1988

"AIDS Film Benefits AIDS Victims": United Press International (12/30/88); Wilson, Deirdre; Boston-- Mother, Mother is a 30-minute film that will raise money for community AIDS help organizations. Micki Dickoff, a teacher at Boston s Emerson College and a producer of documentaries and public service announcements for 15 years, wrote and directed the story, which is about a man dying of AIDS and his mother,
"AIDS Inmate to Stand Trial": Associated Press (12/29/88); An inmate in Pennsylvania will stand trial on charges he tried to infect a prison guard with the AIDS virus. The prisoner, William Brown, allegedly threw feces at guard Allan Hepner, and threatened him with AIDS infection. Brown faces attempted homicide charges, among others, in the case, which assistant district at
"AIDS Victim...Shows Need for Intermediate Care Factility": United Press International (12/29/88); The case of a Houston AIDS patient highlights the need for an intermediate AIDS care facility, says the chairman of the board of Houston s AIDS Foundation. According to John PAUl Barnich, the story of Steven, whose last name was not released, is proof that AIDS patients who can no longer manage on their own but do no
"Governor Signs Sweeping Reforms in State's Approach to AIDS": United Press International (12/29/88); The governor of Michigan recently signed into law a comprehensive package of bills aimed at upgrading the methods used by local and state health officials to monitor, counsel, and treat AIDS patients. Gov. James Blanchard said the bills represent a great deal of hard work and negotiation, and are a responsible respon
"Advance Work Against AIDS Among Hispanic in the Southwest": United Press International (12/29/88); Haines, Renee; The South Texas Outreach Project for AIDS Prevention, or STOP: AIDS, is one of several organizations trying to prevent the AIDS epidemic from hitting Hispanics in the Southwest as hard as Hispanics and blacks on the East Coast. Through surveys and studies, STOP:AIDS and the others are trying to determine how best to
"AT+T Foundation Announces AIDS Education and Support Grants": PR Newswire (12/29/88); The AT+T Foundation will give $135,500 in grants to nonprofit organizations nationwide involved in AIDS education and support services for AIDS patients. According to AT+T Foundation executive director Edward Bligh, the grants represent support for groups who are doing their best to combat the spread of AIDS. Those
"Parent + Child: Talking with a Teen-ager About Sex": New York Times (12/29/88), P. C6; Kutner, Lawrence; With parents frightened about AIDS, parents who came of age in the 1960s and 70s are counseling their children to be more cAUtious about sex than they were as adolescents. However, parents also worry that their newfound conservatism will alienate them from their children. One mother, who says she feels like I m mor
"Study Finds Students Ignorant on AIDS": New York Times (12/29/88), P. B4; New Jersey s State Department of Education has issued a report saying its high school students are ignorant about AIDS despite the efforts of public school educators and administrators. In a survey based on interviews with students in 15 school districts earlier this year, the department found that 59 percent of the
"Va. Judge Throws Out Suit by AIDS Clinic": Washington Post (12/29/88), P. B3; Baker, Peter; A landlord acted legally in canceling a lease with Washington, D.C. s Whitman-Walker Clinic, an Arlington, Va., judge ruled yesterday. In rejecting the clinic s suit against C.J. Coakley Co., Circuit Court Judge Thomas R. Monroe ruled the company could cancel the lease on the Falls Church office becAUse the clinic di
"Project Open Hand Receives Big Grant": Bay Area Reporter (12/29/88) Vol. 18, No. 52, P. 20; A Robert Wood Johnson Foundation grant of $447,554 will allow Project Open Hand in San Francsico to add staff, develop a manual on developing a similiar project, and put together a cookbook. The funding will also allow the organization to initiate the first research and development project to investigate the nutritio
"State Prosecutes Man for Possible HIV Transmission": Bay Area Reporter (12/29/88) Vol. 18, No. 52, P. 20; Wockner, Rex; The trial in Charleston of a man whose former lover accused him of hiding his HIV-positive antibody status while having unprotected sex is the first case of a law passed by the South Carolina Legislature making it illegal to knowingly pass on the virus. The law allows for maximum penalties of a $5,000 fine and 10 yea
"Feds Hold Confab for Health Worker": Bay Area Reporter (12/29/88) Vol. 18, No. 52, P. 13; AIDS: Frontline Healthcare, a three-day conference beginning Sunday in Washington, D.C. s Grand Hyatt Hotel, will start the process of instituting standards to protect America s health care workers from HIV and other deadly viruses. The idea for the conference came from a key recommendation of the Watkins Commissio
"Panel to Study Expediting Drug Development Process": Bay Area Reporter (12/29/88) Vol. 18, No. 52, P. 13; The goal of a new national committee established by the President s Cancer Panel is to undertake a systematic study of drug regulation as it affects available AIDS and cancer therapies and to suggest improvements in the system, according to Dr. Thomas Merigan of Stanford University s School of Medicine. Merigan, one
"Complaint Filed Against Use of Typhoid Vaccine for AIDS": Bay Area Reporter (12/29/88) Vol. 18, No. 52, P. 1; Newquist, Jay; The California Board of Medical Quality Assurance has received a complaint from a person with AIDS who charged a San Francisco physician with unprofessional conduct. Craig Black says he made two visits in November 1988 to the offices of Dr. Lewis E. Mehl + Associates, physicians who administer typhoid vaccine as an A
"Harlem Clinic Offers Cheap, Easy Way to Fight AIDS Spread": Reuters (12/28/88); Ross, Caren; New York--An experimental clinic in Harlem is providing methadone to 150 heroin addicts a day in attempt to prevent the further spread of AIDS. The participants are all among the 1000 addicts who are on waiting lists for a city treatment program, but unlike the others, these addicts can give up their needles for meth
"Teenagers Said Having More Sex Depite AIDS": Reuters (12/28/88); Teenagers are not listening to warnings about the danger of contracting AIDS through sex, U.S. Surgeon General C. Everett Koop said in a Wednesday morning appearance on the television show, Good Morning America. The Surgeon General said that in 1987 infectious syphilis and penicillin-resistant gonorrhea spread faste
"Jesuit Priest Who Told His Parishioners a Year Ago He Had Contracted" AIDS...: United Press International (12/28/88); Portland, Ore.--The Rev. Peter Davis, who is believed to be the first priest actively serving in a U.S. Catholic parish to announce publicly that he had AIDS, died yesterday at a hospice where he had lived since October. The Jesuit priest told his parishioners in Portland last year that he contracted the disease in a
"New Ideas for New Drugs": Wall Street Journal (12/28/88), P. A6; Some of the people who have worked most closely with the drug approval system are joining the cAUse of reforming it, says the Wall Street Journal, which notes it has called for reform for some three years. On Jan. 4, the National Committee to Review Current Procedures for Approval of New Drugs for Cancer and AIDS, a
"Cutbacks, AIDS Emphasis, Seen Slowing Cancer Fight": Washington Post (12/28/88), P. A1; Okie, Susan; At a time when scientific work on the biology of cancer cells seems about to yield major advances, budget cuts, hiring freezes, and the emphasis on AIDS may slow the fight against cancer. Cancer strikes about 1 million Americans each year and kills almost half a million. At the National Cancer Institute (NCI), many
"Englebert Humberdinck Sues National Enquirer": United Press International (12/27/88); Rapattoni, Linda; Arnold Dorsey, better known as pop singer Engelbert Humperdink, is suing the National Enquirer for $50 million becAUse the tabloid ran a story claiming he is HIV-positive. The Dec. 27 issue of the Enquirer says that Kathy Jetter, a 32-year-woman who won a paternity suit against the singer in 1980, filed an affadavit
"State Slow to Organize AIDS Care": United Press International (12/27/88); Providence, R.I.--The cost of caring for a person with AIDS, usually between $50,000 and $80,000, may be as high as $150,000 in Rhode Island becAUse of the state s slow response to the disease, says Rhode Island Project AIDS. The Project s Client Services Director Robert Hitt blames prejudice against gays and IV drug
"Black Churches Slow to Join AIDS Fight": United Press International (12/27/88); Atlanta--Blacks are dying of AIDS in numbers disproportionate to their share of the population, but the black church has been slow to address the AIDS crisis. The Rev. Joseph Lowery of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference called on black ministers to head the fight against the disease a year ago, but few have
"Irving Sigal, 35, Merck Scientist, Dies in Pan Am Disaster": PR Newswire (12/27/88); Rahway, N.J.--Recombinant DNA expert Dr. Irving Sigal, who spearheaded a major effort to discover new AIDS drugs, died on Pan Am Flight 103 when it crashed Dec. 31. Sigal, 35, was senior director of Molecular Biology at Merck Sharp + Dohme Research Laboratories. He was returning from a lecture at the Royal Biochemic
"A Tiger in the House: Gay Black Men Take on AIDS": Village Voice (12/27/88) Vol. 33, No. 52, P. 15; Howard, Michael E.; AIDS is now a tiger in our house, says a black New York City internist who often treats people with AIDS. Black gay men are an invisible group within a forgotten minority, says the Village Voice s Michael E. Howard. Few black doctors, politicians, and ministers provide support. In New York, gay or bisexual men ma
"Ending AIDS Apartheid": Village Voice (12/27/88) Vol. 33, No. 52, P. 14; Goldstein, Richard; The manner in which experimental drug trials for people with AIDS are conducted may be why they are attracting so few patients in New York City. Although the system requires that teaching hospitals team up with city hospitals on drug trials, few poor and minority patients ever make it into a study. Part of the probl
"Broder Will Focus on Prevention at Cancer Institute": Wall Street Journal (12/27/88), P. B2; Chase, Marilyn; The appointment of Dr. Samuel Broder, a 43-year-old cancer and AIDS researcher, to head the National Cancer Institute (NCI) is a vote for uncompromising science, say his colleagues. Broder plans on maintaining his AIDS laboratory while he serves as NCI director. Investigator-instigated research, in which researche
"AIDS and Cremation": New York Times (12/27/88), P. C8; The bodies of New York City residents who die from AIDS are more than twice as likely to be cremated, says a group of researchers from the Columbia University School of Public Health. In a report in the current issue of the New York State Journal of Medicine, the researchers say, It is impossible to determine from t
"How Drugs Attack the Brain": Washington Post (Health) (12/27/88), P. 12; Thompson, Larry; Scientists have partially uncovered the effects of drugs on the body, such as the ability of cocaine and other drugs to stimulate the brain s pleasure center. They continue to search, however, for the key to how drugs compromise the body s immune system. Several studies show that natural killer cells [of the immune
"Getting Hooked, Getting Help": Washington Post (Health) (12/27/88), P. 10; One of the people who are addicted to drugs who have contracted AIDS is 31-year-old Cheryl McPhatter, of Washington, D.C. s Anacostia section. She was diagnosed with the disease 14 months ago, after using heroin and cocaine intravenously since 1983. Two of her former boyfriends, both IV drug addicts, have died of AI
"The Law: On the Virtues of Planning Ahead": New York Native (12/26/88) Vol. 9, No. 3, P. 15; Leonard, Arthur S.; The modern advances in medical science that allow longer life sometimes merely prolong agony, writes the New York Native s Arthur S. Leonard. That means the law must grapple with claims and counter-claims about a terminally ill person s right to refuse medical treatment. AIDS highlights this problem, as does the fai
"Gay Organizations: Albany": New York Native (12/26/88) Vol. 9, No. 3, P. 11; Whelan, Jim; A coalition of 70 AIDS service organizations in New York has requested additional funding for community-based organizations fighting AIDS. The New York AIDS Coalition (NYAC), which represents community, social welfare, gay, health, women s, and minority groups throughout the state, compiled a funding agenda to addres
"News Briefs: Prop 96 Enforced": New York Native (12/26/88) Vol. 9, No. 3, P. 10; A California judge ordered a man convicted of biting a police officer to undergo HIV testing less than 24 hours after voters in that state approved Proposition 96, a ballot initiative to allow such testing. The man received a one year jail sentence and three years probation for the incident, in which he bit an office
"Sick and No Place to Go": New York Native (12/26/88) Vol. 9, No. 3, P. 7; Whelan, Jim; Sick and No Place to Go is a 20-page report on New York City s homeless people with AIDS. City Council President Andrew Stein, who released the report on Dec. 12, charged the city with failing to provide adequate housing to date and being grossly unprepared to meet housing needs in the near future. The report, w
"Condoms, Cont'd.": Time (12/26/88) Vol. 132, No. 26, P. 81; The Vatican hit the Sistine ceiling when U.S. Roman Catholic bishops voiced, in a report now undergoing revision, cAUtious approval of public information campaigns about using condoms to limit AIDS. Now one of Rome s favored conservative bishops, the Archbishop of Paris, Jean-Marie Cardinal Lustiger, has further vexe
"Vernacular Lowdown on AIDS": Insight (12/26/88-1/2/89) Vol. 4, No. 52, P. 26; Holzman, David; BecAUse the inner city blacks and Hispanics who are now most at risk of HIV infection do not receive messages from the public health establishment, the federal government is beginning to support indigenous outreach workers to dispense AIDS education and prevention information. Hundreds of grass-roots organizations
"Effectiveness of Condom Use in Preventing HIV Infection in Prositutes": Lancet (12/26/88) Vol. 2, No. 8622, P. 1249; Roumeliotou, Anastasia; A study of Greek prostitutes supports the suggestion by E.N. Ngugi in the Oct. 15 Lancet that health education based on individual counseling is effective and leads to the use of condoms, say Anastasia Roumeliotou and colleagues from the AIDS Reference Center at the Athens School of Hygiene. Greek prostitutes must r
"HIV in Saliva": Lancet (12/26/88) Vol. 2, No. 8622, P. 1248; Levy, Jay A.; In a study of the possible transmission of HIV by saliva, three of 55 samples of whole saliva and one of 16 samples of parotid gland fluid tested positive for extremely low levels of the virus, report University of California at San Francisco researchers Jay Levy and Deborah Greenspan, writing in response to an articl
"A Bountiful Harvest for the Academy": Scientist (12/26/88) Vol. 2, No. 24, P. 3; The recently adjourned 100th Congress asked the Institute of Medicine and other divisions of the National Academy of Sciences to conduct 20 studies, including a study on the ability of university-industry-government consortia to strengthen AIDS research. The new AIDS study follows the Academy s landmark 1986 study,
"Television: Teens Air Views on Sex, AIDS": San Francisco Chronicle (Dateline) (12/25/88), P. 50; Teens, Sex, and AIDS is a half-hour special that was aired Wednesday by about 100 television stations that are members of the AIDS Lifeline Project. TV stars Jim J. Bullock of Too Close for Comfort and Rebecca Street of The Young and the Restless hosted the show, which also featured sex-education AUthor Lynda M
"AIDSWEEK: Care": San Francisco Examiner (12/25/88), P. A6; Hilton, Bruce; In an editorial in Annals of Internal Medicine, the developers of aerosol pentamidine said the drug should be used only to prevent pneumocystis carinii pneumonia ( PCP ). People with AIDS who develop the disease should use system-wide treatment
"AIDSWEEK: The World": San Francisco Examiner (12/25/88), P. A6; Hilton, Bruce; In Japan , legislators have approved a law similar to California s Proposition 102. Beginning in 1989, doctors must report patients testing HIV-positive. The bill also approves an $800 fine for those who refuse to take a test. It also punishes doctors who tell anyone but the gover
"Pope Asks for More Help for Armenia, Love for AIDS Victims": Reuters (12/25/88); Pullella, Philip; Vatican City--In a message during which he wished millions of people around the world a Happy Christmas in 45 languages, Pope John PAUl II called for greater sympathy for people with AIDS and more help for the victims of the Armenian earthquake. The Pope said AIDS victims face not only illness, but the mistrust of a
"Faster AIDS Tests Evaluated": United Press International (12/24/88); Gainesville, Fla.--Futuretech Industries, working with researchers at the University of Florida, hopes to make a deal soon with a major manufacturer to market a three-minute test to detect HIV in urine. David Fowler, president of the company, says the test can detect both antibodies and antigens, allowing for earlier
"AIDS and Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome": Lancet (12/24-31/88) Vol. 2, No. 4826/4827, P. 1488; Breitbart, William, et al.; William Breitbart of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and Cornell Medical College and his colleagues report on what they believe to be the first three reported cases in people with AIDS-Related Dementia of neuroleptic malignant syndrome caused by the dopamine-blocking effects of potent neuroleptic drugs. In all
"Bronchial Bleeding with Nebulised Pentamidine": Lancet (12/24-31/88) Vol. 2, No. 8626/8627, P. 1488; Miller, R. F.; In response to other letters on the side effects of nebulized pentamidine to treat Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in people with AIDS, R.F. Miller and S.J.G. Semple of University College and Middlesex School of Medicine at Middlesex Hospital in London report on bronchial bleeding as an additional side effect. The res
"Breastfeeding and the Transmission of HIV": Lancet (12/24-31/88) Vol. 2, No. 8626/8627, P. 1487; Colebunders, Robert, et al.; The child of one of three mother who became HIV-positive from blood transfusions following delivery also became positive after breastfeeding, reports a team of Zairean, Belgian, and U.S. researchers. The group, which conducted the research at the Mama Yemo Hospital in Kinshasa, Zaire, said the mother of the child wh
"Low Condom Breakage Rate in Commercial Sex": Lancet (12/24-31/88) Vol. 2, No. 8626/8627, P. 1487; Richters, Juliet; Male and female prostitutes taking part in a study in AUstralia showed very low rates of condom breakage, according to researchers from the University of Sydney and Enersol Consulting Engineers. Of 664 condoms used for anal sex and 605 for vaginal sex by the four female and 30 male prostitutes taking part in the surv
"Torch Song Premiere Nets $20,000": Washington Blade (12/23/88) Vol. 19, No. 52, P. 31; Hinckle, Doug; The Washington, D.C., premier of Harvey Fierstein s film, Torch Song Triology, raised $20,000 for the Whitman-Walker Clinic. Jim Graham, the executive director of the clinic, read a message from Fierstein apologizing for not being able to attend. The AUthor and actor, who won a Tony for the stage adaptation the fi
"Engraftment of Immune-Deficient Mice with Human Hematopoietic Stem Cells": Science (12/23/88) Vol. 242, No. 4885, P. 1706; Kamel-Reid, Suzanne; Suzanne Kamel-Reid and John E. Dick of the Hospital for Sick Children and the University of Toronto report on the repopulation of immune-deficient mice with cells from the human myeloid lineage. The resulting system provides an in vivo stem cell assay for human hematopoietic cells. During five weeks of in-vivo growt
"Infection of the SCID-hu Mouse by HIV-1": Science (12/23/88) Vol. 242, No. 4885, P. 1684; Namikawa, R., et al.; Researchers from Stanford University report on the inoculation with HIV-1 of SCID-hu mice that had human fetal thymic or lymph node implants. The virus replicated in the human lymphoid organs in time- and dose-dependent fashion. In most infected cells, combination immunohistochemistry and in situ hybridization showe
"Development of Disease and Virus Recovery in Transgenic Mice Containing" HIV Proviral DNA: Science (12/23/88) Vol. 242, No. 4885, P. 1665; Leonard, John M., et al.; A team of researchers from the National Institutes of Health reports on its construction of transgenic mice containing intact copies of HIV proviral DNA. The first mice were not viremic for HIV and remained healthy over a nine-month observation period. One of the founder mice, however, gave birth to progeny that dev
"Progress Reported on Mouse Models for AIDS": Science (12/23/88) Vol. 242, No. 4885, P. 1638; Marx, Jean L.; Three groups of researchers have now reported on mouse models to facilitate the understanding of AIDS and the production of vaccines and drugs to prevent and treat the disease. While investigations into the ability of the mouse models to mimic human AIDS continue, the advances hold the possibility of filling the need
"Maryland to Open Gay Division of AIDS Effort": Washington Blade (12/23/88) Vol. 19, No. 52, P. 14; Howard, Wendy; In Baltimore, a new outreach center to house the Gay and Bisexual Outreach Division of the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene s Center for AIDS related Educational Services will open in January. The new center will conduct programs to reach the Hispanic and black communities, the hearing impaired, and g
"Church Both Friend and Foe to Eastern European Gays": Washington Blade (12/23/88) Vol. 19, No. 52, P. 11; Anderson, Shelley; A Vienna, AUstria, gay organization, Homosexuelle Initiative (HOSI), has been the best source of news about the gay rights movement--including information having to do with AIDS--in Eastern bloc countries. In Poland , where most gays are closeted
"Activist Planning Suit Against Police Department for Brutality": Washington Blade (12/23/88) Vol. 19, No. 52, P. 4; Chibbaro, Lou Jr.; Washington, D.C., AIDS activist Gary Green says he will file a lawsuit against city police charging them with brutality and gross misconduct for their treatment of him after a protest in the District Building. Green, who has AIDS, said he suffered overexposure to cold and convulsions when police forced him to spend 1
"Researchers Report Discoveries About AIDS": United Press International (12/23/88); Discoveries about the tat gene in HIV may lead to major advances in AIDS research, according to MAUrice Green and PAUl Lowenstein of the St. Louis University Medical Center. The gene regulates the virus and is essential for HIV replication. In the lab, researchers say, a chemically synthesized version of the tat r
"Cuomo's Holiday Season Cruelty": New York Times (12/23/88), P. A39; Rold, William J.; If history holds, nearly all the prisoners who have applied to New York Gov. Mario Cuomo for clemency will be disappointed, says William J. Rold, staff attorney for the Prisoners Rights Project of the Legal Aid Society in New York. Cuomo has never granted clemency to anyone with AIDS, although inmates suffering ter
"Groups Urge Cuomo to Free Prisoners Dying of AIDS": New York Times (12/23/88), P. B4; Lambert, Bruce; Prisoner-advocate groups are urging New York Gov. Mario Cuomo to use his powers of clemency to free prisoners who are dying of AIDS during this holiday season. Although his predecessor, Hugh Carey, freed about 25 prisoners each Christmas season, Cuomo has freed only 10 prisoners in the past four years. Cuomo has rel
"The Sexual Behavior of Adolescents and Risk of AIDS": Journal of the American Medical Association (12/23-30/88) Vol. 260, No. 24, P. 3586; Keller, Steven E.; Passive AIDS educational programs do not appear to substantially reduce sex risk behaviors in sexually active adolescents, according to Steven E. Keller and his colleagues at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-New Jersey Medical School. The researchers report that they interviewed 73 teens attendi
"Trials of Colony Stimulating Factors Grow, So Do Applications, Side" Effects: Journal of the American Medical Association (12/23-30/88) Vol. 260, No. 24, P. 3555; Merz, Beverly; A wealth of leukocytic riches may result from the use of colony stimulating factors (CSF) to amplify celluar immune response, but early clinical trials also show that toxic effects are beginning to appear at high-dose levels. One CSF, granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF), has been tested on patie
"'Wings' Funds for Women with AIDS": Bay Area Reporter (12/22/88) Vol. 18, No. 51, P. 29; Newquist, Jay; An early December benefit concert called Wings of Shelter will help San Francisco s Shanti Project to open a residence for women with AIDS. Two other area groups will also benefit from the concert. Chris Williamson with Tret Fure and several other acts performed at the benefit, and Oakland Mayor Lionel Wilson declar
"'Have a Mary Christmas'": Bay Area Reporter (12/22/88) Vol. 18, No. 51, P. 22; Richards, Mary; This year, as in 1987, the children of San Francisco have drawn pictures and written messages to send to people with AIDS on Christmas. After coming up with the idea as a way to show that one person can make a difference, Robert Meslinksy of San Francisco wrote a letter to children of all ages and mailed 115 copi
"Chainsaw Wielder is Taken to Court": Bay Area Reporter (12/22/88) Vol. 18, No. 51, P. 14; Wockner, Rex; An employee of the Acme Tree Service in Rockville, Md., was scheduled for a December day in court as a result of an incident during the October civil disobedience at the Food and Drug Administration in which he allegedly threatened AIDS activists with a chain saw. Louis Kola reportedly became so angry when an AUtomob
"Give a Gift": Bay Area Reporter (12/22/88) Vol. 18, No. 51, P. 6; The season of Christmas and New Year is a time for renewal and looking forward. It is also a time for giving gifts, says the Bay Area Reporter. First, you can write a check to any of a number of worthy services supplying food, clothing, emergency financial help, and other services to people with AIDS and ARC. Other
"Teen Wins Poster Contest": Washington Post (12/22/88), P. D.C. 9; Elder, Charles; The American Red Cross has awarded a prize in an AIDS awareness poster contest to Kevin Taylor, a 15-year-old ninth grader at Buchanon Secondary Learning Center, a special education school for the learning disabled in Washington, D.C. Taylor won a $50 U.S. savings bond and an AIDS educational video to play for his c
"New Clinical Trial Programme for AIDS in the United States": Nature (12/22-29/88) Vol. 336, No. 6201, P. 702; Ezzell, Carol; Under the new community-based clinical trial program announced by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) last month, community physicians and clinics will systematically monitor their AIDS patients who receive experimental therapies and report the results to NIAID. The agency hopes this pro
"The Kiwanis Club of Biscayne Bay to Deliver Christmas Gifts for Children" with AIDS: Business Wire (12/21/88); Miami--Thanks to the Kiwanis Club of Biscayne Bay, Santa s elves will visit the approximately 300 children with AIDS at Jackson Memorial Hospital s Special Immunology Section. Gary Wilson and Art Brooks, the club s president and project coordinator respectively, have led the elves in wrapping presents for the childre
"Inmate with AIDS Virus Charged with Attempted Homicide": United Press International (12/21/88); Bellefonte, Pa.--State police have charged an HIV-positive Philadelphia man with attempted homicide, aggravated assAUlt, simple assAUlt, assAUlt by a prisoner, and harassment for reportedly defecating in a cup and throwing its contents in the face of a guard at the State Correctional Institution at Rockview in Centre
"Information and Education Programs for Blacks in Alabama, Louisiana," Mississipi, and Tennessee...: United Press International (12/21/88); Jackson, Miss.--The Centers for Disease Control, which is awarding grants to 33 community-based groups nationwide, yesterday awarded one to Jackson State University for a four-state program to educate African-Americans about AIDS. Bettye Ward Fletcher, director of the Interdisciplinary Alcohol-Drug Studies Center, sa
"Nursing Home to Accept AIDS Patients": United Press International (12/21/88); St. Petersburg, Fla.--Employees at the TLC nursing home in St. Petersburg are training to care for AIDS patients in anticipation of a second-floor AIDS ward that will open when the nursing home completes renovations next month. Canadian Robert E. Martin and the Pennsylvania-based Health Care Services Group recently
"Japanese Firm Moving into U.S. Condom Market": United Press International (12/21/88); Stratford, Conn.--Japan s largest condom maker is looking to corner a part of the market in the U.S., where the AIDS epidemic has contributed to a yearly increase in sales of about 25 percent since 1985. Okamoto USA, Inc., which controls 60 percent of the condom market in Japan, plans a $2 million print advertisement
"Cuomo Urged to Issue Order in AIDS Cases": New York Times (12/21/88), P. B1; Lambert, Bruce; New York Gov. Mario Cuomo should overrule local opposition to housing for people with AIDS and drug treatment centers by issuing an emergency executive order, says the State Health Department, which has compiled a five-year strategy to fight the AIDS epidemic in New York. Cuomo aides and budget officials are reviewin
"Chronic Health-Policy Ills": Washington Post (12/21/88), P. A17; Rich, Spencer; The national health policy problems George Bush will inherit are tough, costly, and intractable, says the Washington Post s Spencer Rich. Treatment of AIDS is on the list of problems to be solved in a society that can barely afford the medical services it is getting and has many unfilled needs. Neither Bush nor Cong
"Pioneering Anchorman Max Robinson Dies": Washington Post (12/21/88), P. A1; Barnes, Bart; Television newsman Max Robinson died at the age of 49 in Washington, D.C. s Howard University Hospital yesterday. Robinson had AIDS. In 1978, Robinson became the first black newsman to anchor a network television news program when ABC-TV named him one of three coanchors on World News Tonight. He had become the fir
"Blow the Whistle on AIDS": Advocate (12/20/88), P. 66; Artes Magnus, an international publisher of unique fine-art limited editions, has joined with museums across the U.S. to raise money for the American Foundation for AIDS Research ( AmFAR ). Gerald Benney, the royal silversmith to the English court, has designed elegant whistles for sa
"UN Says AIDS Striking Children": Associated Press (12/20/88); Helsinki, Finland--In some African cities, nearly one child in 10 is HIV-positive, according to a UNICEF deputy director, who said the disease is becoming a matter of urgent concern to the United Nation s Children s Fund. Nyi Nyi, the UNICEF official, said that some older men are turning to younger girls for sexual
"Quebec Babies Tested for AIDS": Associated Press (12/20/88); Montreal--Doctors say they will test one in three babies born in Quebec under a new program to measure the seropositivity rate among women of child-bearing age. Dr. Catherine Hankins of the Montreal Community Health Department said the program will create a statistical picture of the infection rate to show the spread
"Soviet Woman with AIDS is Jailed for Four Years": Reuters (12/20/88); Moscow--Soviet officials have given a four-year jail sentence to a woman who reportedly infected at least eight other men with HIV, as well as giving her husband syphilis. The Moscow newspaper Sotsialisticheskaya Industriya said doctors tested the woman, identified only as Olga L., for the HIV antibody after she inju
"Robinson AIDS Disclosure Helpful in Education Efforts": United Press International (12/20/88); Hooper, Celia; Chicago--The revelation that Max Robinson died of AIDS continues a positive process that started with Rock Hudson, say AIDS activists who praised the newsman for his post-mortem disclosure. Family friend Roger Wilkins disclosed that Robinson wanted his death made public to emphasize the importance, especially to blac
"Watkins Turns Around AIDS Commission": Investor's Daily (12/20/88), P. 1; Stroud, Michael; Three corporations who took notice of retired Admiral James D. Watkins firmness, outspokenness, and compassion have asked him to sit on their boards. They were attracted to Watkins by the turnaround he engineered when he took over as chairman of the Presidential Commission on the Human Immunodeficiency Virus Epidemi
"A Charity's 1,000 Parties to Raise Money and Spirits": New York Times (12/20/88), P. B2; Dullea, Georgia; God s Love We Deliver is a non-profit organization that delivers gourmet meals to homebound people with AIDS. Buddy Noro, the group s special events coordinator, came up with the idea of a Gift of 1,000 Parties to raise $100,000 for the organization. Since November, groups ranging from a Latino family to members of
"This Nursing Shortage is Different": The New York Times (12/20/88), P. A26; Higher pay is only part of the answer to the nursing problem that is hindering the efforts of hospitals to deal with AIDS, drug abuse, and penniless patients, says the New York Times. Although a higher percentage of trained nurses are working than ever before, the demand is rising sharply at a time when fewer young p
"Judge Won't Bar Defendants with AIDS": Washington Post (12/20/88), P. A9; A Jefferson County, Ala., district judge who joined two colleagues in saying they would bar defendants with AIDS from their courtroom has announced that he will put his professional beliefs before his personal beliefs and reverse his position. Judge Jack Montgomery, who, along with O.L. Johnson and Mike McCormick, sa
"AIDS is Reported as No. 9 CAUse of Death Among Children 1 to 4": New York Times (12/20/88), P. A18; Among children aged one to four, AIDS has become the ninth leading cAUse of death, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Deputy Director Dr. Antonia Novello reported yesterday. Among people aged 15-24, the disease ranks seventh. AIDS has been reported in 1291 infants and children under 13 and in 3
"Study for Congress Criticizes Slow AIDS Education Effort": New York Times (12/20/88); Delays in mass mailings and limited broadcasts of public service announcements have marred the Centers for Disease Control s AIDS education program, according to a General Accounting Office report issued yesterday. The report finds the education program s efforts to focus national attention on AIDS were impaired by
"News in Brief: Mexico": Advocate (12/20/88), P. 28; Boxers, trainers, and promoters should be aware of the danger of HIV transmission in the ring, said the World Boxing Commission s medical commission at its 25th annual convention in Mexico City in November. To increase awareness of the need for cAUtion when blood is drawn during matches, the commission says it will d
"Prescriptions for the Here and Now": Advocate (12/20/88), P. 62; Bean, Joseph W.; Novelist PAUl Reed s world is the world of gay men in the age of AIDS, a world of tragic circumstances and unfortunate situations that also has love, hope, and the possibility of transcendance, writes the Advocate s Joseph W. Bean. Reed wrote the first AIDS novel, Facing It, in 1982-83, followed by How to Convince
"The Helquist Report: Anal Sex: For and Against": Advocate (12/20/88), P. 32; Helquist, Michael; As in the U.S., AIDS organizations in Europe have had a difficult time reaching consensus on what advice to give gay men about anal sex. The Swiss AIDS Foundation advocates condom use, and even started its own condom production and distribution firm, Hot Rubber Co. Their campaign has brought about an increase in con
"Mary Starvus: 'We Were Here'": Advocate (12/20/88), P. 58; After a friend died of AIDS in November 1986, San Francisco painter Mary Starvus went to work for Project Open Hand, a group that delivers meals to people with AIDS or ARC who cannot prepare their own food. The project delivers more than 200 meals a day, every day of the year. Many of the people the group serves liv
"Who Says This is Funny?": Advocate (12/20/88), P. 52; Gaydos, Steven; AIDS Activists, politicians, and entertainers have attacked Warner Brothers for releasing Have You Seen Me Lately, a comedy album by Sam Kinison. The album contains such anti-gay material as a piece accusing homosexuals of starting the AIDS epidemic by having sex with monkeys. BecAUse of the album, Surgeon General
"If You Need a Break: Rest Stop is There": Bay Area Reporter (19) Vol. 18, No. 50, P. 19; Newquist, Jay; Rest Stop Support Services is a five-day-week drop-in center where HIV-positive people and those with AIDS or ARC can sit down for a while and visit with friends, families, and other caregivers. The San Francisco center is an apartment with two living rooms and a kitchen stocked with decaffeinated coffee, donuts, and
"Utah Shanti Model Closes Down": New York Native (12/19/88) Vol. 9, No. 2, P. 6; Whelan, Jim; Salt Lake City s AIDS Project Utah, a service agency modeled after San Francisco s Shanti Project, will close its doors in the next few weeks becAUse of a lack of funds. Ben Barr, formerly of the AIDS Project and now the Salt Lake AIDS Foundation s executive director, says the political atmosphere in Utah is such tha
"Effects of Hardwick Felt: Spectrum of Law Discussed": New York Native (12/19/88) Vol. 9, No. 2, P. 6; Whelan, Jim; At the Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund s Lambda Law 88 in early December, a panel moderated by Justice Richard C. Failla conducted a year-end review of legal issues affecting the gay community. David Wertheimer of the Gay + Lesbian Anti-Violence Project reported that anti-gay remarks and AIDS references are
"Emergency Rooms Overwhelmed as New York's Poor Get Sicker": New York Times (12/19/88), P. A1; French, Howard E.; In New York, as well as in other urban areas with many indigent people and illegal immigrants, AIDS is among the problems that are overwhelming hospital emergency rooms. Many patients with minor injuries wait hours, and experts say seriously ill patients waiting to get intensive care units stay in beds moved into the
"Syphilis May be Rising in Inner Cities, Complicating AIDS Fight, Study" Shows: Wall Street Journal (12/19/88), P. B2; Schiffman, James R.; Among inner city drug users and prostitutes and their customers, a rise in syphilis is a bad sign in the war on AIDS. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) researchers believe that sharp rises in the disease among inner city groups in Connecticut and Philadelphia reflect a nationwide trend. Dr. Joel Greenspan, CDC surve
"A Time for Living": San Francisco Examiner Image (12/18/88), P. 22; Fallon, D'Arcy; Sister Mary Martha Agellar, Brother Tolbert McCarroll, and Sister Julian DeRossi--Sister Marti, Brother Toby, and Sister Juli--are the caretakers at the Starcross Monastery in California s Sonoma Valley, lay Catholic monastery where children with AIDS find a home. The monastery s philosophy is, no matter how short, l
"AIDSWEEK: In Court": San Francisco Examiner (12/18/88), P. A6; Hilton, Bruce; A MilwAUkee jury awarded John Carroll, 63, $3.9 million after finding that a blood center was negligent for not screening donors. Carroll testified that he contracted AIDS during heart surgery.
"AIDSWEEK: What They're Saying": San Francisco Examiner (12/18/88), P. A6; Hilton, Bruce; In a coment about the controversial AIDS episode of the television show Midnight Caller, Trisano Palermino, a person with AIDS and the former director of social services for the San Francisco AIDS Foundation, said, Among the more than 200 men and women with AIDS I have counseled, more often than not the issue of wh
"AIDSWEEK: Eurowarning Against AIDS Discrimination": San Francisco Examiner (12/18/88), P. A6; Hilton, Bruce; Health ministers of the 12 Common Market Nations issued an official statement last week calling HIV testing of employees unjustified and not an appropriate measure in the fight against AIDS. The memo, issued in the middle of a growing business controversy, urged employers to make clear to their workers that HIV-po
"ACT UP/NY Addresses Alternative/Holistic Treatments": Gay Community News (12/18/88) Vol. 16, No. 23, P. 2; Miller, Andrew; The Alternative and Holistic Treatments Subcommittee is a new offshoot that ACT UP/New York formed to investigate solutions to the AIDS crisis that go beyond drug treatments. Bob Lederer of the new subcomittee said, Growing evidence suggests that only by broadening treatment strategies to include holistic and altern
"Surviving and Thriving II": Gay Community News (12/18/88) Vol. 16, No. 23, P. 2; McKnight, Jennie; The newly published Surviving and Thriving With AIDS Volume Two--Collected Wisdom is a companion piece to Surviving and Thriving With AIDS: Hints for the Newly Diagnosed, which the People With AIDS Coalition of New York published in summer 1987. The new book, which includes first-hand accounts of drug treatments
"New York Building Housing PWA Groups Opens": Gay Community News (12/18/88) Vol. 16, No. 23, P. 3; Miller, Andrew; Five New York groups celebrated the official opening of their six-story building, the first building in the country to be completely operated by and for people with AIDS. Rep. Ted Weiss (D-N.Y.) and Manhattan Borough President David Dinkins were among the dignitaries at the cermony at 31 West 26th Street in Manhatta
"Sylvester: Singer": Washington Post (12/18/88), P. B16; Sylvester, the 42-year-old Queen of Disco, whose falsetto voice and drag costumes made him famous during the late seventies disco craze, died of AIDS Dec. 16. After becoming well known among gays in San Francisco, Sylvester had a million-seller, Dance (Disco Heat), in 1978. His five gold records included You Ma
"The Lessons of Cruel Betrayal": Washington Post (12/18/88), P. F2; McCarthy, Colman; The story of a 28-year-old female legislative assistant to a nationally known member of Congress who developed AIDS after an affair with a man from her hometown in the midwest illustrates the risks of sexual trust, says Colman McCarthy of the Washington Post. The staff member had no idea the man was bisexual and at r
"Bias Seen in AIDS Studies": New York Times (12/18/88), P. 46; In New York, the AIDS activist group ACT UP says trials for experimental drugs at three New York City medical centers do not do enough to include women, the poor, or minority group members in their studies. New York University, Albert Einstein, and Mount Sinai medical schools are the three. The group praised NYU for
"Recruiting Problems in New York Hinder U.S. Trials of AIDS Drugs": New York Times (12/18/88), P. 1; Kolata, Gina; In the New York City portion of a nationwide study of AZT , the small number of volunteers and widespread suspicion that the few who volunteer are cheating threaten to slow the progress of the entire study. The federal study, which seeks to de
"Nasal Continuous Positive Airway Pressure in Pneumocystis Carinii" Pneumonia: Lancet (12/17/88) Vol. 2, No. 4825, P. 1414; Kesten, Steven; Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) applied with a nasal mask may be a useful method for AUgmenting oxygenation in Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia ( PCP ) in AIDS patients, say Steven Kesten and Anthony S. Rebuck of Toronto Western Hospital. They report on the use of the proc
Simultaneous Isolation of HIV-1 and HIV-2 from an AIDS Patient: Lancet (12/17/88) Vol. 2, No. 8625, P. 1389; Evans, Louise A., et al.; A team of researchers from the University of California School of Medicine, San Francisco, and Treichville Hospital in Abidjan, Ivory Coast , report on using the polymerase chain reaction test to isolate two distinct HIVs in a patient from the Ivory Coast. The researchers loca
"Unexpectedly High Levels of HIV-1 RNA and Protein Synthesis in a" Cytocidal Infection: Science (12/16/88) Vol. 242, No. 4885, P. 1554; Somasundaran, M.; In a study to determine whether the life cycle of HIV-1 influences the cytopathicity of the virus, researchers M. Somasundaran and H.L. Robinson of the University of Massachusetts Department of Pathology found that HIV-1-induced cell killing may in part be determined by a life cycle that allows the production of high
"AIDS Mice Die in NIH Accident": Science (12/16/88) Vol. 242, No. 4885, P. 1502; Marx, Jean L.; Research using a line of mice born with HIV genes in their cells will be set back by four to six months following the death of all but three mice in a specially secured National Institutes of Health (NIH) laboratory, says researcher Malcom Martin. Martin and his colleagues at the National Institute of Allergy and Inf
"Wright Honored by 'New Family'": Washington Blade (12/16/88) Vol. 19, No. 51, P. 19; Howard, Wendy; Many key AIDS activists gathered at a Capitol Hill fundraiser Dec. 6 to honor Patrisha Wright, executive director of the Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund. The group lobbies Congress to pass legislation protecting the rights of people with AIDS and other disabilities. Nan Hunter of the American Civil Libe
"Small British Study Tests Benefits of Antibodies": Washington Blade (12/16/88) Vol. 19, No. 51, P. 16; Everett, Melanie; In Britain, 10 AIDS and ARC patients are receiving HIV antibodies from infected but asymptomatic people in a small study. Abraham Karpas of Cambridge University Clinical School reports in the current issue of Proceedings of the National Academy of Science that asymptomatic people have neutralizing antibodies not foun
"Mayor Proposes AIDS Services Coordinator": United Press International (12/16/88); Luther, Robina; Los Angeles--With Los Angeles County already having reported nearly 6000 cases of AIDS and expecting as many as 30,000 by 1991, Mayor Tom Bradley says it is time to hire an AIDS coordinator. Bradley also wants to spend $1 million to construct hospices and build or renovate low-income housing for people with the disea
"Survey Finds Reluctance to Treat AIDS Victims": United Press International (12/16/88); Marshall, G.L.; Richmond, Va.--A Virginia Department of Health report released yesterday shows that nearly three-quarters of dentists, one-third of doctors, and 15 percent of therapists in the state are either not too willing or not willing at all to treat people with AIDS. According to State Health Commissioner C.M.G. Buttery, the
"Group Asks F.D.A. to Drop Approval of 2 New Condoms": New York Times (12/16/88), P. A26; Leary, Warren E.; The National Women s Health Network, a non-profit public-interest health group, yesterday asked the Food and Drug Administration ( FDA ) to withdraw marketing approval for two novel types of condoms. The group says the two products, a microcondom that attaches to the tip of the penis w
"Health Officials Plan New AIDS Study with Focus on High-Risk" Heterosexuals: Wall Street Journal (12/16/88), P. B2B; The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID announced that it will fund a five-year study of heterosexual men and women at risk of contracting AIDS. Dr. Stanley H. Weiss, a leading AIDS expert from the Department of Preventive Medicine at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersy, sai
"Why Fear Persists: Health Care Professionals and AIDS": Journal of the American Medical Association (12/16/88) Vol. 260, No. 23, P. 3481; Gerbert, Barbara; There are three reasons for health care professional s continuing fear of HIV transmission, writes a group of researchers from the University of California, San Francisco. First, health care AUthorities minimize the risk of transmission to health care workers. Second, arguments for universal precAUtions seldom or ne
"AIDS, AUtoposies, and Abandonment": Journal of the American Medical Association (12/16/88) Vol. 260, No. 23, P. 3466; Ratzan, Richard M.; Pathologists must not refuse to perform AUtoposies on AIDS patients, just as other physicians must not refuse to treat such persons, say Richard M. Ratzan and Henry Schneiderman of the University of Connecticut Health Center. Although AIDS has brought a risk to medicine that has not been present since the discovery o
"These Christmas Blues are of a Cheerier Kind": Bay Area Reporter (12/15/88) Vol. 18, No. 50, P. 20; McMillan, Dennis; Decades ago, the March of Dimes urged every household in America to light a porch light from seven to nine each evening to symbolize the country s determination to fight polio. More recently, Americans tied yellow ribbons around trees to signal a refusal to rest until the Iranian hostages returned home. Now, David W
"Maintaining Links for Family Visits": Bay Area Reporter (12/15/88) Vol. 18, No. 50, P. 18; Newquist, Jay; The Family Link is a nonprofit agency in the San Francisco area providing affordable accomodations to families who come to town to visit relatives with life-threatening illnesses. The group has five rental apartments with a total of eight bedrooms. A former Franciscan brother, Ray Cope, manages the house, with Sister
"Two New AIDS Videos Out on the Market": Bay Area Reporter (12/15/88) Vol. 18, No. 50, P. 37; Francis, William; Two new videos deal with different aspects of the impact of AIDS on society. One, Never to be Forgotten, is a 54-minute documentary directed by Karen Peper and produced by Peper Productions. It chronicles part of the AIDS Memorial Quilt s 20-city national tour in 1987, including opening and closing ceremonies and
"Prop. 102 Docs Say Confidentiality Okay": Bay Area Reporter (12/15/88) Vol. 18, No. 50, P. 13; O'Loughlin, Ray; The California Physicians for a Logical AIDS Response, led by Dr. Lawrence McNamee, is continuing its push to force the California Department of Health Services to record the names of everyone who tests positive for HIV. The group is suing the health department in an attempt to win mandatory reporting in the courts.
"Active Legislative Year Planned for State, Feds": Bay Area Reporter (12/15/88) Vol. 18, No. 50, P. 4; Newquist, Jay; Both federal and California state legislators are gearing up for an active year in AIDS legislation. Antidiscrimination legislation for HIV-infected people is at the top of the list of priorities announced recently by the California Democratic congressional delegation. In Sacramento, the Lobby for Individual Freedom
"HUD Office Blocks PWA Housing Plan": Bay Area Reporter (12/15/88) Vol. 18, No. 50, P. 4; Kolbe, Miranda; A Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) memorandum written earlier this fall says that people with AIDS (PWA) are either not handicapped enough or too handicapped to qualify for special federal housing. Robert S. Kenision, HUD associate general counsel, wrote the memo to Thomas T. Demery, Federal Housing
"Quilt Returns to Fill Moscone Hall": Bay Area Reporter (12/15/88) Vol. 18, No. 50, P. 3; White, Allen; The return of the Names Project Quilt to San Francisco s Moscone Center for a five-day stay that ended Dec. 18 generated funds for 18 volunteer organizations in the Bay Area. The display, three times as large as the one in Moscone Center last year, contained 6000 of the Quilt s 9000 panels, including each one by and
"There is No Compromise": Bay Area Reporter (12/15/88) Vol. 18, No. 50, P. 6; The gay community has no reason to compromise with the losers of the AIDS reporting ballot initiatives, says the Bay Area Reporter in response to a proposal that legislation could be devised that would satisfy part of the right wing and still preserve individual rights. It is not possible to have a system of some HIV
"Rate of New Cases Leveling Off in S.F.": Bay Area Reporter (12/15/88) Vol. 18, No. 50, P. 1; Newquist, Jay; The real number of HIV-infected persons and the future implications of trends in known cases of AIDS seem to be a matter of educated guesswork. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) statistics say there is a marked decrease in new AIDS cases in New York, San Francisco, and Los Angeles, but rates for that group continue t
"Syphilis Cases on the Rise": Associated Press (12/15/88); The number of prostitutes and drug abusers being treated for syphilis has risen sharply, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC reported. CDC officials say they fear the sharp increases reported in Connecticut and Philadelphia reflect a nationwide trend. In Connecticut, syphilis patients who reported practicing prosti
"Body Frozen at a Cryonics Laboratory...": United Press International (12/15/88); Appel, Ted; Los Angeles--A cryonic laboratory has frozen the body of Dick Clair, an Emmy Award-winning writer and producer who died of AIDS Monday, in hope that he can be revived when a cure for AIDS is discovered. His body became the third placed in cryonic suspension by the Alcor Life Extension Foundation in Riverside, Calif.
"Doctor Accidentally Contracted AIDS Virus": United Press International (12/15/88); New Haven, Conn.--A doctor working at the Yale-New Haven Hospital has contracted HIV following an accidental needlestick several months ago, according to hospital officials. The doctor has shown no symptoms and continues to work at the hospital, according to Dr. John Fenn, Yale-New Haven Chief of Staff. Although acci
"Neuropsychological Outcome of Zidovudine (AZT) Treatment of Patients with" AIDS and AIDS-Related Complex: New England Journal of Medicine (12/15/88) Vol. 319, No. 24, P. 1573; Schmitt, Frederick A.; AZT , or zidovudine, may partially ameliorate HIV-associated cognitive abnormalities, report Frederick A. Schmitt and his colleagues, including members of the AZT Collaborative Working Group. In a double-blind, placebo-controlled study of 159
"Patients Who Test Positive for the AIDS Virus But Who Fail to Notify" Those They Might Have Infected: United Press International (12/15/88); Seattle--Health care providers in Washington state can now notify county health officers of HIV-positive patients who refuse to notify others they might have infected. The state Board of Health drew up the new regulation to meet a requirement in recently passed AIDS omnibus legislation. The law, however, does not fo
"Government is Funding a Major Study...": United Press International (12/15/88); Bethesda, Md.--The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) will fund a major study to develop more effective ways to reduce the spread of AIDS among non-IV drug using heterosexuals, NIAID director Anthony Fauci will announce today. Only 4 percent of total AIDS cases are heterosexually acquired,
"AZT Appears to Reduce Mental Effects From AIDS": Washington Post (12/15/88), P. A10; Mental deterioration in people with AIDS may be partially ameliorated by AZT , say Dr. Frederick Schmitt and colleagues from the University of Kentucky Medical Center in Lexington. In today s New England Journal of Medicine, the researchers
"Judges to AIDS Trio: Stay Away": Associated Press (12/14/88); Birmingham, Ala.--AIDS activists say three Jefferson County judges took unnecessary and discriminatory actions against three defendants with AIDS who they asked to deliver their pleas by telephone. Judges Mike McCormick and O.L. Pete Johnson said their bailiffs are afraid of contracting HIV from the defendants. Ju
"AIDS Experts Cite Progress on Debunking Mosquito Threat": Reuters (12/14/88); Rio de Janiero--Health experts are beginning to convince Brazilians and the populations of other tropical countries that AIDS cannot be spread through mosquito bites, according to international AIDS experts taking part in the second Pan-American AIDS Tele-Conference. Jonathan Mann, head of the World Health Organizati
"AIDS Test Center Stays Closed": United Press International (12/14/88); Luther, Robina; Los Angeles--Mayor Tom Bradley called the United Way and the president of Lexington Insurance Co., but Los Angeles largest AIDS testing center remained closed yesterday becAUse it could not find malpractice insurance. The Boston insurance company cancelled malpractice coverage for the Gay and Lesbian Community Servi
"Discrimination, Education Top AIDS Issues": United Press International (12/14/88); Kolberg, Rebecca; Washington--The major event of 1988 in the battle against AIDS may have been the start of a change in the American people s attitude about prejudice and discrimination against those with the disease. President-elect George Bush promises to do more than his predecessor to fight the disease. His associates say he like
"D.C. Sets Recycling Deadline": Washington Post (12/14/88), P. A1; Knight, Athelia; In an hourlong session repeatedly interrupted by the shouts of members of the gay community, the Washington, D.C., Council gave final approval last night to a repeal of its law barring insurers from testing applicants for HIV antibodies. Police arrested five persons for disorderly conduct. The gay community urged th
"Speedy, Simple AIDS Test Approved by FDA": Washington Post (12/14/88), P. A5; Specter, Michael; The Food and Drug Administration ( FDA ) yesterday gave Cambridge Bioscience Corp. of Worscester, Mass., permission to market a rapid screening test to detect HIV antibodies. The test, known as latex agglutination, uses genetically engineered proteins and microscopic latex beads to det
"New Test for Research Use...": Business Wire (12/13/88); Framingham, Mass.--The GENE-TRAK assay, a new test produced by GENE-TRAK Systems, will provide researchers with a new way to detect and measure HIV type 1. The test, developed under a joint agreement between Integrated Genetics Inc. and Amoco Corp., measures HIV-1 specific RNA to allow researchers to estimate the amo
"New Hybrid AIDS Test": Business Wire (12/13/88); Vancouver, British Columbia--A new format for AIDS screening tests will allow for the simultaneous use of both natural and artificially created antigens to detect HIV antibodies more reliably than currently available tests that rely on a single source of natural, synthetic, or genetically engineered antigen, Murex, th
"AIDS Drug AZT Seems Effective Against Mental Dysfunction": Reuters (12/13/88); New York--Mental dysfunction in AIDS patients may be ameliorated by AZT , according to a study that will appear in the New England Journal of Medicine. Dr. Frederick Schmitt and his colleagues report that patients with AIDS and neurological sy
"City's Largest AIDS Preventive Treatment Clinic Closed...": United Press International (12/13/88); Luther, Robina; Los Angeles--The Edmund E. Edelman Health Center at the Gay and Lesbian Community Services Center, Los Angeles largest AIDS preventive treatment clinic, closed Tuesday becAUse Lexington Insurance Co. of Boston canceled the clinic s malpractice insurance coverage for physical exams, laboratory work, and drawing blood.
"Oh, How the Money Rolls In": Bay Area Reporter (12/13/88) Vol. 18, No. 49, P. 6; Whether they are gay men with AIDS or blacks with sickle cell anemia, the health care of Americans should be a top priority says the Bay Area Reporter, in an editorial that says one group should not be pitted against another in a bloody scramble for insufficient funds. The editorial is in response to the local Sickle
"Debated Episode on AIDS": New York Times (12/13/88), P. C22; O'Connor, John; Nearly all television shows to deal with AIDS present it as if it is solely a disease of children infected by tainted blood, says the New York Times reviewer John O Connor. Networks are reluctant to portray gay AIDS victims with compassion or with dignity. That makes it less than surprising that gay groups and AIDS
"'Pervasive' Shortage of Registered Nurses Reported": Washington Post (12/13/88), P. A3; Rich, Spencer; AIDS is one of several problems contributing to a critical shortage of nurses, a federal panel said yesterday. Carolyn K. Davis, nurse and head of the Commission on Nursing, said the shortage has started to erode the quality of care as well as access to services. The panel s report says hospitals, nursing homes, an
"Swedish Researchers Develp More Effective AIDS Drug": New York Times (12/13/88), P. C3; A new AIDS drug has proved very effective in laboratory and animal tests, according to Swedish researchers working with the Karolinska Institute. The compound--FLT--is related to AZT . Researcher Bo Oberg, who announced the study results, has
"Despite Promise in AIDS Cases, Drug Faces Testing Hurdles": New York Times (12/13/88), P. C3; Kolata, Gina; There will be new restrictions on the use of gancyclovir, a drug widely used to fight blindness in AIDS patients, until researchers complete controlled clinical trials on the drug, the Food and Drug Administration ( FDA ) announced last week. Since 1984, Syntex Corp. of Palo Alto, Cali
"Urban League to LAUnch AIDS Education Campaign": United Press International (12/12/88); Baltimore s Urban League chapter will start an education program for the city s adolescent blacks, officials say. Teens who have raging hormones and feel they are invulnerable will be the focus of the program, said Project Director Antonio Carpenter. The project will also stress to doctors, dentists, and pharmacis
"AIDS Terminology was Misused in Waste Case, Mo. Court Rules": Journal of Commerce (12/12/88), P. 17B; Plaintiffs attorneys wrongly used the term chemically induced AIDS to describe victims injuries in a $43 million toxic waste case, an appellate court in Missouri has ruled. The National Law Journal reported in its most recent issue that despite the questionable rhetoric, the judge upheld the plantiffs victory in
"Court Won't Force Listing of AIDS": Insight (12/12/88) Vol. 4, No. 50, P. 49; Hudson, Kathryn; A New York State appellate court recently ruled that Health Commissioner David Alexrod was acting properly by refusing to officially place AIDS and HIV on a list of communicable and sexually transmitted diseases. To put AIDS on the venereal lists would allow doctors to test for the disease without patient consent, wh
"Get Ready for the 5-Minute HIV Test": Gay Community News (12/11/88) Vol. 16, No. 22, P. 1; Bull, Chris; Cambridge BioScience Corp. s five-minute HIV test may make testing faster, cheaper, and more accurate. Some AIDS activists, however, fear that it will prompt calls for needed research funds to be shifted into widespread mandatory testing efforts. According to results of a study in
"AIDSWEEK: In Court": San Francisco Examiner (12/11/88), P. A16; Hilton, Bruce; A former captain and 24-year veteran of the L.A. County Fire Department, Jon Galiher, has sued the department for $1.75 million in a wrongful termination suit. Galiher, who led a paramedic crew that treated a man with AIDS after a car accident, said the department failed to address the crew s fears about HIV infectio
"AIDSWEEK: Research": San Francisco Examiner (12/11/88), P. A16; Hilton, Bruce; At the National Institutes of Health (NIH), nearly all the rare, gene-spliced AIDS mice died when maintenance workers shut off their air supply. Also at NIH, Dr. Daniel Hoth said that money may be one reson researchers are not paying as much attention to AIDS-related opportunistic infections as they should--HIV inf
"AIDSWEEK: Assembly to Try Again on AIDS Bias": San Francisco Examiner (12/11/88), P. A16; Hilton, Bruce; California Assemblyman John Vasconcellos (D-San Jose) last week introduced AB65, a bill to protect HIV-positive persons from housing and job-related discrimination. Gov. George Deukmejian vetoed a similar bill last year, calling it unnecessary. According to Vasconcellos, 300,000 Californians at risk have not been te
"New York's Bold AIDS Project": San Francisco Examiner (12/11/88), P. A1; Raine, George; Health officials in San Francisco and elsewhere are watching closely New York City s pilot needle exchange program. The program has caused such a political furor that San Francisco epidemiologist Andrew Moss questioned whether a public health tool can be successful in such an environment. In one shooting gallery in
"Fear of AIDS Changes Hospitals": Associated Press (12/11/88); Boston--Fear of AIDS has made every patient a potential vessel of contagion in many hospitals. Issues of ethics, privacy, and legality prevent most hospitals from testing incoming patients for HIV antibodies to set the minds of doctors and nurses at rest, so all activities involving blood, needles, and knives must be
"HIV and Orogenital Transmission": Lancet (12/10/88) Vol. 2, No. 8624, P. 1363; Goldberg, D.J.; No orogenital sex without a condom, should be eveyone s message, says D.J. Goldberg and colleagues from Ruchill Hospital Clinical Department of Infectious Diseases and HIV Counseling Clinic s Communicable Diseases Unit in Glasgow, Scotland. In response to a letter by Willy RozenbAUm and his colleagues, the research
"Training Initiatives on Drugs and HIV": Lancet (12/10/88) Vol. 2, No. 8624, P. 1380; The Health Education AUthority has asked the Drug Training Unit of London Buroughs Training Committee to carry out the HEA/LBTC Drugs, HIV, and AIDS Training Project. The end result will be an overview of current training initiatives to provide drug and HIV/AIDS education to professionals in specialist drug agencies
"AIDS in the U.K.": Lancet (12/10/88) Vol. 2, No. 8624, P. 1379; As of the end of November, 1035 people had died of AIDS in the United Kingdom . The total number of cases was 1926, according to Department of Health figures. A working group led by Sir David Cox predictions that England and Wales will have up to 30,000 cases and 17,000 deaths by 199
"Caribbean AIDS Fight Funded": Associated Press (12/10/88); Bridgetown, Barbados--The fight against AIDS in the Caribbean will benefit from the $12.4 million international donor countries and organizations have pledged to 13 countries in the region. Supplemented by $7.4 million from the Caricom nations, the funds will support a three-year program of education in AIDS preventi
"$16 Million to Go to 54 AIDS Projects": Associated Press (12/10/88); New York--The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation will announce $16.7 million in grants to 54 AIDS projects in 25 states today. The grants, which range from about $5,000 to more than $1.8 million, include $70,185 in funds to a Salvation Army project to place infected infants from areas with a high incidence of AIDS in fos
"Bill Will Enable More People to Use PWA Homes": Washington Blade (12/09/88) Vol. 19, No. 50, P. 17; Howard, Wendy; The Community Residence Facility Licensure Amendment Act of 1988, which the Washington, D.C., City Council gave preliminary approval Nov. 29, will make it easier for community residence facilities to meet eligibility requirements. The bill will benefit Mother Teresa s Gift of Peace House and the Whitman-Walker Clinic
"AIDS Discrimination Pervasive, Attorney Says": United Press International (12/09/88); WeinrAUb, Lori K.; Arlington, Va.--The pervasiveness of AIDS discrimination is demonstrated by a northern Virginia company s refusal to rent office space to a clinic that helps people with the disease, says Kennth Labowitz, an attorney who is representing the Whitman-Walker Clinic in a suit against C.J. Coakley, Inc. of Merrifield, Va.
"Waxman Expects Gov't to Look at Helping Uninsured AIDS Patients": McGraw-Hill News (12/09/88); Washington--Congress likely will look into legislation designed to help uninsured people with AIDS, Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.), chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee s subcommittee on health and the environment, said. Waxman also said language banning AIDS discrimination will most likely be included i
"The Legal Limits of AIDS Confidentiality": Journal of the American Medical Association (12/09/88) Vol. 260, No. 22, P. 3274; Dickens, Bernard M.; In response to letters about his earlier piece on the limits of AIDS confidentiality, Bernard Dickens says he did not present discrimination against AIDS as being either induced or justified by the law. Dickens says his aim was not to advocate antidiscrimination laws instead of shoring up confidentiality efforts, but
"The Legal Limits of AIDS Confidentiality": Journal of the American Medical Association (12/09/88) Vol. 260, No. 22, P. 3273; Natale, William K.; In a second response to a letter on the legal limits of AIDS confidentiality, William K. Natale of United Hospitals, St. PAUl, notes that neither the notion of privacy nor the affliction of AIDS is fully understood by legal and medical professionals. The tension between legitimate confidentiality and the needs of so
"The Legal Limits of AIDS Confidentiality": Journal of the American Medical Association (12/09/88) Vol. 260, No. 22, P. 3273; Stryker, Jeff; Responding to a letter by Bernard M. Dickens of the University of Toronto about the legal limits of AIDS confidentiality, Jeff Stryker of the University of Michigan School of Public Health says that thoughtful laws and regulations combined with the vigilance of health care providers and administrators are necessary to
"Breast Cancer Drug Megace May Help in Weight Gain": Washington Blade (12/09/88) Vol. 19, No. 50, P. 15; Howard, Wendy; Megace, a drug used to treat breast cancer, may alleviate the debilitating weight loss associated with AIDS. Dr. Robert Murphy, director of the AIDS Clinic at Chicago s Northwestern Memorial Hospital, is a co-AUthor of a study reported in the Nov. 15 issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine that says 14 people wit
"NCRI Fundraiser Nets $38,000": Washington Blade (12/09/88) Vol. 19, No. 50, P. 17; Hinckle, Doug; The National Community Research Institute (NCRI) had $18,000 in hand and another $20,000 in pledges following a holiday-season fundraiser in Washington, D.C. NCRI, founded in the D.C. area, is a year-old non-profit organization that is promoting the development of a network of community-based researchers and hastenin
"Dental Firm Settles with Man Asked to Take Antibody Test": Washington Blade (12/09/88) Vol. 19, No. 50, P. 4; Chibbaro, Lou Jr.; Dental Benefit Providers, a private dental care firm associated with the George Washington University Health Plan, will make payments to Washington, D.C., AIDS organizations as part of a legal settlement with a D.C. resident who accused the firm of refusing him treatment unless he took an HIV antibody test. In a comp
"AIDS Group Pleased with 'Positive Tone' of Bush Visit": Washington Blade (12/09/88) Vol. 19, No. 50, P. 1; Chibbaro, Lou Jr.; AIDS activists were pleasantly surprised recently when President-elect George Bush made a brief and unscheduled appearance at a Nov. 30 meeting between National Organizations Responding to AIDS (NORA) members and three top officials of the Bush transition team. Thomas Sheridan, director of public policy for the AIDS
"Evaluation of the WHO Clinical Case Definition for AIDS in Uganda": Journal of the American Medical Association (12/09/88) Vol. 260, No. 22, P. 3286; Widy-Wirski, Roslaw; The World Health Organization (WHO) definition of AIDS for use in areas where HIV infection is common but there is little access to laboratory testing and sophisticated diagnostic facilities is generalizable and useful, says Roslaw Widy-Wirski and a team of researchers from WHO and
"Something is Missing": Bay Area Reporter (12/08/88) Vol. 18, No. 49, P. 6; Middleton, Lee; Something is missing at Shanti Project, writes Lee Middleton, a black person who volunteered for the project to pay back some of the services his lover received during his illness with AIDS. During his training, Middleton was one of only three black volunteers and there were no people of color among the group facilit
"Shanti Struggles to Regain Credibility; Image Tarnished, But Services are" Met: Bay Area Reporter (12/08/88) Vol. 18, No. 49, P. 16; Newquist, Jay; Following a year in which troubles with former executive director Jim Geary contributed to temporary freeze on city funding and a big drop-off in volunteers and donations, Shanti Project is trying to work its way back. The group s major challenge is building up in the community a renewed faith in Shanti and its deve
"Dentists Feel Bite of Anti-Bias Act, Thanks to Lawsuit": Bay Area Reporter (12/08/88) Vol. 18, No. 49, P. 18; McMillan, Dennis; A case in which a California dental group allegedly refused treatment to an HIV-positive man may set a precedent in protecting the rights of HIV-infected people. The suit, similar to ones filed in New York and Chicago, alleges that after Douglas Bearden checked a box on a standard health form stating that he had test
"Incubation Periods for Paediatric AIDS Patients": Nature (12/08/88) Vol. 366, No. 6199, P. 575; AUger, I.; A study of pediatric AIDS cases reveals that the incubation period for HIV-infected infants is longer than previously thought, say researcher I. AUger and his colleagues. The data also suggest there are two risk groups, one that develops AIDS within the first seven months of life, and a second that appears to have a
"Names Project Charged with Altering Panel": Bay Area Reporter (12/08/88) Vol. 18, No. 49, P. 1; McMillan, Dennis; A man who made a panel for the AIDS quilt in his lover s memory has charged the Names Project with altering the quilt against his wishes. Jim McClard made a panel for Thomas Bullman, whose family refused to admit their son was gay or his death was HIV-related. After receiving a photo of the panel from McClard, the f
"Deal Denounced on HIV Reporting": Bay Area Reporter (12/08/88) Vol. 18, No. 49, P. 1; O'Louglin, Ray; Supporters of Proposition 102 and the other two AIDS reporting measures that California voters have defeated the past two years vow to return with new initiatives. But, rather than wait, California Physicians for a Logical AIDS Response, small group that broke from the California Medical Association to support Prop.
"Condoms Condemned": Nature (12/08/88) Vol. 336, No. 6199, P. 508; Coles, Peter; Only six of 41 brands of condom would provide adequate protection, says the influential French consumer magazine, 50 Million de Consommateurs. After the magazine published the results of a study by France s national consumer institute. Veronique Neiertz, French Secretary of State for consumer affairs, ordered five b
"AIDS Predictions Until 1992": Nature (12/08/88) Vol. 336, No. 6199, P. 508; Newmark, Peter; England and Wales will have at least 10,000 new cases of AIDS by 1992, according to a panel of experts. The panel, headed by Oxford statistician Sir David Cox, said it believes the exponential growth of the recent past will not continued becAUse of limited heterosexual cases and behavior changes among gay men. Howeve
"World AIDS Day": Nature (12/08/88) Vol. 336, No. 6199, P. 508; Perlman, Lisa; The worldwide count of AIDS cases was 129,385 on World AIDS Day, Dec. 1. The U.S. makes up about 60 percent of the total. BecAUse of the lack of accurate statistics from Africa, the World Health Organization believes the real number is twice the official total. In 39 African countri
"Coordination is the Key for New AIDS Research Programme": Nature (12/08/88) Vol. 336, No. 6199, P. 508; Coles, Peter; France announced a new pluridisciplinary program to back AIDS research on the eve of World AIDS Day. Hubert Currien, French research and technology minister, says although this year s AIDS budget is double last year s allocation, if researchers say they need more money, I have th
"Patients Unaware of AIDS Tests": Associated Press (12/08/88); Little Rock, Ark.--An Arkansas State Health Department Clinic mistakenly tested 50 patients for HIV antibodies without their knowledge or consent, a department official said Wednesday. Donnie Smith, director of the departments s AIDS and sexually transmitted disease program, said the patients gave the blood for other
"Chinese Newspaper: AIDS is a Vengance of God": United Press International (12/08/88); Del Vecchio, Mark S.; Beijing--AIDS is the vengance of God on sexually promiscuous Westerners, writes Zhang Huimin in a commentary in the English-language China Daily. The excessive freedom in the U.S. gave the disease an environment in which to thrive, according to Huimin, who goes on to say, Call me
"AIDS Group Protests Series Episode": New York Times (12/08/88), P. C24; Farber, Stephen; On Tuesday, NBC plans to broadcast the disputed episode of Midnight Caller in which a bisexual man who knows he was AIDS continues to have sex. The show s creator and supervising producer calls the episode urgent and hard-hitting topical drama. Many AIDS groups in San Francisco, where the show is set, call it sens
"New York Health Care Failure Charged": New York Times (12/08/88), P. B3; French, Howard W.; The Society of Urban Physians, a group of senior doctors from New York City s municipal hospitals, charged Mayor Ed Koch s government with failing to supply the financial support necessary for the city s health care system to deal with AIDS, drug abuse, and the growing numbers of poor people. Without action, says the
"A Good Way to Fight Drugs and AIDS": New York Times (12/08//88), P. A34; State and national officials should pay broad attention to the apparent success of a new methadone drug treatment program in Harlem, say the editors of the New York Times, becAUse it offers a glimmer of hope in the war against drugs and AIDS. A reform of methadone programs cut earlier excesses and abuses, but also li
"Lab Mishap Destroys AIDS Mice": Washington Post (12/08/88), P. A3; Specter, Michael; The rapid pace at which scientists are discovering how the AIDS virus works is likely to be slowed by the accidental death of the first group of genetically altered mice. The mice, whose cells each contained a copy of HIV s genes, died when maintenance workers mistakenly cut off all air to the sealed chambers they li
"Iran Reports at Least Four People Diagnosed with AIDS": Reuters (12/07/88); Nicosia--Four people have been diagnosed with AIDS in Iran , an Iranian health minister said Wednesday. The report was the third about the disease in the country, according the national news agency IRNA. The first admission of AIDS patients there came last Saturday. Health Ministry
"Nobel LAUreate Thinks AIDS Drug Can Cure Some Patients": Reuters (12/07/88); Foyen, Lars; Stockholm-- AZT used early in the course of HIV infection may be able to cure some patients, Nobel Prize winner George Hitchings told a news conference Wednesday. It is still too early to tell, but I have high hopes for the potential of curin
"Change of Tactics Urged in Dealing with AIDS Among Minorities": United Press International (12/07/88); Kazal, Russ; Albany, N.Y.--Efforts to fight the spread of AIDS must move away from middle class values and perceptions of the world, says Alex Carballo, a clinical psychologist at Manhattan s Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center. Noting that both blacks and Hispanics have disproportionately high rates of infection, Carballo sai
"Illinois Public Health Director to Recommend a Repeal of the State Law" Requiring AIDS Tests for Marriage Licenses...: United Press International (12/07/88); Chicago--After releasing figures showing that only 23 of 242,808 people tested positive this year under an Illinois law requiring premarital testing for HIV antibody, Illinois Public Health Director Dr. Bernard Turnoc called for the repeal of the 1986 law. This is a very expensive way to identify people who have bee
"'Quiet End:' Compassionate AIDS Drama": Washington Post (12/07/88), P. B2; Brown, Joe; The Deux Ex Machina company had many obstacles to overcome in producing its first play, A Quiet End, at the Takoma Theater in Washington, D.C., writes the Washington Post s Joe Brown. The troubles included the choice of a play on AIDS, a profoundly unpopular subject, and a lead actor s departure becAUse he was unco
"Judge Reverses $1.6 Million Award in AIDS Case": New York Times (12/07/88), P. B10; A federal judge on Monday reversed a $1.6 million October decision against Miles Inc. for cAUsing AIDS in a man with hemophilia. Judge Orinda Evans said that Randy L. Jones did not present sufficient evidence to prove negligence on the part of the drug manufacturer, which makes Koate, the blood-based clotting product
"Stark AIDS Projections Made for New York": New York Times (12/07/88), P. B10; Lambert, Bruce; The cumulative number of AIDS cases in New York will increase from the current 20,000 to 90,500 by the end of 1994, according to New York State health officials extended AIDS projections. During the same period, the State Health Department predicts that the death toll will rise to 71,000. The current total is 10,00
"Tak Mak to Lead Top AIDS Team": Associated Press (12/06/88); Toronto--Tak Mak, a researcher at the Ontario Cancer Institute, will lead of a team of four North American scientists who are seeking a cure for AIDS. The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases has given Mak and researchers from Harvard University and the University of California $2.5 million to examin
"Leveling Off Seen in Spread of AIDS": United Press International (12/06/88); Radical changes in sexual behavior appear to be responsible for the slowing of the spread of AIDS among gay men in Los Angeles, New York, and San Francisco, according to public health officials. The slowdown has not been apparent elsewhere in the country, however, and cases among intravenous drug users and black and
"Krim Predicts AIDS Will Eventually Be Epidemic Among Middle-Class" Heterosexuals...: United Press International (12/06/88); AUstin, Tex.--AIDS will become epidemic among middle-class heterosexuals, AIDS researcher Mathilde Krim predicted Monday. The spread will be slower than among gays and intravenous drug users, she said. Krim, the director of the American Foundation for AIDS Research, based her prediction on the prevalence of bisexual
"AIDS Victim Began His Sixth Day of a Hunger Strike": United Press International (12/06/88); Eugene, Ore.--Richard Carper, a 36-year-old former drug addict who has AIDS, entered his sixth day of a hunger strike to extract a promise from President-elect George Bush that he will do all he can to address the AIDS epidemic. I don t want to die, but I don t want to live under an administration that denies there
"Mainstream Medicine Joins Growing Debate About Drug Approval": New York Times (12/06/88), P. C3; Altman, Lawrence K.; Jere E. Goyan, past head of the Food and Drug Administration, has startled some in the medical establishment by commenting in a recent Journal of the American Medical Association that the agency should re-examine all of the assumptions on which the scientific requirements of the
"TV Mustn't Reinforce Myths About AIDS": New York Times (12/06/88), P. A34; Aledort, Louis M.; A CBS television show aired on Nov. 1, Toward the Light, raised two issues of great concern to those committed to the treatment of AIDS patients, says Louis M. Aledort of Mount Sinai Medical Center. One is the psychosocial and financial support that both patient and family need. CBS portrayed this well, says Aledo
"Philadelphia: Rise in Syphilis": Washington Post (Health) (12/06/88), P. 5; The safe sex message is not reaching Philadelphia heterosexuals, say officials who are alarmed at a sharp increase in syphilis cases in the city. The outbreak is alarming becAUse syphilis-infected people are more likely to become HIV-infected, says David Fair, director of the city s AIDS Activities Coordinating Off
"Stopping AIDS Before It Starts": Washington Post (Health) (12/06/88), P. 7; Berg, PAUl; Chemoprevention is a new strategy aimed at keeping HIV from getting a foothold in the body. The strategy, which has attracted scientists frustrated by the lack of progress in finding a vaccine, involves giving people virus-fighting drugs immediately after exposure, or even before. The approach is similar to giving c
"AmFAR Announces Grants": New York Native (12/05/88) Vol. 8, No. 52, P. 13; Washington, D.C. s National Urban Coalition and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) Women in Atlanta will receive $75,000 each in American Foundation for AIDS Research grants. In Washington, the money will fund several projects, including the creation of a model school curriculum for AIDS education in
"Joseph Walks Out of Meeting": New York Native (12/05/88) Vol. 8, No. 52, P. 11; Whelan, Jim; Following an angry exchange with the crowd, New York City Health Commissioner Stephen C. Joseph stormed out of the November monthly meeting of the Coalition for Lesbian and Gay Rights (CLGR). Joseph agreed to attend the meeting to make himself more accessible to the gay community. During Joseph s remarks, ACT UP mem
"AIDS/Syphilis Symposium": New York Native (12/05/88) Vol. 8, No. 52, P. 10; Ostrom, Neenyah; New York City s Committee to Resolve the AIDS-Syphilis Link and Health Education AIDS Liason (HEAL) are sponsoring a symposium, What is the AIDS-Syphilis Link? on Saturday in New York City. Barry Gingell of the Gay Men s Health Crisis and lay scientist Salvatore Catapano, who received a patent for a typhoid vaccine
"Catapano's Protocol Gains Foothold on West Coast": New York Native (12/05/88) Vol. 8, No. 52, P. 8; Whelan, Jim; Mike Smith, an advocate of using a typhoid vaccine to treat patients with AIDS, has been crossing the country promoting the protocol, which lay scientist Salvatore Catapano developed. Smith says that what others call AIDS is really syphilis. He cites his own medical history as proof that latent syphilis cAUses all
"New Methods for Saving Blood": Time (12/05/88) Vol. 132, No. 23, P. 57; Langone, John; Although the blood supply is now more carefully screened than ever, fears of AIDS and other diseases that can be transmitted through transfusions have led to a search for ways to circumvent the donor system. AUtologous transfusions (storing your own blood), synthetic hemoglobin, and a drug to increase red blood cell
"New Methods for Saving Blood": Time (12/05/88) Vol. 132, No. 23, P. 57; Langone, John; Blood Supply# Hematology# Medical Equipment# Medical Care/Treatment#
"Health Insurer Unveils AIDS Treatment Plan": Journal of Commerce (12/05/88), P. 9A; Blue Cross + Blue Shield of Rochester, N.Y., started a new program Friday that will encourage early AIDS intervention in the hopes of keeping patients healthy longer and cutting treatment costs. Company officials noted that a San Francisco study showed that insurance providers can save about $5,000 per year per patie
"AIDS Teleconference to Focus on Social, Psychological Aspects": Wall Street Journal (12/05/88), P. B7A; More than 100,000 health specialists in 28 countries will take part in an AIDS teleconference to be held in Brazil later this month. The three-day teleconference, which will focus on the social, psychological and medical impact of the epidemic, will try to get rid of all of the m
"Waking Up to a Nightmare": Newsweek (12/05/88) Vol. 112, No. 23, P. 24; Padgett, Tim; In the Hispanic community, machismo, homophobia, and Roman Catholic sexual taboos mixed with poverty and poor education have helped make the Hispanics one of the last groups in the U.S. to fight against AIDS. Hispanics comprise 15 percent of AIDS cases, though only 8 percent of the population. Hispanic women are 11
"The Helquist Report: A Closer Look at Behavior Change": Advocate (12/05/88), P. 37; Helquist, Michael; Annick Prieur and her colleagues--all lesbians and gay man studying criminology at the University of Oslo in Norway--found in a study of 64 gay men that social integration, acceptance of one s sexual identity, and leading a stable social life with friends and a lover were the most influential factors in the successful
"Midnight Madness: AIDS Activists Take Aim at a TV Show": Advocate (12/05/88), P. 10; Peterson, Robert F.; The San Francisco ACT UP chapter s early November protests at the set of After it Happened, an episode of the television show Midnight Caller, and the efforts of other AIDS groups led to a compromise settlement between the activists and the show s producers. Following negotiations that involved San Francisco s moti
"New Light on a Chemical Network": Insight (12/05/88) Vol. Vol. 4, No. 49, P. 54; Holzman, David; A newly explored class of chemicals in the body called neuropeptides may provide the link between the brain and the immune system and explain the connection between mental attitude and physical health. The neuropeptide system is a vast new communications system in the body that complements the nervous and hormonal sy
"S.F. Nurse Recalls Little Friend": San Francisco Examiner (12/04/88), P. B1; Walsh, Diana; Maria Prophet was two in 1980 when she was ready to be released from the hospital after a bout with viral pneumonia. The child, both of whose parents were in jail, had damaged lungs, persistent pneumonia, and a mysterious disorder of the immune system. She needed extra care that her foster parents could not provide.
"A Weekend of Symbols in AIDS Battle": San Francisco Examiner (12/04/88), P. 1; Raine, George; The AIDS conference sponsored by the American Society of Law + Medicine and Harvard AIDS Institute was a weekend of symbols. The conference passed a resolution that was itself both a symbol of frustration with President Reagan s response to AIDS and of hope that the federal response will change. Larry Gostin, presid
"AIDS Treatment Notes: HIV Transmission Study for Lesbians": Gay Community News (12/04/88) Vol. 16, No. 21, P. 2; McKnight, Jennie; New York University researchers are looking for lesbians to take part in a study of HIV transmission. The study will consist of pre-test counseling with a lesbian counselor, a discussion of risk reduction for lesbians, a description of the HIV antibody test, and a discussion of the participant s feelings about being
"AIDS Treatment Notes: Some Chinese Herbs May Inhibit HIV": Gay Community News (12/04/88) Vol. 16, No. 21, P. 2; Schmidt, Ray; Researchers studying 27 herbs to which Chinese folklore attributes anti-infective properties found that five of them inhibit HIV in laboratory cells by 97-100 percent. The researchers suggested that further evaluation of V. yedoensis and perhaps other herbs as anti-HIV drugs is indicated. BecAUse of the long time i
"Trying to Develop Drugs That Can Knock Out the AIDS Virus": United Press International (12/04/88); San Francisco--A research team of scientists from the University of California at San Francisoc, Stanford University, and the University of Utah is one of 10 groups sharing $6.4 million in National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases grants. The funds come from the National Cooperative Drug Discovery Groups
"Study: AIDS Virus Found in 1.7 percent of TrAUma Patients": United Press International (12/04/88); Baltimore--Of nearly 1500 patients admitted to the Maryland Shock TrAUma Center in Baltimore during 1987-1988, 1.7 percent tested HIV positive, according to a University of Maryland study. The frequency of HIV infection is one-third of that found in a 1987 study of 2300 emergency room patients at Johns Hopkins Hospit
"AIDS Victim Writes for His Children": New York Times (12/04/88), P. 70; Riddle, Lyn; Bill Vincent, a 36-year-old man who has hemophilia and AIDS, decided to chronicle his struggles in a book so he can remain a part of his young children s lives. Vincent intends the book to be a simple guide for Chad , 11 years old, and Dawn, 7. It will give advice on the important t
"AIDS Verdict May Affect Other Blood Banks": New York Times (12/04/88), P. A6; Zonana, Victor F.; The lawyer for a family whose son contracted AIDS from transfusions during open-heart surgery in 1983 says a decision in favor of his clients likely will encourage blood banks around the country to settle some of the 200 lawsuits that are pending against them. On Thursday, a jury voted 9-3 that the Irwin Memorial Blo
"AIDS Figures World Wide": Lancet (12/03/88) Vol. 2, No. 8623, P. 1320; The World Health Organization s (WHO) Global Programme on AIDS (GPA) now believes there are more than 300,000 cases of AIDS throughout the world. The official count, as of Nov. 1, was 124,114 in 142 countries. GPA is beginning a new monthly bulletin, in collaboratoration with the BureAU of Hygiene and Tropical Disea
"Effects of Zidovudine in 365 Consecutive Patients with AIDS or" AIDS-Related Complex: Lancet (12/03/88) Vol. 2, No. 8623, P. 1297; Dournon, E.; For AIDS and ARC patients, zidovudine ( AZT ) seems to be effective for only a few months, according to researchers involved in the ClAUde Bernard Hospital AZT Study Group in Paris, France . To determine the
"Differences in Relative Efficiency of Nebulisers for Pentamidine" Administration: Lancet (12/03/88) Vol. 2, No. 8623, P. 1283; O'Doherty, M.J.; In a study of nine patients with pneumocystis carinii pneumonia ( PCP ), researchers from St. Thomas Hospital in London tested different nebulizer systems used to deliver nebulized pentamidine. The drug is currently advocated as the sole treat
"The 'Rational Suicide' Dilemma": Science News (12/03/88) Vol. 134, No. 23, P. 366; An article in the November General Hospital Psychiatry discusses cases of rational suicide, including one in which physicians do not attempt to resuscitate a man with AIDS whom, after being admitted to a hospital in rapidly deteriorating physical condition, they find comatose in bed with an empty vial of an unpres
"Social Engineers Confront AIDS": Science (12/02/88) Vol. 242, No. 4883, P. 1237; Booth, William; The attempt to change human behavior may be the most important experiment conducted in AIDS research. The federal government will spend $480 million this year on AIDS education and HIV-infection prevention strategies. The practices these social engineers are trying to change involve the most powerful but poorly un
"Seropositivity for HIV at Alternate Sites": Journal of the American Medical Association (12/02/88) Vol. 260, No. 21, P. 3128; GrabAU, John C.; In 1985 the first anonymous HIV counseling and testing site in New York state opened, reports John C. GrabAU and Dale L. Morse of the New York State Department of Health. The site, part of a Centers for Disease control alternate test site program to help protect the nation s blood supply, tested 17,724 people betwe
"AIDS Victim Begins Fast for Federal Help": United Press International (12/02/88); Eugene, Ore.--Richard Carper, a 36-year-old person with AIDS, announced at a World AIDS Day rally last Thursday that he will stage a water-only fast until President-elect George Bush promises to accelerate federal efforts against the disease. Carper, who wrote in a letter to Bush that I am not a kook, said, I want
"Study of IV Drug Users and AIDS Finds Differing Infection Rate, Risk" Behaviors: Journal of the American Medical Association (12/02/88) Vol. 260, No. 21, P. 3105; Raymond, Chris Anne; Researchers investigating HIV transmission in intravenous (IV) drug users may be missing sizable pockets of infection, according to the initial results of the AIDS Outreach Intervention Project at the University of Illinois. Researcher Wayne Weibel and his coworkers make up one of four groups using the same protocol
"Study of IV Drug Users and AIDS Finds Differing Infection Rate, Risk" Behaviors: Journal of the American Medical Association (12/02/88) Vol. 260, No. 21, P. 3105; Raymond, Chris Anne; Researchers investigating HIV transmission in intravenous (IV) drug users may be missing sizable pockets of infection, according to the initial results of the AIDS Outreach Intervention Project at the University of Illinois. Researcher Wayne Weibel and his coworkers make up one of four groups using the same protocol
"D.C. Council Passes Bill to Help Incapicated Patients": Washington Blade (12/02/88) Vol. 19, No. 49, P. 15; Howard, Wendy; A new bill in Washington, D.C., may make it easier for gay partners to care for people with AIDS. On Nov. 14, the D.C. Council passed the Health Care Decisions Act, which allows unmarried District residents to appoint someone to make medical decisions for them if, as the result of illness or injury, they are declare
"No Buying Speeches at International Conference": Washington Blade (12/02/88) Vol. 19, No. 49, P. 14; Howard, Wendy; Following the protests of the Canadian scientific community, the Canadian government has decided not to allow drug company sponsors to select the speakers at next June s Fifth International Conference on AIDS in Montreal. According to a story in the Nov. 17, Chicago Sun-Times, promotional materials for the event said
"Council Turns Its Back Twice": Washington Blade (12/02/88) Vol. 19, No. 49, P. 1; Chibbaro, Lou Jr.; Washington, D.C., AIDS activists are upset with the D.C. Council for ignoring their pleas to add nondiscrimination amendments to two bills, one repealing the city s ban on HIV testing by insurance companies, and another AUthorizing low-interest revenue bonds for Georgetown University. Councilman John Ray (D-At Large
"New York City AIDS Housing Plan is a Mirage": New York Times (12/02/88), P. A30; Hayes, Robert M.; The New York Times praised New York City Mayor Edward Koch for a mirage, not a reality, in a Nov. 21 editorial commending him for his proposal to house people with AIDS, say Robert M. Hays and Virginia Shubert of the Coalition for the Homeless in a letter. The road from announcement to housing is a long one indeed, s
"AIDS is Beginning to Raise Basic Cost of Life Insurance": Wall Street Journal (12/02/88), P. C1; Slater, Karen; Citing AIDS as the reason, three major insurers--Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co., Prudential Insurance Co. of America, and Executive Life Insurance Co.--have raised mortality charges. The charges are fees insurers collect to pay for death benefits. Declining mortality rates had led to cuts in mortality charge
"Bush is Urged to be a Leader in the Fight on AIDS": New York Times (12/02/88), P. B6; Johnson, Julie; A coalition calling itself the National Organizations Responding to AIDS met briefly with President-elect George Bush Wednesday and held a news conference Thursday to urge him to take an aggressive role in fighting the disease. They especially urged the Vice President to support increased spending for research and to
"Side Effects Reported for AIDS Drug": Washington Post (12/02/88), P. A4; Specter, Michael; Aerosolized pentamidine, a drug that has been hailed as the most promising therapy for pneumocystis carinii pneumonia , may have dangerous, previously unsuspected side effects, several AIDS researchers fear. Researchers Donald Armstrong and Ed Bernard of New York s Memorial Sloan
"AIDS Education Grants Available": Bay Area Reporter (12/01/88) Vol. 18, No. 48, P. 13; About 15 community-based AIDS risk-reduction education programs targeting racial and ethnic minorities will be funded by U.S. Conference of Mayors grants. The group recently filed a Request for Proposals for the grants, which will last up to a year and will range from $20,000 to $42,000. Organizations with establis
"Rockefeller Fund Contributes $25,000": Bay Area Reporter (12/01/88) Vol. 18, No. 48, P. 13; The Rockefeller Family Fund announced last week that it has granted $25,000 to the Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund to help support the group s AIDS Project. The AIDS Project accounts for nearly half of Lambda s budget, which this year reached $1 million. Several foundations have greatly increased the AIDS Pr
"Typhoid Vaccine Draws Criticism From Doctors": Bay Area Reporter (12/01/88) Vol. 18, No. 48, P. 12; Wockner, Rex; Two Chicago doctors say that despite published news reports, they are not offering a typhoid vaccine as an AIDS treatment. Howard Slotten, a co-director of the Howard Brown Memorial Clinic, said he would never offer the drug for AIDS treatment. A second doctor, who would not allow his name to be used, said he was lo
"No FDA Approval for Vaccine": Bay Area Reporter (12/01/88) Vol. 18, No. 48, P. 7; McDonald, Janet; An article by Jay Newquist in the Nov. 10 Bay Area Reporter contains some errors, writes Janet McDonald, Consumer Affairs Officer for San Francisco s Department of Health and Human Services. The Food and Drug Administration ( FDA ) has not approved typhoid vaccine for the treatment of
"Congress Raps Feds on Slow Drug Trials": Bay Area Reporter (12/01/88) Vol. 18, No. 48, P. 5; Newquist, Jay; A recent congressional report, AIDS Drugs: Where Are They?, says there is unnecessarily limited access to potentially therapeutic, experimental drugs for people with AIDS. In the report, the Committee on Governmental Operations endorsed a five-year action plan by the Public Health Foundation to develop drugs and ex
"Current Trends: HIV-Related Beliefs, Knowledge, and Behaviors Among High" School Students: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (12/01/88); Since 1987, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has assisted state and local departments of education in areas of high HIV-1 infection to assess the beliefs, knowledge, and and behaviors of high school students. Sample questionnaire answers taken from New York City, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and other cities and
"'AIDS-Free' on Patient Charts?": Associated Press (12/01/88); Boston--To allay most of the concerns of surgeons and other health care workers who may be exposed to patients blood, hospital charts should list those who are AIDS-free rather than those who are infected, Surgeon General C. Everett Koop suggested Thursday to an AIDS conference sponsored by the American Society of La
"World Marks First AIDS Day": Associated Press (12/01/88); In 140 nations, officials held special AIDS prevention activities yesterday to commemmorate the first World AIDS Day. The World Health Organization , which sponsored the event, held opening ceremonies in Geneva. China held a nationally televised lec
"A. Brad Truax: Physician, 42": New York Times (12/01/88), P. B21; Dr. A. Brad Truax died Tuesday in San Diego of complications associated with AIDS. The 42-year-old physician was active in advocating laws protecting people with the disease from discrimination. Truax became a member of the Mayor s Task Force on AIDS in San Diego County in 1983. He was a former Navy flight surgeon
"FDA Approves Elan Plan to Start AIDS Drug Tests": Investor's Daily (12/01/88), P. 16; The Food and Drug Administration ( FDA ) gave its approval to Elan Corp. PLC s plan to begin clinical tests among people with AIDS of EL10, a drug that has proved effective against HIV in laboratory tests, the company said. Tests will begin soon in San Francisco, Elan officials said.
"Full-Size Designers, Miniature Mansion": New York Times (12/01/88), P. C7; Seven New York interior designers have decorated a doll house donated by a child to help fight AIDS. The dollhouse will be for sale at the 33d annual art and antiques AUction of the Irvington Institute for Medical Research Wednesday at Sotheby s. The institute s pediatric AIDS project at the Albert Einstein College o
"Teen-Agers Ignore Dangers of AIDS, Report Contends": Wall Street Journal (12/01/88), P. B3; Davidson, Joe; The Children s Defense Fund has released Teens and AIDS: Opportunities for Prevention, a report that says young Americans know the facts about AIDS, but are not changing their sexual behavior to avoid the disease. Report AUthor Kay Johnson said, In fact, they overwhelmingly reject the idea of abstinence, are skept
"Insurers Like DC Vote to Amend AIDS Law": Journal of Commerce (12/01/88), P. 9A; The American Council of Life Insurance applAUded a new AIDS insurance testing law in Washington, D.C., saying the revamped law alleviates many of the problems of insurance availability that occurred after the law went into effect in 1986. Life insurers responded to the law, which barred HIV antibody testing in the D
"Insurers Await Final Vote on District AIDS Law": Washington Post (12/01/88), P. C4; Knight, Athelia; Major life insurance companies will wait for the D.C. Council to take final action on a new AIDS insurance law before deciding whether to resume writing policies in Washington, D.C., insurance representatives said yesterday. The council is scheduled to take final action Dec. 13 on the bill to repeal the city s contro
"Bowen Hits Proposal to Curb State Medicaid, AIDS Funds": Washington Post (12/01/88), P. A11; Rich, Spencer; Health and Human Services Secretary Otis R. Bowen yesterday strongly challenged Office of Management and Budget proposals to slow the growth of funds to fight AIDS and to cut projected fiscal year 1990 Medicaid payments to states by more than $1.1 billion. Bowen protested a proposed increase in Public Health Service
"Use of Hospitals by Patients with AIDS in San Francisco": Letter; Chen, Robert T.; Short-term inpatient hospital care makes up a large part of the high cost of AIDS, according to Robert T. Chen and his colleAUges at San Francisco s Department of Public Health and Mental Hygiene and San Mateo s West Bay Hospital Conference, who suggest that AIDS-related costs are lower becAUse AIDS patients there spe
"APHA Endorses Some State Health Insurance Efforts": Nation's Health (12/88) Vol. 18, No. 12, P. 9; Several of the 27 new policy statements issued by the American Public Health Association s (APHA) Governing Council at its recent meeting addressed AIDS and HIV infection. One resolution called for adequate funding for drug prevention efforts and encouraged state and local governments to consider the implementation o
"Teenage Girls Know About AIDS, But Don't Act Accordingly": Nation's Health (12/88) Vol. 18, No. 12, P. 8; Fishein, Janet; Teenage girls know about the risk of HIV but do little to protect themselves, according to a study by Carol Weissman and her colleagues at the Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health. A survey of 250 girls aged 12 to 18, 81 percent of whom were black inner-city residents, found that 90 percent knew unprotect
"AIDS Claims Hit P/C Insurers": Claims (12/88) Vol. 36, No. 12, P. 8; AIDS is now producing workers compensation and liability claims for property and casulaty insurers. The Social Issues for Our Industry - AIDS, Drugs, Alcohol panel session presented at the recently held annual meeting and seminars of The Society of CPCU (Chartered Property and Casualty Underwriters) explorerd the r
"Washington Newsletter: Bans on Insurers Using Test for HIV are Losing Out": Nation's Health (12/88) Vol. 18, No. 12, P. 5; Sorian, Richard; California is now the only state limiting HIV testing by insurance companies. New York, Massachusetts, and Washington, D.C., have all had testing laws overturned recently. State supreme courts overturned HIV testing laws in New York and Massachusetts, and Congress ordered D.C. legislators to repeal their law. The M
"Washington Newsletter: Senate Panel Will Be Changed by Elections": Nation's Health (12/88) Vol. 18, No. 12, P. 5; Sorian, Richard; The Senate Labor and Human Resources Committee will undergo some changes in the next Congress that may slow progress on AIDS and other public health legislation. Among Republicans, Dan Quayle (Ind.) will assume the vice-presidency, moderate Robert Stafford (Vt.) will retire, and the maverick liberal Lowell Weicker
"Washington Newsletter: Congress Gears Up for '89: Health Insurance on" Agenda: Nation's Health (12/88) Vol. 18, No. 12, P. 4; Sorian, Richard; AIDS will join universal health insuran