press Writer; WASHINGTON (AP) -- As a campaign to cut teen pregnancy rates by a third kicks off, the government reports some encouraging news: the percentage of teen-age girls having sex dropped in 1995 for the first time since the survey began. The data released today also show teens increased their use of birth control -- condoms,
CDC: More Women Using Condoms: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Thursday, May 01, 1997 15:00:00 PM; Tara Meyer, Associated Press Writer; ATLANTA (AP) -- Inner-city clinics are successfully getting women to use condoms to protect themselves from AIDS, the government reported Thursday. And to public health experts delight, many of these women are continuing to use their usual means of birth control, too. Some health officials had been concerned that some
Judge: Docs Can't Help Get Pot: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Wednesday, April 30, 1997 15:50:00 PM; Bob Egelko, Associated Press Writer; SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- California doctors can recommend marijuana to their patients without punishment as long as they don t help patients buy or grow the drug, a federal judge ruled Wednesday. Calling the Clinton administration s policy on medical marijuana vague and contradictory, U.S. District Judge Fern Smith said t
New Vaccine Keeps HIV From Chimps: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Tuesday, April 29, 1997 14:08:00 PM; Malcolm Ritter, AP Science Writer; NEW YORK (AP) -- An experimental AIDS vaccine made from HIV genes has protected chimpanzees for more than a year, raising doctors hopes the approach will work in humans. Two chimps got the vaccine and then a stiff dose of HIV -- 250 times the amount needed for infection. It s the first time that a so-called DNA vaccine
AIDS Education Proves a Tough Sell Awareness: Four years after launch of federal program, few corporations: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Sunday April 27, 1997; Tara Meyer, Associated Press; ATLANTA -- Mark King, an AIDS educator, makes his living by walking into corporate boardrooms full of hostile executives with their arms crossed. They re afraid they are going to see condoms . They are afraid they are going to see explicit sexuality, said King, who has the virus that causes AIDS . People have a vision
Study: HIV Virus May Be Stronger: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Friday, April 25, 1997 3:26 pm EDT; LONDON (AP) -- Italian researchers who studied 208 men and 77 women infected with HIV believe the AIDS-causing virus may be growing more aggressive. The emergence of more virulent strains due to multiple biological mechanisms may be responsible for the more aggressive course of HIV disease in patients who have recently
AIDS Expert To Research in New York: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Friday, April 25, 1997 07:12:00 PM; Matthew Gledhill, Associated Press Writer; PARIS (AP) -- Professor Luc Montagnier, the French co-discoverer of the AIDS virus, plans to conduct a major part of his research at New York s Queens College, his Paris-based research group said today. Montagnier, 64, will set up a new AIDS research center on the City University of New York campus, the World Foundatio
Report: AIDS Scientist Relocating: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Thursday, April 24, 1997 21:28:00 PM; NEW YORK (AP) -- Professor Luc Montagnier, co-discoverer of the AIDS virus and one of Europe s most eminent scientists, will move the home base for much of his research from the Pasteur Institute in Paris to Queens College, The New York Times reported. Montagnier, 64, has accepted a newly endowed professorship, the fir
Dead Man's Sex Partners Have HIV: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Thursday, April 24, 1997 17:50:00 PM; ST. LOUIS (AP) -- About 30 sex partners of an HIV-infected man who was slain on a city street earlier this year have tested positive for the AIDS virus, and health officials say the number could keep rising. Darnell McGee, 28, was shot to death in January. A few months earlier, he had been shot and wounded near East St
U.S. Overseas AIDS Policy Decried: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Tuesday, April 22, 1997 15:24:00 PM; Lauran Neergaard, Associated Press Writer; WASHINGTON (AP) -- The United States is paying for experiments in poor countries that could allow 1,000 babies to die of AIDS unnecessarily by withholding a protective drug from HIV-infected pregnant women, the patient advocacy group Public Citizen charged Tuesday. The government says the studies are ethical because th
DEA Raids Medical Marijuana Club: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Monday, April 21, 1997 18:27:00 PM; SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- After a short truce, the medical marijuana battle resumed Monday when federal agents raided a supplier, seizing 331 marijuana plants. Drug agents kicked in the door of the Flower Therapy Club in San Francisco s Mission District around 6 a.m. and seized the plants, 15 grow lights and various other
Scientists Make HIV Discovery: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Friday, April 18, 1997 23:03:00 PM; Researchers have found the mechanism the AIDS virus uses to penetrate the cells that it infects. That knowledge could lead to drugs designed to block the harpoonlike mechanism from piercing the cell. But experts say treatment is not imminent. The discovery by Peter S. Kim and colleagues at the Whitehead Institute for B
HIV+ Man Eyed for Murder in Finland: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Thursday, April 17, 1997 15:20:00 PM; Mans Hulden, Associated Press Writer; HELSINKI, Finland (AP) -- For months, an HIV-positive man from New York has been sitting in a jail in Finland, charged with infecting dozens of women with the deadly virus. On Thursday, the seriousness of the case against him became clear, with police saying he faces multiple counts of attempted murder.
Gov't Releases Report on AIDS Rates: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Thursday, April 17, 1997 14:30:00 PM; Tara Meyer, Associated Press Writer; ATLANTA (AP) -- The AIDS rate doubled last year in Baton Rouge, La., fell by a third in Dallas and held steady in New York at the highest level in the nation, the government said Thursday. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said it could not immediately explain the ups and downs but said that the increases
List of AIDS Rates in U.S. Cities: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Thursday, April 17, 1997 14:04:00 PM; AIDS cases per 100,000 people in 1995 and 1996 in 50 U.S. cities with highest rates: City 1995 New York 121.4 Miami 114.8 Jersey City, N.J. 138.2 San Francisco 128.7 West Palm Beach, Fla. 82.3 Fort Lauderdale, Fla. 89.0 Newark, N.J. 86.
AIDS Advocates Hail HIV Insurance: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Wednesday, April 16, 1997 07:41:00 PM; Herbert G. McCann, AP Business Writer; CHICAGO (AP) -- AIDS advocates are cheering the decision of an insurance company to offer life insurance to people with HIV, a move seen by many as a recognition of the significant advances made in treating the illness. I m certainly amazed that the insurance industry is starting to recognize that there is some real ho
Judge Raps Medical Marijuana Plight: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Friday, April 11, 1997 17:30:00 PM; Bob Egelko, Associated Press Writer; SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- A federal judge Friday temporarily barred government action against California doctors who recommend marijuana for their patients, saying federal policy on the issue was too confusing. The ruling doesn t change federal law which deems any marijuana use illegal. But the temporary restraining order
Report: 61 Had Sex With HIV Man: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Friday, April 11, 1997 09:24:00 PM; ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Dozens of women and girls charmed by flattery and the promise of gifts had sex with an HIV-infected man before he was shot to death earlier this year, according to a published report today. In two years, at least 61 girls and women have been located who had sex with Darnell McGee, and authorities fear
Blocking Cell Protein May Protect Against AIDS Virus: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Thursday, 10 April 1997.; WASHINGTON (AP)--Researchers say they have found a way to genetically prevent the formation of a key protein that allows the AIDS virus to infect some cells, offering promise for a radically new treatment. Recent studies have shown that the HIV virus must link with specific proteins on the surface of cells before it ca
Kevorkian Lawyer: AIDS Patient Dies: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Wednesday, April 09, 1997 17:50:00 PM; ROMULUS, Mich. (AP) -- A woman found dead with a message to call Dr. Jack Kevorkian s attorney ended her life in a motel room because she was dying of AIDS, another lawyer for the assisted-suicide advocate said Wednesday. I cannot confirm whether or not she died as a result of anyone assisting her, said Kevorkian attor
AIDS Patients' Medicaid May Expand: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Wednesday, April 09, 1997 19:42:00 PM; Brian Witte, Associated Press Writer; WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Clinton administration is looking into expanding Medicaid coverage for people afflicted with AIDS, Vice President Al Gore said Wednesday. Gore said he has asked the Health Care Financing Administration to look into the possibility of making Medicaid available earlier to people suffering from AIDS
Researchers Seek AIDS Cell Blocker: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Wednesday, April 09, 1997 13:38:00 PM; Paul Recer, AP Science Writer; WASHINGTON (AP) -- Researchers say they have found a way to genetically prevent the formation of a key protein that allows the AIDS virus to infect some cells, offering promise for a radically new treatment. Recent studies have shown that the HIV virus must link with specific proteins on the surface of cells before it
Cuban With AIDS Dies of Overdose: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Monday, April 07, 1997 16:12:00 PM; Tom Wells, Associated Press Writer; MIAMI (AP) -- A Cuban immigrant with AIDS, depressed over the impending cutoff of his Medicaid and Social Security benefits, took an overdose of his medication and died, his brother said. Alfredo Linares, 57, died Sunday, nearly a week after he swallowed four bottles of his AIDS medicine, said Gustavo Linares. He found
FDA Approves New AIDS Drug: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Monday, April 07, 1997 07:37:00 PM; WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration has approved a new AIDS drug for patients to add to their complex medicine cocktails, despite conflicting evidence of how well it works. Pharmacia & Upjohn s delavirdine, approved Friday, will be on pharmacy shelves within a month under the brand name
White House Picks AIDS Adviser: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Monday, April 07, 1997 06:27:00 PM; WASHINGTON (AP) -- The former director of an Atlanta AIDS organization is the White House s pick as the presidential AIDS adviser, officials said today. President Clinton was set to name Sandy Thurman as head of the Office of AIDS Policy during a White House ceremony today, according to officials who spoke on condition
Study Finds Spermicides Ineffective: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Thursday, April 03, 1997 17:17:00 PM; WASHINGTON (AP) -- Condoms used with the spermicides provide no additional protection against HIV or other sexually transmitted diseases than when used alone, according to the results of a study released Thursday. The findings differ from previous research suggesting that spermicides appear to protect women against gon
Military Court Hears HIV Case: The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Tuesday, April 1, 1997 10:05 pm EST; Strat Douthat, Associated Press Writer; NEW LONDON, Conn. (AP) -- The nation s top military court on Tuesday heard the appeal of an HIV-positive sailor convicted of aggravated assault after infecting two women, one of whom he later married. The evening hearing, held at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, was part of annual tour of the Court of Appeals for the Arme
Blood Bank Head Faces Charges: The Associated Press; Tuesday, April 01, 1997 06:00:00 PM; NEW YORK (AP) -- A supervisor at one of the nation s largest private blood banks was arrested on charges he approved use of blood that had not been properly tested for AIDS and hepatitis. In response to the arrest, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration reiterated that there are multiple layers of safeguards in place to
AIDS Birth Spread Study Scrapped: The Associated Press; Wednesday, March 26, 1997 6:56 pm EST; WASHINGTON (AP) -- A study of the rate of mother-to-baby transmission of the AIDS virus was ended Wednesday because the rate of infection was too low to give a meaningful result, federal scientists announced. The study, called ACTG Protocol 185, was designed to test two types of treatment given pregnant women infected
Ex-Japan Officials Plead Guilty: The Associated Press; Tuesday, March 25, 1997 22:49:00 PM; Kozo Mizoguchi, Associated Press Writer; TOKYO (AP) -- Two top health officials and a nursing home developer pleaded guilty today in a bribery scandal that has tarnished Japan s powerful bureaucracy. Nobuharu Okamitsu, once the highest ranking bureaucrat in the Health and Welfare Ministry, apologized for accepting $530,000 in bribes, a car and membership in a
Some Blood Donors Mum on Risks: The Associated Press; Tuesday, March 25, 1997 15:36:00 PM; Lindsey Tanner, Associated Press Writer; CHICAGO (AP) -- A study of nearly 35,000 blood donors found a small number failed to reveal risky behavior, such as unsafe sex and intravenous drug use. The finding doesn t signal a change in the safety of the nation s blood supply but suggests that screening procedures should be reviewed, said lead researcher Alan Wil
AIDS Activists Mark 10th Year: The Associated Press; March 24, 1997, Filed at 6:16 p.m. EST; NEW YORK (AP) -- ACT UP, the activist group whose brash tactics seek to publicize the plight of AIDS victims, marked its 10th anniversary Monday with a noisy demonstration in the heart of the city s financial district. The protest came at a time when participation in the group has been in decline, and some argue its in
Japanese Execs Plead Guilty In HIV Blood Pdts Scandal: The Associated Press; Monday, 24 March 1997.; TOKYO (AP)--Three former presidents of a company accused of knowingly selling blood products that might have been infected with the virus that causes AIDS pleaded guilty to professional negligence Monday. The former presidents of Green Cross Corp. (J.GCS) are being tried together in the Osaka District Court in a liver
Law: Hemophiliac's Parents Win $2 Million Award In Blood-Product Case: The Associated Press; Monday, 24 March 1997.; NEW YORK (AP) -- An Indianapolis jury awarded $2 million to John and Vicky Barnes, whose hemophiliac son, John Jr., tested positive for AIDS in 1985 and died six years later at age 14. The couple had refused to join class-action settlements from four drug companies that were sued over tainted blood-clotting products. T
Less Help for Mexicans With AIDS: The Associated Press; Wednesday, March 19, 1997 3:32 pm EST; Dana Calvo, Associated Press Writer; TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) -- Every Thursday, Fred Scholl fills an old travel bag with AIDS medicines. The pills are leftovers, no longer needed by patients who have died. Then he drives his battered, gray Mazda south across the U.S.-Mexico border to a clinic with one examining table and eight chairs where 240 infected Mexic
Medical Marijuana Case Dismissed: The Associated Press; March 18, 1997, Filed at 12:16 a.m. EST; LOS ANGELES (AP) -- In a key challenge to California s new medical marijuana law, state prosecutors were persuaded Monday to dismiss the case of an AIDS patient charged with possessing the drug. Defense attorney John Duran had argued that criminal charges against Willie Perkins, 35, should be dropped because the man po
France Probes Tainted Blood Case: The Associated Press; March 14, 1997, Filed at 5:58 p.m. EST; PARIS (AP) -- In a rare rejection of prosecutorial advice, a French court said Friday it will pursue charges against former Cabinet ministers in the 1985 contamination of 1,300 people with AIDS-tainted blood. France s chief prosecutor had recommended the dismissal of charges against former Prime Minister Laurent Fabius
FDA Oks AIDS Drugs for Children: The Associated Press; March 14, 1997, Filed at 6:11 p.m. EST; WASHINGTON (AP) -- AIDS-infected children got their first drugs from the powerful class of protease inhibitors Friday when the government approved two pediatric formulas. Agouron Pharmaceuticals Viracept is the first protease inhibitor to get simultaneous
Bill Would Disclose HIV Status: The Associated Press; Thursday, March 13, 1997 4:07 pm EST; Darlene Superville, Associated Press Writer; WASHINGTON (AP) -- States would be required to alert people to possible contacts with HIV-infected individuals under a bill being advanced by a Republican congressman. The measure also would create a national reporting system for the virus, require testing of anyone accused of a sex crime, require insurers to disclose
Charge Made in Japan AIDS Case: The Associated Press; March 12, 1997, Filed at 3:18 p.m. EST; TOKYO (AP) -- A former health ministry official pleaded innocent Wednesday to professional negligence in failing to stop the sale of untreated blood products that caused thousands of AIDS infections in Japan . Akihito Matsumura was director of the health ministry division that handled blood products from 1984 to 1986,
End of France Blood Scandal?: The Associated Press; Tuesday, 11 March 1997.; PARIS (AP) -- France s chief prosecutor recommended Tuesday that three former ministers be cleared in the 1985 contamination of 1,300 people with AIDS-tainted blood. The recommendation to drop charges because of insufficient evidence, means former Prime Minister Laurent Fabius and two other ex-ministers almost certainl
Britain Bars HIV-Positive Doc: The Associated Press; Tuesday, March 11, 1997; LONDON (AP) -- Britain barred a Zambian gynecologist from practicing medicine Tuesday for his refusal to take an AIDS test for 8 1/2 months after a lover told him she was HIV-positive. The case of Patrick Mubanga Ngosa, who tested HIV-positive in January, has sparked a health scare among thousands of women in southern
Japan M.D. Denies AIDS Scandal: The Associated Press; Monday, March 10, 1997, 4:44 p.m. EST; TOKYO (AP) -- A doctor who once advised the health ministry on AIDS policy testified Monday that he was not negligent in the death of a hemophiliac infected with AIDS through untreated blood products. A scandal over Japan s delay in approving safe, heat-treated blood products led to charges against Takeski Abe and four
Dentist Loses in HIV Lawsuit: The Associated Press; Thursday, March 6, 1997 5:41 am EST; BOSTON (AP) -- A dentist broke federal law by refusing to treat an HIV-positive patient in his office, an appellate court has ruled. The 1st Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Wednesday upheld a lower court ruling that Dr. Randon Bragdon of Bangor, Maine, violated the Americans with Disabilities Act when he refused to fi
Ban on Blood Clotter Lifted: The Associated Press; Wednesday, March 5, 1997 4:02 am EST; LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A company lifted the nationwide hold on a blood clotting factor that was withdrawn from the market when it was thought to be infected with the AIDS virus. Patients with a rare form of hemophilia again can use Profilnine SD, a Factor IX concentrate drawn from plasma, Alpha Therapeutic Corp. announced
Study Says Correcting Levels Of Key Peptide May HIV Fight: The Associated Press; 4 March 1997; WASHINGTON (AP)--AIDS patients may live longer if their medicines include a drug that is routinely used to fight overdoses of the pain reliever acetaminophen, a study suggests. Some experts, however, are skeptical. Researchers at Stanford University Medical School said that AIDS patients treated with a drug called N-ac
Drug Studied in HIV Fight: The Associated Press; Monday, March 3, 1997 4:11 pm EST; Paul Recer, AP Science Writer; WASHINGTON (AP) -- AIDS patients may live longer if their medicines include a drug that is routinely used to fight overdoses of the pain reliever acetaminophen, a study suggests. Some experts, however, are skeptical. Researchers at Stanford University Medical School said that AIDS patients treated with a drug called N-
Virus Found in Donor Blood: The Associated Press; Thursday, February 27, 1997 18:09:00 PM; LONDON (AP) -- Researchers in California have found a virus believed to cause an AIDS-related cancer in blood donated by a healthy man, but they say the implications of the discovery are unclear. The virus, called human herpes type 8, is thought to cause Kaposi s sarcoma, a rare form of skin cancer that frequently occu
Assisted Suicide Law Upheld: The Associated Press; Thursday, February 27, 1997 16:43:00 PM; Bob Egelko, Associated Press Writer; SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- A federal appeals court on Thursday rejected a challenge to Oregon s first-in-the-nation assisted suicide law for the terminally ill, saying the specter of involuntary suicides was merely speculative. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, without deciding whether the voter-approved law adequately
AIDS Deaths Drop Nationwide: The Associated Press; Thursday, February 27, 1997 14:48:00 PM; Tara Meyer, Associated Press Writer; ATLANTA (AP) -- The number of AIDS deaths has dropped significantly for the first time since the epidemic began in 1981 -- a decline officials credited to better treatment and programs. AIDS deaths fell 13 percent in the first six months of 1996, to 22,000 people, down from 24,900 deaths in the same period a year earli
South African AIDS Workers Criticized: The Associated Press; Thursday, February 27, 1997 13:35:00 PM; PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) -- Three South African researchers said Thursday they intend to continue their work despite criticism for violating accepted procedures in testing their experimental AIDS drug. The three will seek a private pharmaceutical company to back further research on Virodene P058 with the sanction of
Court: Insurer Delayed Too Long: The Associated Press; Monday, February 24, 1997 20:53:00 PM.; Bob Egelko, Associated Press Writer; SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- A life insurer waited too late to claim fraud and must pay benefits for a man who died of AIDS after sending an imposter to take his medical exam, the state Supreme Court ruled on Monday. By law, an insurer must investigate fraud before it issues a policy or within two years afterward, the court s
Drug Combo Effective Against AIDS: The Associated Press; Monday, February 24, 1997 16:51:00 PM.; Paul Recer, AP Science Writer; WASHINGTON (AP) -- AIDS patients live longer and have fewer infections with a three-drug combination that includes a new protease inhibitor drug, a federal health agency announced Monday. The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases said that in a drug trial of AIDS patients with advanced disease, those ta
Oregon Clinic Sells Medicinal Pot: The Associated Press; Sunday, February 23, 1997 15:31:00 PM; PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- An illegal clinic in downtown Portland is dispensing marijuana to sick and dying people, The Sunday Oregonian reported. More than 120 patients have found the Alternative Health Center through word of mouth since it opened six weeks ago, the newspaper said. Patients who suffer from arthritis, mult
Apology Near in Syphilis Study: The Associated Press; Thursday, February 20, 1997 17:00:00 PM; Tara Meyer, Associated Press Writer; ATLANTA (AP) -- A generation after it was learned that black men were used as guinea pigs for the study of syphilis in the infamous Tuskegee experiment, the government may be moving closer to a formal apology. President Clinton s apology in 1995 to the victims of secret Cold War-era radiation experiments may have set t
Panel: Pot May Have Medical Uses: The Associated Press; Thursday, February 20, 1997 11:29:00 PM; Paul Recer, AP Science Writer; BETHESDA, Md. (AP) -- There are promising medical uses for marijuana that should be investigated in careful clinical studies, a panel of experts at the National Institutes of Health said today. In a news conference four times interrupted by demonstrators, a group of doctors who had spent two days investigating the medi
AIDS Group Pulls Ad Campaign: The Associated Press; Wednesday, February 19, 1997 14:35:00 PM; Linda Leavell, Associated Press Writer; DALLAS (AP) -- An AIDS charity yanked a nationwide ad campaign after receiving complaints that messages such as Prayer won t cure AIDS. Research will insulted people who believe in the power of prayer. The American Foundation for AIDS Research said the objections focused on that message as well as another that ran on p
FDA Orders NY Blood Quarantine: The Associated Press; Tuesday, February 18, 1997 21:27:00 PM; Verena Dobnik, Associated Press Writer; NEW YORK (AP) -- The government has ordered the nation s largest independent blood supplier to quarantine products that may have been improperly tested for the AIDS virus. The Food and Drug Administration also is trying to determine whether any products from the New York Blood Center pose a higher risk of infectious di
Clinton Shifts on Needle Program: The Associated Press; Tuesday, February 18, 1997 16:45:00 PM; Lauran Neergaard, Associated Press Writer; WASHINGTON (AP) -- After years of dismissing AIDS activists pleas for federally funded clean needle exchanges, the Clinton administration signaled Tuesday it was open to negotiate the issue. In a report sent to Congress, Health and Human Services Secretary Donna Shalala stopped short of recommending lifting the ban on
Liz Checks in for Operation: The Associated Press; Tuesday, February 18, 1997 12:01:00 PM; Jeff Wilson, Associated Press Writer; LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Elizabeth Taylor checked into a hospital today in preparation for surgery to remove a benign tumor on her brain. She checked into the hospital this morning for tests and will remain there until after the surgery, said Maria Pignataro, publicist for the Oscar-winning actress. There was still no date
Court Rejects Marijuana Appeal: The Associated Press; Tuesday, February 18, 1997 07:22:00 PM; WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court Tuesday rejected an Iowa man s effort to get the federal government to formally recognize what he says are marijuana s medicinal uses. The court, without comment, turned away arguments that the federal Drug Enforcement Administration improperly has refused to remove some of the seve
Panel Backs Social AIDS Weapons: The Associated Press; Thursday, February 13, 1997 14:43:00 PM; Paul Recer, AP Science Writer; WASHINGTON (AP) -- Clean needle exchanges, safe-sex education and drug abuse treatment are powerful weapons against the AIDS epidemic, but their effectiveness is being blocked by moral and government objections, a panel of experts concluded Thursday. The committee selected by the National Institutes of Health cited str
Florida Court Nixes Suicide Plan: The Associated Press; Tuesday, February 11, 1997 19:28:00 PM; Jackie Hallifax, Associated Press Writer; TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) -- A Florida man who is dying of AIDS and wants the right to commit suicide with his doctor s help must wait at least several more months now that the state Supreme Court reinstated a stay Tuesday. Charles Hall, 35, is the lone survivor in a 1996 lawsuit seeking the right to have a doctor prescri
Study Probes HIV Immune Response: The Associated Press; Monday, February 10, 1997 16:47:00 PM; Elias Wolfberg, Associated Press Writer; JERUSALEM (AP) -- In a study that could have implications for AIDS research, Israeli scientists have discovered an enzyme that plays a key role in activating the body s immune system. The study on their work was published this week in the British journal Nature. Researchers at the Weizmann Institute found that an enzym
Florida Board of Medicine Opposes Suicides: The Associated Press; Monday, February 10, 1997 05:23:00 PM; ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- Weeks after a doctor received a court s permission to help in the suicide of an AIDS patient, the Florida Board of Medicine voted to oppose physician-assisted suicide. The board is not going to allow physician-assisted suicide, chairman Edward Dauer said Saturday after an emotional vote. We re not
New York Testing Infants for HIV: The Associated Press; Monday, February 10, 1997 02:07:00 PM; NEW YORK (AP) -- In the first such program in the United States , hospitals in New York have begun open mandatory testing of all newborns for HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. The state was already conducting anonymous HIV tests on infants for statistical purposes, but on Feb. 1, hospitals began mandatory disclosure of
Feds Nix Drug Settlement Offer: The Associated Press; Sunday, February 09, 1997 14:50:00 PM; SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- The federal government has rejected an offer to settle a lawsuit filed by doctors trying to avoid punishment for recommending marijuana to patients with cancer and AIDS. The lawsuit was filed last month after the nation s drug czar threatened to take action against physicians despite California s
AIDS Educators Join Workplace: The Associated Press; Sunday, February 09, 1997 11:00:00 PM; Tara Meyer, Associated Press Writer; ATLANTA (AP) -- Mark King, an AIDS educator, makes his living by walking into corporate boardrooms full of hostile executives with their arms crossed. They re afraid they are going to see condoms. They are afraid they are going to see explicit sexuality, said King, who has the virus that causes AIDS. People have a visi
Kenya Bans Sale of AIDS Drug: The Associated Press; Sunday, February 09, 1997 06:06:00 PM.; NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- The government has banned the sale and production of a drug its inventor claims substantially reverses the development of AIDS, local newspapers reported Sunday. Authorities served pharmacologist Arthur Obel with the order at his home Saturday, the Sunday Nation newspaper reported. I was sho
Clinton Budget at a Glance: AIDS, Health & Science: The Associated Press; Friday, February 7, 1997 3:46 am EST; Lauran Neergaard, The Associated Press; Highlights of President Clinton s 1998 budget and major differences with the Republicans. --AIDS: Clinton requests an additional $40 million for AIDS research, mostly to hunt a vaccine, bringing total AIDS research to $1.54 billion. Another $40 million would go to the Ryan White Care Act, totaling $1.04 billion, to hel
Research on AIDS Drug Urged: The Associated Press; Thursday, February 06, 1997 15:46:00 PM; Alexandra Zavis, Associated Press Writer; CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) -- South Africa s health minister argued Thursday in favor of continued research on an AIDS drug widely criticized as unsafe but which she said nonetheless represents a glimmer of hope. With minister Nkosazana Zuma on their side, the developers of Virodene P058 likely will have the means to
AIDS Patient Wins Right to Die: The Associated Press; Thursday, February 06, 1997 03:34:00 PM; Pat Leisner, Associated Press Writer; BEVERLY HILLS, Fla. (AP) -- His body wasting away from AIDS, Charles Hall is down to 105 poun