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
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
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
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
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
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 o
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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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