1988

State's First Case AIDS Bias Suit Against Dentists: SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE (SF) - WEDNESDAY November 30, 1988 Edition: FINAL Section: NEWS Page: A2 Word Count: 448; George Williamson, Chronicle Staff Writer; California s first lawsuit on whether doctors and dentists can refuse to work on patients who have tested positive for the AIDS virus was filed in San Francisco Superior Court yesterday. This is not just a case against one dentist. We filed this suit to send a strong message to doctors and dentists throughout Californi
Red Tape, Staffing Shortages: Report Rips U.S. on AIDS Research: SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE (SF) - TUESDAY November 15, 1988 Edition: FINAL Section: NEWS Page: A4 Word Count: 927; Randy Shilts, National Correspondent; A new congressional report sharply criticizes the federal government s effort to find treatments for AIDS, saying research has been delayed by an appalling lack of federal leadership and severe staffing shortages. The report also characterizes the system for testing AIDS drugs as too unwieldy to move rapidly and federa
Second Phase of Alien Amnesty Program: SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE (SF) - TUESDAY November 8, 1988 Edition: FINAL Section: NEWS Page: A7 Word Count: 492; Kathy Bodovitz, Chronicle Staff Writer; Applications trickled in yesterday from aliens who were granted temporary residency under the federal amnesty program and are now eligible for permanent status. The amnesty program was set up in two phases: Applicants were granted temporary status and 18 months later they became eligible to apply for permanent residenc
MAJOR DROP IN INFECTIONS ENCOURAGING S.F. AIDS STUDY: SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE (SF) - FRIDAY November 4, 1988 Edition: FINAL Section: NEWS Page: A2 Word Count: 365; David Perlman, Chronicle Science Editor; New cases of infection by the AIDS virus are continuing to drop spectacularly among gay and bisexual men in San Francisco because of striking changes in their sexual behavior, a University of California study reported yesterday. The continuing study focuses on more than 1,000 Castro-area men who volunteered four years
Federal, Local Experts Blast Prop. 102: SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE (SF) - THURSDAY November 3, 1988 Edition: FINAL Section: NEWS Page: A20 Word Count: 690; David Perlman, Chronicle Science Editor; Federal, state and local health officials joined yesterday to warn that mandatory reporting of positive AIDS test results will threaten the search for new AIDS drugs and will cause thousands at risk for the disease to shun clinics that test for AIDS virus infection. Proposition 102, the California ballot initiative, wo
UCSF RESEARCH HEPATITIS B, AIDS CONNECTION STUDIED: SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE (SF) - MONDAY October 31, 1988 Edition: FINAL Section: NEWS Page: A4 Word Count: 541; Charles Petit, Chronicle Science Writer; In a possible clue to why the AIDS virus suddenly overwhelms its victims immune systems years after infection, University of California at San Francisco researchers report this week a new link between AIDS and the liver disease hepatitis B. In test tubes, a specific protein in the hepatitis B virus causes a key gene of
DEUKMEJIAN FOR PROP. 102: SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE (SF) - SATURDAY October 29, 1988 Edition: FINAL Section: NEWS Page: A1 Word Count: 842; Greg Lucas, Lori Olszewski, Chronicle Sacramento Bureau; Sacramento - Ignoring the advice of a committee of experts appointed by his administration, Governor Deukmejian said yesterday that he supports Proposition 102, which would force doctors and others to report the names of those they suspect are infected with the AIDS virus. The California AIDS Leadership Committee, whic
2-WEEK REVIEW TRUCE IS REACHED ON AIDS TV SCRIPT: SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE (SF) - THURSDAY October 27, 1988 Edition: FINAL Section: NEWS Page: A4 Word Count: 234 MEMO: RELATED STORY; David Tuller, Chronicle Staff Writer; The producers of a controversial TV show currently shooting in San Francisco declared a tentative truce last night with leaders in the gay community who have charged that the drama presents a distorted picture of people with AIDS and could incite violence against them. At a joint press conference, the protesters and Lo
AIDS PROTESTERS SHOWING SIGNS OF MOVEMENT'S NEW MILITANCY: SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE (SF) - THURSDAY October 27, 1988 Edition: FINAL Section: NEWS Page: A4 Word Count: 1,106 MEMO: RELATED STORY; David Tuller, Chronicle Staff Writer; Terry Beswick is a former actor, but thespian aspirations were far from his thoughts when he and dozens of angry protesters swarmed onto the Nob Hill set of Midnight Caller a week ago. The protest over the new NBC show, which was shooting an episode that the demonstrators felt would incite violence against people with
HEALTH EDUCATORS COME OUT AGAINST AIDS INITIATIVE: SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE (SF) - THURSDAY October 27, 1988 Edition: THREE STAR Section: NEWS Page: A32 Word Count: 516; Charles Petit, Chronicle Science Writer; California s leading public health educators joined forces yesterday to attack Proposition 102, the AIDS reporting initiative, as unscientific, expensive and probably dangerous. It could very well lead to faster spread of AIDS, said Dr. Warren Winkelstein, former head of the School of Public Health at the University of
NEW RALLY AGAINST AIDS SHOW: SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE (SF) - WEDNESDAY October 26, 1988 Edition: FINAL Section: NEWS Page: A4 Word Count: 509; J.L. Pimsleur, Charles Burress, Chronicle Staff Writers; The battle over a film crew shooting an AIDS drama in San Francisco escalated last night as demonstrators violated a court ban on disruptive protests and the film crew was asked by a landlord to leave the bar it had rented. About 250 protesters blowing whistles and chanting last night interfered with the filming of the
AIDS PROPS. LOSING SUPPORT IN STATE POLL AS ELECTION NEARS: SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE (SF) - TUESDAY October 25, 1988 Edition: FINAL Section: NEWS Page: A14 Word Count: 791; Mark Z. Barabak, Chronicle Staff Writer; Most California voters support Proposition 102, the AIDS testing initiative, but people are rejecting the measure the more they learn about it, according to a new California Poll. Asked one way, 51 percent favored the measure, 28 percent were opposed and 21 percent remained undecided. Asked another way, 44 percent favo
CONTRACTS FOR 3 NEW AIDS CENTERS: SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE (SF) - THURSDAY October 13, 1988 Edition: FINAL Section: NEWS Page: A27 Word Count: 299; David Perlman, Chronicle Science Editor; Scientists at Stanford and the University of California campuses in San Francisco and Davis were awarded multimillion-dollar contracts yesterday to create centers for AIDS research sponsored by the federal government. The universities are among seven chosen around the country as centers of excellence to share in more t
AIDS-VOTE SPONSOR ACCUSED OF 'HARASSING' BUSINESS FOES: SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE (SF) - THURSDAY October 13, 1988 Edition: FINAL Section: BUSINESS Page: C3 Word Count: 476; David Tuller, Chronicle Staff Writer; A leader in the battle to defeat Proposition 102 says Congressman William Dannemeyer, R-Fullerton, a sponsor of the controversial AIDS initiative, has verbally roughed up San Francisco business leaders who oppose it. We understand that our supporters in the corporate community were intimidated and harassed about their
KAPOSI'S SARCOMA GROWTH STIMULANT PROTEIN THAT BOOSTS AIDS LESIONS FOUND: SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE (SF) - SATURDAY October 1, 1988 Edition: FINAL Section: NEWS Page: A15 Word Count: 681; David Perlman, Chronicle Science Editor; AIDS researchers at the National Cancer Institute have created an animal model that may yield clues to the cause and treatment of the lesions called Kaposi s sarcoma before they develop into deadly cancers. The scientists, led by Dr. Robert Gallo, reported recently at an international conference on AIDS in
AIDS-INFECTED TO PROTEST AT KAISER BUILDING IN S.F.: SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE (SF) - WEDNESDAY September 28, 1988 Edition: FINAL Section: NEWS Page: A23 Word Count: 477; Lori Olszewski, Chronicle Staff Writer; Several hundred people infected with the AIDS virus plan a demonstration tomorrow to protest their treatment at Kaiser Permamente San Francisco - the second-largest provider of health care to AIDS patients in the city. The noon demonstration outside the Kaiser Medical Building at O Farrell and Broderick streets is a sy
NEW AIDS PATIENTS WILL FIND DOORS CLOSED AT CASTRO CLINIC: SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE (SF) - MONDAY September 26, 1988 Edition: FINAL Section: NEWS Page: A3 Word Count: 592; Lori Olszewski, Chronicle Staff Writer; The city health center in the largely gay Castro neighborhood will stop accepting new patients infected with the AIDS virus on October 3 - a move experts consider a sign of the strain the deadly epidemic is taking on San Francisco s resources. The staff is stretched to capacity, said Dr. Ken Dunnigan, health officer fo
AN AIDS PROPOSITION LOSING SOME SUPPORT: SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE (SF) - SATURDAY September 24, 1988 Edition: FINAL Section: NEWS Page: A8 Word Count: 864; Robert B. Gunnison, Chronicle Sacramento Bureau; Sacramento - Voter support for Proposition 102, which would require that people with the AIDS virus be reported to state health officers, has dropped since July, the California Poll reported yesterday. The survey found that 58 percent of those questioned said they would vote for Proposition 102 on the November 8 ballot
2 CEOS FIGHT AIDS MEASURE: SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE (SF) - SATURDAY September 10, 1988 Edition: FINAL Section: BUSINESS Page: B1 Word Count: 980; David Tuller, Chronicle Staff Writer; The chief executive officers of Levi Strauss and Pacific Gas and Electric have sent a letter to the heads of 140 other Bay Area companies, urging them to aggressively work against Proposition 102, a controversial ballot measure that would require medical personnel to report the names of people suspected of carrying the
CATHOLIC GROUPS RELIGIOUS ORDERS TEST FOR AIDS: SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE (SF) - TUESDAY August 30, 1988 Edition: FINAL Section: NEWS Page: A6 Word Count: 674; Don Lattin, Chronicle Religion Writer; Despite church pronouncements against mandatory testing for the AIDS virus in the secular world, several Roman Catholic orders have begun requiring the controversial tests for candidates for the priesthood and others considering religious life. We re demanding it (the AIDS test) because it wouldn t be fair to the commu
AIDS BIAS BILL GOES TO THE GOVERNOR: SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE (SF) - WEDNESDAY August 24, 1988 Edition: FINAL Section: NEWS Page: A10 Word Count: 277; Greg Lucas, Chronicle Sacramento Bureau; Sacramento - The state Senate passed and sent to Governor Deukmejian yesterday a bill to ban job and housing discrimination against people who test positive for the human immunodeficiency virus. Deukmejian has not said whether he will sign the measure, but its proponents say that it is very different from two AIDS anti
SCIENTIFIC AND PUBLIC POLICY ISSUES MAJOR OBSTACLES TO AIDS VACCINE: SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE (SF) - MONDAY August 15, 1988 Edition: FINAL Section: NEWS Page: A2 Word Count: 1,342; David Perlman, Chronicle Science Editor; When scientists first announced the discovery and isolation of the AIDS virus in April 1984, federal officials proclaimed euphorically that a vaccine would be ready for testing within two years. Now, more than four years later, no scientist will predict any date for achieving a vaccine, and a safe, effective vaccine is
UCSF SURVEY A 'DISAPPOINTING' AIDS STRESS STUDY: SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE (SF) - SATURDAY August 13, 1988 Edition: FINAL Section: NEWS Page: A15 Word Count: 367; Diane Curtis, Chronicle Staff Writer; A University of California study released yesterday has lessened hopes that people infected with the AIDS virus can help fight the disease by reducing stress. Clinically, the results are disappointing, said Thomas J. Coates, co-director of the UC San Francisco Center for AIDS Prevention Studies. He said eight, two-hour
AIDS INITIATIVE TO STAY ON THE BALLOT: SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE (SF) - TUESDAY August 9, 1988 Edition: FINAL Section: NEWS Page: A9 Word Count: 391; Greg Lucas, Chronicle Sacramento Bureau; Sacramento - Civil rights lawyers failed to persuade a Sacramento judge yesterday to yank Proposition 102, an initiative to ban anonymous AIDS testing, from the November ballot. Arguments by attorneys for the American Civil Liberties Union and National Gay Rights Advocates were unable to convince Superior Court Judge R
REAGAN ASSAILED FOR DIRECTIVE ON AIDS: SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE (SF) - WEDNESDAY August 3, 1988 Edition: FINAL Section: NEWS Page: A1 Word Count: 740; Larry Liebert, Chronicle Washington Bureau Chief; Washington - President Reagan yesterday ordered a ban on discrimination against federal workers with the AIDS virus but attracted sharp criticism for not going further to protect those who are infected. A list of actions announced at the White House stopped far short of the wide-reaching changes that were urged in June
S.F. General's Clinical Study of AIDS Drug to be Expanded: SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE (SF) - TUESDAY July 26, 1988 Edition: FINAL Section: NEWS Page: A8 Word Count: 529; David Perlman, Chronicle Science Editor; Human trials of a potential AIDS drug that thousands of patients across the country have already been buying from Japan through underground channels are being expanded at San Francisco General Hospital and five other medical centers. The drug is called dextran sulfate, and a report of the first limited trial in patient
AIDS Film Focuses on Teenagers: The Young Talk About Their DiseasE: SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE (SF) - THURSDAY July 21, 1988 Edition: FINAL Section: NEWS Page: B6 Word Count: 842; Lori Olszewski, Chronicle Staff Writer; Joan has the face of a pixie, posters of rock stars on her walls and AIDS. I m not ready to die yet, said Joan, a lesbian who was diagnosed as having AIDS a year and a half ago at age 20. I feel scared, scared that I don t know when the disease will act up again and it will happen. I don t live like I m going to die.
Berkeley Lab Biotech AIDS Test Gets a Go-Ahead: SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE (SF) - THURSDAY July 7, 1988 Edition: FINAL Section: NEWS Page: A2 Word Count: 522; David Perlman, Chronicle Science Editor; A technique for detecting the genetic material in the AIDS virus even before antibodies reveal evidence of infection is being made available to two California testing laboratories, officials at Cetus Corp. in Emeryville said yesterday. The Cetus scientists, headed by Dr. John Sninsky, a molecular virologist, worked wit
Suit to Bar AIDS Ballot Measure: SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE (SF) - THURSDAY July 7, 1988 Edition: FINAL Section: NEWS Page: A9 Word Count: 428; Maitland Zane, Chronicle Staff Writer; The president of the California Medical Association and San Francisco s director of public health went to court yesterday to have an initiative seeking mandatory reporting of AIDS victims and outlawing of anonymous testing taken off the November ballot. Characterizing the controversial measure as LaRouche III, Dr. Laur
Secret of Bone Marrow Discovered at Stanford: SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE (SF) - FRIDAY July 1, 1988 Edition: FINAL Section: NEWS Page: A1 Word Count: 907; David Perlman, Chronicle Science Editor; Stanford researchers reported yesterday that they have achieved a goal that eluded scientists for 30 years - isolating a crucial class of living cells hidden deep in the bone marrow that produce virtually the entire blood and immune systems. Although their first results in isolating and purifying the cells, known as T-

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