United Press International; 1510 H St. N.W. Washington DC 20005 Main Phone Switchboard : 202-898-8000 FAX : 202-898-8057 or 202-898-8147 E-mail us: info@upi.com - Friday, 11 November 1988.
ATLANTA - Federal health officials Thursday reported a significant decrease in the number of male military recruits testing positive for the AIDS virus. But they cautioned that the decrease, rather than marking a decline in infection rates, likely meant that men who suspected or knew they had been exposed to the virus
United Press International; 1510 H St. N.W. Washington DC 20005 Main Phone Switchboard : 202-898-8000 FAX : 202-898-8057 or 202-898-8147 E-mail us: info@upi.com - Monday, 31 October 1988.
SAN FRANCISCO - The hepatitis B virus apparently can activate genes in the AIDS virus and speed up the deadly progression of AIDS in people infected with both viruses, scientists announced Sunday. Doctors have suspected hepatitis B virus, or HBV, may play a role in how fast AIDS progresses, observing that about 90 perc
United Press International; 1510 H St. N.W. Washington DC 20005 Main Phone Switchboard : 202-898-8000 FAX : 202-898-8057 or 202-898-8147 E-mail us: info@upi.com - Friday, 3 June 1988
WASHINGTON - Using a mathematical model, researchers have calculated that virtually all homosexual men infected with the AIDS virus will develop AIDS within an average of eight years. In an article in the journal Science on Thursday, the three scientists said their model, which used data on 84 homosexual and bisexual m
United Press International; Tuesday, 2 February 1988.
TALLAHASSEE - AIDS activist Bob Kunst is organizing a march on Tallahassee to protest what he considers inadequate state spending and draconian confinement procedures proposed to combat the AIDS epidemic. Kunst called Monday for $50 million in AIDS spending by the state next year, compared to this year s $13 million bu
United Press International; Friday, 8 January 1988.
WASHINGTON - One of the most comprehensive studies of Belle Glade, the Palm Beach County town with one of the highest rates of AIDS in the nation, confirms that the AIDS virus is not spread by mosquitoes and other insects, scientists reported Thursday. The study shows that sexual contact or needle-sharing accounted for
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