WASHINGTON, Dec. 30 - A dormant AIDS virus can be stimulated by other viruses into reproducing itself, which may help explain why some people suddenly develop AIDS years after becoming infected, scientists reported today. Researchers at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases found that an AIDS virus
Scientists at the Pasteur Institute in France said yesterday that they had cloned a newly discovered virus that can cause AIDS in humans and determined that it was quite different from the main AIDS virus and somewhat similar to a third virus that causes the disease in monkeys. They also said the obscure HIV-2 virus, d
WASHINGTON - The first apparent case of AIDS virus transmission between children has occurred in West Germany , where a young boy may have infected his older brother by biting him on the arm, scientists say. The researchers reported that the younger boy contracted AIDS from a blood transfusion he received during surger
LOS ANGELES - Canadian scientists have found high levels of the AIDS virus in the saliva of several AIDS victims, but some U.S. scientists doubt that AIDS can be transmitted by that route. The current issue of Physician s Weekly reports that researchers at the Jewish General Hospital in Montreal have detected the AIDS
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 11 - The AIDS virus seems to trick the body into attacking itself, an AIDS researcher said today. In a report that challenges prevailing views of how AIDS develops, the researcher, Dr. John Ziegler, said scientists might have to develop drugs that suppress the immune system rather than enhance it.
LOS ANGELES - In 1910, at what is now New York s Rockefeller University, medical researcher Peyton Rous found out something special about chickens and a certain form of cancer. When he inoculated unaffected members of his laboratory flock with the filtered residue of tumors from diseased chickens, cancers identical to
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 6 - The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles today withdrew support for a program for Hispanic Americans that recommends use of condoms to prevent the spread of AIDS. The archdiocese withdraws any support of AIDS Project Los Angeles, a church statement said. It said that contrary to recent report
HARTFORD, Nov. 16 - Connecticut is preparing for AIDS Prevention Week, which is to begin Monday and will emphasize discussions of the facts known about AIDS. Gov. William A. O Neill set aside the week for the programs, including conferences and vigils, and has called for immediate, effective programs of information and
GRANBY, CONN. - The Board of Education Wednesday night unanimously upheld a school administration decision to permit a student with AIDS to attend classes. However, the board also voted to reconsider a decision blocking transfers of students from the school, the Kelly Lane School. The Superintendent of Schools, Pasquel
CHICAGO, Nov. 6 - The AIDS virus attacks different types of cells in the brain and central nervous system than in the rest of the body, a finding that may complicate treatment of the deadly infection, Government scientists reported today. The virus, designated HTLV-3/LAV, also appears capable of causing some diseases d
CHICAGO, Oct. 26 - The American Red Cross says immediate steps will be taken to keep out of its blood supply a virus that is believed to cause a form of leukemia. The virus, HTLV-1, like the AIDS virus HTLV-3, is characterized by long, symptomless incubation. HTLV-1 is thought to lead to adult T-cell leukemia, which ca
NEEDHAM, Mass., Oct. 23 - Twenty-nine telephone company linemen returned to their jobs today after doctors reassured them that a colleague with AIDS posed no threat to their health. On Tuesday, Paul Cronan, 31 years old, returned to his job after settling a $1.5 million suit against The New England Telephone Company, w
GREENSBORO, N.C., Oct. 18 - A man who received a donor kidney found to contain AIDS antibodies also tests positive for antibodies to the deadly virus itself, hospital officials reported. The patient, a Georgian whose identity is being withheld, received a kidney in August from Joseph B. Evans, of Greensboro, in which t
SILVER SPRING, Md., Oct. 16 - Jerry Smith, a former star receiver for the Washington Redskins who said in August that he had AIDS, died Wednesday. He was 43 years old and had been suffering from the disease for a year. He made 421 pass receptions for 5,496 yards and 60 touchdowns, a National Football League record for
SANTA MONICA, Calif., Sept. 28 - A patient suffering from AIDS died of complications related to the disease, not from a change of medication that was said to have been ordered by a registered nurse who is suspected of stealing more than $10,000 from him, according to autopsy results made public today. The patient, Edwa
WASHINGTON - The first apparent case of AIDS virus transmission between children has occurred in West Germany , where a young boy may have infected his older brother by biting him on the arm, scientists say. The researchers reported that the younger boy contracted AIDS from a blood transfusion he received during surger
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 29 (UPI) - A judge has refused to enforce county health regulations governing homosexual bathhouses because he says the county cannot prove the rules will reduce the spread of AIDS. The Superior Court judge, John Cole, said he was swayed by testimony that high-risk sexual activity took place less ofte
WASHINGTON, July 31 - Researchers at the National Cancer Institute reported today that they had created a new form of AIDS virus that appears harmless to human cells in test tubes and could help in development of an anti-AIDS vaccine. It remains to be seen whether the new virus is actually harmless to people, but its c
BOSTON, July 23 - Researchers have criticized as premature a New York study of families of AIDS victims that concluded they were highly unlikely to become infected with the deadly disease through nonsexual contact. The researchers offered no evidence that people living with AIDS patients risked coming down with the ail
FARMINGTON, Conn., July 20 - The Connecticut Red Cross has begun a search for recipients of blood from 30 donors believed to have been exposed to the AIDS virus. Red Cross officials said Friday the 30 donors had contributed blood since 1977. However, no blood from those donors has been used since a screening program fo
TRENTON, July 13 - New Jersey health officials are seeking an AIDS reporting system that would allow them to collect detailed information about victims, including names, addresses and telephone numbers, a spokesman said today. The regulation would require doctors and hospitals to report cases of acquired immune deficie
WASHINGTON, July 3 - Scientists have reported the discovery of a new group of cells attacked by the AIDS virus that may be among the virus s first targets in destroying the body s immune system and may also cause brain infections. In a separate report, researchers at Harvard University and a biotechnology concern said
WASHINGTON, March 15 - Deeply held fears and prejudices have delayed the response of the 9.1-million-member United Methodist Church to the AIDS crisis, the church s Board of Discipleship said today. In a statement adopted at its Feb. 28 meeting in Nashville, the board pledges the church s support for those suffering fr
KOKOMO, Ind., March 10 - Ryan White, the 14-year-old AIDS victim, set up a home laboratory today so that his seventh grade science teacher could instruct him on dissecting a grasshopper in the youth s first home teaching session since he was banned from school in July. Ryan s classmates at Western Middle School were to
EL TORO, Calif., Feb. 24 - An 11-year-old believed to be a carrier of AIDS virus returned to class without incident today after a court order lifted a school ban against him. Judge Harmon Scoville of Orange County Superior Court ruled last week that the boy, Channon Phipps of El Toro, should be allowed to return to cla
Ryan White, an Indiana teen-ager who has AIDS, said in a television appearance yesterday that he just wanted to be treated like everybody else. His mother said that might not be possible because of objections still being raised by other parents. Ryan, 14 years old, who won a ruling allowing him to return this Friday to
WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 - The Standing Liturgical Commission of the Episcopal Church said today that fear of AIDS should not cause the denomination s churches to stop using the common cup in holy communion. The statement was prompted by reports that some churches have stopped using the common cup or have begun dipping the
TOKYO, Jan. 25 - A new drug treatment for AIDS tested on 15 patients in the United States has proved effective in keeping the virus from multiplying but cannot be considered a cure, a Japanese researcher says. The announcement of the tests result was made by Hiroyuki Mitsuya on Friday, the last day of an international
DENVER, Jan. 7 - Charles Lee Morris, believed to be one of the longest-living victims of AIDS, died Monday at his home here. He was 42 years old. Mr. Morris was the former owner and publisher of The Sentinel, a weekly newspaper for homosexuals. Mr. Morris moved from San Francisco to Denver in the spring of 1984. He
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