1992

"Federal AIDS Cuts 'Stupid': Health Chief": United Press International (12/30/92); Indianapolis--The federal move to cut funds used for AIDS prevention is short-sighted and stupid, according to Indiana State Health Commissioner John C. Bailey. He said the federal reduction of $14.7 million in programs for education and prevention of AIDS could result in thousands of Indiana residents becoming nee
"New AIDS Definition Will Increase Indiana Cases by 200": United Press International (12/30/92); Indianapolis--The new federal AIDS surveillance definition will have only a slight impact on the state of Indiana, the State Department of Health said Wednesday. Officials said they predict about 200 additional HIV-positive people to be included in the AIDS registry, which most recently contained 1,734 names. The HI
"Advantage Life Products Inc. and Nestle Corp.": Business Wire (12/30/92); Laguna Hills, Ca.--Advantage Life Products Inc. of Laguna Hills, Ca., said Wednesday that it will provide its BE SAFE program free of charge to separate high-school assemblies in Portland, Ore., and Atlanta, Ga., as part of its continuing partnership with Nestle Corp. The two companies are working together to bring n
"AIDS Prevention": Associated Press (12/30/92); Dixon, Jennifer; Washington--Despite the spread of the AIDS epidemic, local and state health departments nationwide may have to cut back their AIDS prevention and education programs. Last month, state officials were told to expect cuts in the amount of federal funds available to finance state and local health department programs for
"AIDS Groups Refine Strategies as Many Court Same Donors": Wall Street Journal (12/30/92), P. 1; Sebastian, Pamela; More and more AIDS groups are searching for a better fund-raising foothold as the epidemic moves into its second decade. Heart Strings, a Broadway-style touring musical produced by New York s Design Industries Foundation for AIDS (DIFFA), has been popular in the past but may be rewritten. When Heart Strings play
"U.S. Patents Are Granted for 3 Laboratory Mice": Washington Post (12/30/92), P. A4; The federal government granted three patents yesterday to strains of genetically altered mice. Researchers consider the patents critical for biotechnology. They are the first since 1988 to recognize ownership of a genetically altered animal species. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) notified its Official G
"Teacher With AIDS Virus Invited to Clinton Inaugural": United Press International (12/29/92); Worcester, Mass.--An HIV-positive teacher will speak about compassion for AIDS patients at President-elect Bill Clinton s inauguration on Jan. 18. Michael Quercio, a teacher at the Worcester Academy in Massachusetts, was selected to join 53 Americans in offering their personal experiences at an inaugural event entitl
"AIDS: Of Mice and Men": Advocate (12/29/92) No. 619, P. 70; Solomon, Nancy; The four-year-old ban on fetal-tissue research is expected to be lifted by President-elect Bill Clinton s new secretary of health and human services. For many years researchers have been implanting thymus tissue from human fetuses into mice that, due to a genetic defect, are born without an immune system. Such mice
"Aztec Club Allowed to Sell Tickets to Event Billed as AIDS Benefit": Philadelphia Inquirer (12/29/92), P. B3; Rosenberg, Amy S.; The Pennsylvania Attorney General s office announced yesterday that the Aztec Club in Philadelphia may resume selling $150 tickets to a New Year s Eve party that is being promoted as a benefit for AIDS research. The club had been prohibited from selling tickets as of last Tuesday after questions were raised by local
"School Condom Program Proposed": Washington Post (12/29/92), P. B3; Bates, Steve; The Alexandria, Va., PTA Council has requested that the school system distribute condoms to high school students who want them, as an effort to prevent HIV infection and teenage pregnancy. If the PTA Council s proposal is endorsed, Alexandria would become the first suburban Washington, D.C., public school system to p
"New Definition to Raise AIDS Numbers": Washington Post (12/29/92), P. A8; The Centers for Disease Control s new definition of AIDS will take effect on Friday, January 1, and will cause thousands more HIV-positive Americans to be considered to have the disease. Activists and physicians are expecting a higher demand for treatment and social services as more of those infected are included in
"States Face Drop in Federal Backing of AIDS Prevention": New York Times (12/29/92), P. A1; Pear, Robert; The federal government announced that it is cutting state funds designated for AIDS prevention programs. Consequently, many states are curtailing services even as there is a rising demand. State officials have complained to the Bush administration about the cuts, but federal health officials said there was little th
"Cheaper Drugs More Effective in AIDS Cases": Journal of Commerce (12/29/92), P. 7A; The Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia ( PCP ) experienced in AIDS patients can be more effectively treated with daily tablets of two cheaper drugs than with the more expensive treatment of inhaling the drug pentamidine. However, the less expensive treatment also has drawbacks, accordi
"News in Brief: New York": Advocate (12/29/92) No. 619, P. 25; The federal government s recently proposed revision of the AIDS surveillance definition is likely to boost the number of New York City residents who have the disease by 5,000 and nearly double the number of new cases that are currently reported per year, according to municipal AIDS program coordinator Ronald Johnson.
"Japan's First Condom Shop Flourishes Amid Concern About AIDS": United Press International (12/28/92); Kenny, Peter; Tokyo--A condom shop that attempted to open in Tokyo last year received strong opposition from landlords. However, after AIDS awareness in the region grew, the shop was finally allowed to open in the trendy Harajuku neighborhood. After only one month of operation in a country where public mention of condoms still em
"Michigan Redefines AIDS by Adding Indicative Diseases": Chicago Tribune (12/28/92), P. 1-3; The number of AIDS cases in Michigan is estimated to rise 50 percent after the new Centers for Disease Control definition of AIDS takes effect Jan. 1. The new definition will increase the number of diseases that indicate an HIV-positive person has AIDS. It will also consider anyone who tests positive for HIV and has
"Scientists Test 'Cell Therapy' in Fight Against AIDS Tumors": Baltimore Sun (12/28/92), P. 3A; A study investigating a procedure known as cell therapy will be conducted this month in San Francisco to test the procedure s efficacy in fighting Kaposi s sarcoma. The study will be the third and most extensive trial of cell therapy. The procedure involves removing white blood cells, known as CD8 cells, from the
"On a Scale of Sorrows": Washington Post (Business) (12/28/92), P. 1; McKee, Bradford; Many people in the Washington, D.C., area have experienced some sort of setback after their AIDS-infected status was discovered by their employers, according to local legal and health care experts who track the disease. Dinah Wiley, legal services director for the District s Whitman-Walker AIDS Clinic, said that inst
"Gay Episcopal Priest Dead of AIDS-Related Disease": United Press International (12/27/92); Boston--The first openly homosexual priest in the Episcopal Church has died of AIDS. After a fight against the disease for several years, the Rev. J. Robert Williams succumbed to a pulmonary infection Christmas Eve at Beth Israel Hospital in Boston. He was 37 years old. In 1989, Williams was ordained in New Jersey
"Ill Artists' Effort to Insure That Art Survives AIDS": Washington Post (12/27/92), P. 1; Collins, Glenn; A New York City program helps artists deal with the painful question of the future of their works after they die. Kevin Oldham, an HIV-positive composer, said, It seems to me that whether you stay alive or not seems to be the trivial part. It s your work itself that must have a life of its own. If I can make sure
"Volunteers Fill Void for AIDS Patients": Los Angeles Times (12/27/92), P. B3; Dennison, Mike; A program designed to provide companion-advocates for AIDS patients was started in Grand Junction, Colo. Many AIDS patients are shunned by society because they are homosexual or because of fears of transmission of the virus, and are often abandoned by their families and left with little or no money. Companion-advo
"A Controlled Trial of Aerosolized Pentamidine or" Trimethoprim-Sulfamethoxazole as Primary Prophylaxis Against Pneumocystis Carinii Pneumonia in Patients with Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection: New England Journal of Medicine (12/24/92) Vol. 327, No. 26, P. 1836; Schneider, Margriet M.E. et al.; For primary prophylaxis against pneumocystis carinii pneumonia ( PCP ), trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole is the drug of choice, despite the higher incidence of adverse events among patients administered the drug, write Margriet M.E. Schneider et al
"Dance Club Barred From Promoting Event as AIDS Benefit": Philadelphia Inquirer (12/24/92), P. B3; Cass, Julia; A Philadelphia night club has illegally been promoting a New Year s Eve event as a benefit for AIDS research, and has been asked to stop doing so by the state Attorney General. Bob Gentzel, a spokesman for Attorney General Ernie Preate, said a nonprofit foundation used by the Aztec Club to sponsor the event was not r
"FDA Approves Drug Against an Infection Often Linked to AIDS": Wall Street Journal (12/24/92), P. 11; A drug to prevent mycobacterium avium complex disease ( MAC ) in AIDS patients was approved by the Food and Drug Administration. The drug, rifabutin, is the first drug approved to prevent the life-threatening disease. Chronic debilitating symp
"Unimed Wins FDA Approval on AIDS Drug": Chicago Tribune (12/23/92), P. 3-3; Morris, Steven; The Food and Drug Administration granted approval Tuesday to the marketing of Marinol, a drug that fights the weight loss experienced by AIDS patients. The FDA granted Unimed Inc. of Buffalo Grove, Ill., approval under the orphan drug provision, which allows the company to have exclu
"AIDS Laboratory Reopens Despite Opposition": Reuters (12/23/92); Tokyo--An AIDS and tuberculosis research facility in central Tokyo reopened on Wednesday, even though local residents objected to it, a laboratory official said. Toshihiko Komatsu, director in charge of biological safety at the National Institute of Health laboratory, said, We we
"Electronic System Protects Surgeons From HIV, Hepatitis": United Press International (12/23/92); Estrada, Ray; Los Angeles--A new apparatus designed to protect operating room personnel from infections like HIV and hepatitis was used for the first time Tuesday at the University of Southern California Hospital. The device is battery operated and is connected to a surgical patient with an electrode while the surgeon, nurses, and
"Increasing Numbers of Young in U.S. Lose Their Mothers to AIDS": Philadelphia Inquirer (12/23/92), P. A2; Collins, Huntly; Approximately 18,500 American children have been left orphaned by the AIDS epidemic--and the figure is likely to exceed 80,000 by the year 2000 as more women contract HIV, according to a report published in the Journal of the American Medical Association . Authors David Michaels
"Unimed Says FDA Cleared Use of Appetite Stimulant": Wall Street Journal (12/23/92), P. B6; The Food and Drug Administration approved the use of a synthetic form of one of the active ingredients in marijuana in treating the appetite loss frequently experienced in AIDS patients, according to Unimed, the manufacturer of the product. The product, Marinol, is known generically as dronabinol and is already used
"At Simon's Rock, Few Fault College in Shootings": Boston Globe (12/22/92), P. 31; Roche, B.J.; Some outside observers have suggested that Simon s Rock College of Bard in Great Barrington, Mass., could have acted to prevent a Dec. 14 shooting rampage by student Wayne Lo that left two people dead and four injured. However, many Simon s Rock students and their parents contend that the school could have done nothi
"Beyond the Red Ribbons": Baltimore Sun (12/22/92), P. 1D; Seigel, Jessica; Although AIDS has been a touchy subject to address in Hollywood in the past, AIDS-related issues have recently received more support throughout the industry. One group, Hollywood Supports, was created in response to the dying words of actor Brad Davis, who kept his AIDS condition a secret for fear he would not get wo
"With AIDS Care": New York Times (12/22/92), P. A20; Homenick, Maureen A.; Waiting for legislative approval for efforts to thwart the spread of tuberculosis among all infected individuals will only delay and divert initiatives to serve those people who directly seek help from clinics, writes Maureen Homenick, executive director of the Momentum Project in
"Sex, Pregnancy, and Condoms (for Women": Washington Post (Health) (12/22/92), P. 14; Rovner, Sandy; The first device that will allow women to protect themselves against sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), including AIDS, is still awaiting marketing approval from the Food and Drug Administration. The female condom, when used correctly, is basically unseen and unfelt for both partners, according to survey results o
"Synthetic Blood Clotter for Hemophilia Licensed": Washington Post (Health) (12/22/92), P. 5; Herman, Robin; A genetically-engineered substitute for the human blood-clotting protein called factor 8 has been licensed by the Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of people with hemophilia. Last week, Baxter Healthcare Corp. began shipping Recombinate to distributors for control of excessive bleeding by people with hem
"Officials Cite Increase in AIDS Patients Who Delay Treatment": Washington Post (12/22/92), P. D3; Greene, Marcia Slacum; There has been a sharp increase in new AIDS patients who already have symptoms when they receive treatment for the first time, according to officials from the Whitman-Walker Clinic in Washington, D.C. Some are even so ill that they must be sent directly to hospital emergency rooms. Health officials say that AIDS pat
"ADA May Widen HIV Coverage": National Law Journal (12/21/92) Vol. 15, No. 16, P. 26; Rumeld, Myron D. and Brook, Richard; Health plan sponsors and fiduciaries have resorted to provisions limiting coverage for certain types of illnesses or treatments in an effort to control rising costs. Caps or restrictions on coverage for the treatment of AIDS or HIV have become particularly common despite the dramatic increase in claims for HIV-relate
"French Senate Asks Ex-Premier's Trial in HIV Affair": Boston Globe (12/21/92); The French Senate decided yesterday to abide by the recommendation of the National Assembly and put former prime minister, Laurent Fabius, on trial for the scandal involving HIV-infected blood products. The upper house vote cleared the way for Fabius, now leader of the governing Socialist Party, and two former minist
"Three-Headed Dog From Hell": Washington Post (12/21/92), P. A21; Califano, Joseph A.; The new president and Congress can take significant steps in preventing, treating, and researching AIDS, tuberculosis , and substance abuse, according to Joseph A. Califano Jr., president of the Center on Addiction and Substance abuse at Columbia University and former secretary of H
"Obituaries: Clara Hale, 87, Ran Home for Drug and AIDS Babies": Washington Times (12/21/92), P. B2; Clara Hale, 87, who operated a home for the treatment of drug-addicted and AIDS babies, died Dec. 18 of complications from a stroke. Known as Mother Hale, she was commended by public figures including John Lennon and Former President Ronald Reagan. As recently as two months ago, Hale had continued to treat some of
"Drug May Help Slow Progression of AIDS, Early Studies Suggest": Wall Street Journal (12/21/92), P. B7; The onset of AIDS may be slowed by the drug thymopentin when used in combination with AZT , according to Immunobiology Research Institute, a Johnson + Johnson unit. The data on thymopentin, also known as TP5, is currently being discussed by th
"TB's Return": Time (12/21/92) Vol. 140, No. 25, P. 25; Due to the combination of the AIDS epidemic and breakdowns in public health services, the rate of tuberculosis has escalated 25 percent since 1984, when 22,000 cases were reported in the United States . Physicians from the American Lung Association
"AIDS: Sperm Washing": Newsweek (12/21/92) Vol. 120, No. 25, P. 8; An Italian physician has developed a new technique that may provide couples in which the male is HIV-positive with a chance to have a child with no risk of HIV transmission to the baby. Dr. Augusto Semprini of the University of Milan washes sperm by spinning cells in a centrifuge: heavier, HIV-infected sperm settle
"India: Disquiet About AIDS Control": Lancet (12/19-26/92) Vol. 340, No. 8834/8835, P. 1533; Mangla, Bhupesh; The Indian Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has provided about $100 million for the National AIDS Control (NACO) project in the Eighth Five-Year (1992-97) plan for health. The amount comprises more than 15 percent of the nation s health budget, putting AIDS second only to malaria, for which a little more than 19
"Comparison of Saliva and Serum for HIV Surveillance in Developing" Countries: Lancet (12/19-26/92) Vol. 340, No. 8834/8835, P. 1496; Frerichs, Ralph R. et al.; Saliva is a safe and effective alternative to serum for HIV antibody testing with enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISAs in developing countries, write Ralph R. Frerichs et al. of the University of California--Los Angeles AIDS Prevention and Control Program. The researchers conducted a field study in
"Two Strides Toward a Workable AIDS Vaccine": Science News (12/19-26/92) Vol. 142, Nos. 25 + 26, P. 422; Ezzell, C.; Two recent studies have made significant progress toward the development of an effective AIDS vaccine. The first study used a vaccine made of crippled but live virus to completely protect a group of monkeys from simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV). The second involved a research team which determined that HIV picks
"AIDS Victim Ricky Ray Remembered as "Beautiful Soul"": United Press International (12/19/92); Sarasota, Fla.--Ricky Ray, the 15-year-old hemophiliac who died of AIDS, was remembered by family and friends as a beautiful soul that has touched our lives. A letter from President-elect Bill Clinton was delivered to Ray s parents by Sen. Bob Graham (D-Fla.). Clinton had telephoned Ricky while he was in the hospit
"Cellular Proteins Bound to Immunodeficiency Viruses: Implications for" Pathogenesis and Vaccines: Science (12/18/92) Vol. 258, No. 5090, P. 1935; Arthur, Larry O. et al.; Cellular proteins linked with immunodeficiency viruses play a primary role in infection and pathogenesis, write Larry O. Arthur et al. of the National Cancer Institute--Frederick Cancer Research and Development Center in Frederick, Md. Cellular proteins associated with immunodeficiency viruses were identified by dete
"AIDS Vaccines: Is Older Better?": Science (12/18/92) Vol. 258, No. 5090, P. 1880; Cohen, Jon; Although researchers have previously considered an AIDS vaccine made from attenuated virus as being far too dangerous, many are rethinking the conventional vaccine approach. Several AIDS researchers know the power of attenuated virus vaccines, but they fear that even a weakened version of the evasive HIV could lead t
"Protective Effects of a Live Attenuated SIV Vaccine With a Deletion in" the Nef Gene: Science (12/18/92) Vol. 258, No. 5090, P. 1939; Daniel, Muthiah et al.; Live attenuated HIV-1 may also be the most potent, effective vaccine for the prevention of AIDS, write Muthiah D. Daniel et al. of the New England Regional Primate Research Center, Harvard Medical School, in Southborough, Mass. Vaccine protection against HIV and simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) in animal models is
"Acyclovir Annual Price Cap for Some Patients, $2,500; Registration" Required: AIDS Treatment News (12/18/92) No. 165, P. 3; James, John S.; Burroughs Wellcome Co. announced Dec. 7 that it will cap the price of acyclovir ( Zovirax ) for AIDS patients who pay for the drug themselves. Those people who use more
"Review Demanded on Canadian Blood": Science (12/18/92) Vol. 258, No. 5090, P. 1878; Holden, Constance; A public inquiry has been requested into why some 1,000 Canadians (730 of them hemophiliacs) contracted HIV from tainted blood and blood products in the past decade. Canada s blood supply is currently deemed one of the safest in the world, but critics like the Canadian
"Selected Behaviors That Increase Risk for HIV Infection, Other Sexually" Transmitted Diseases, and Unintended Pregnancy Among High School Students--United States, 1991: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (12/18/92) Vol. 41, No. 50, P. 945; A significant percentage of American students engage in behaviors that simultaneously put them at risk for HIV infection, sexually transmitted diseases, and unintended pregnancy, write the Centers for Disease Control. Data were collected from two school-based components of the CDC s Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance S
"Mother Teresa: Don't Treat AIDS Patients as Lepers": United Press International (12/18/92); New Delhi, India--Mother Teresa, of Calcutta, called for worldwide compassion for AIDS patients on Friday, claiming it was unjust to treat them like lepers. Mother Teresa, winner of the 1979 Nobel Peace Prize told the Rotary Club in New Delhi, that AIDS patients need love and compassion and it was unfair to condemn t
"Firing Over AIDS Rumor Spurs Suit": Baltimore Sun (12/18/92), P. 2B; Farabaugh, Mike; The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a suit in a U.S. District Court accusing HLJ Management Group Inc. of wrongfully and abusively firing Edward L. Saddler because of rumors that Saddler had the AIDS virus. The suit claims that the food services company broke the law when it asked the employee questions a
"'Life' Confronts AIDS": USA Today (12/18/92), P. 3D; Roush, Matt; The ABC television program Life Goes On, which features an HIV-positive character who is expected to develop AIDS, may be discontinued. Jesse McKenna ( Chad Lowe) will develop AIDS in a four-episode story once scheduled for February. Michael Nankin said the AIDS arc is the story
"Many High School Students Sexually Active, Surveys Show": United Press International (12/18/92); Taylor, Charles S.; Atlanta--A striking percentage of American high school students are sexually active and many are not routinely using condoms, emphasizing the need for more safe sex education, said federal health officials. The Centers for Disease Control said two national surveys were conducted that revealed that 54 percent of high
"Simian Tests Raise AIDS-Vaccine Hope": New York Times (12/18/92), P. A30; Altman, Lawrence K.; An experimental vaccine has completely protected six rhesus monkeys against the simian form of HIV infection for more than three years, making it the strongest and longest lasting of any AIDS-related vaccine, according to a report published in today s issue of Science. The research was led by Dr. Ronald C. Desrosiers
"Malabsorption of Antituberculosis Medications by a Patient With AIDS": New England Journal of Medicine (12/17/92) Vol. 327, No. 25, P. 1819; Berning, Shaun E. et al.; Although it could appear that an HIV-positive patient has a drug-resistant strain of tuberculosis , it actually means that the patient has not been absorbing medications properly, write Shaun E. Berning et al. of the National Jewish Center for Immunology and Respiratory Medicine, in
"Fatal Hospital-Acquired Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis Pericarditis in" Two Patients With AIDS: New England Journal of Medicine (12/17/92) Vol. 327, No. 25, P. 1816; Horn, David L. et al.; Clinicians should be aware of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infections involving both pulmonary and extrapulmonary sites, write David L. Horn et al. of the Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center in Bronx, N.Y. Two patients at the medical center developed tuberculosis pericarditis.
"Kinetic Studies of the Mechanism of Thrombocytopenia in Patients With" Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection: New England Journal of Medicine (12/17/92) Vol. 327, No. 25, P. 1779; Ballem, Penny J. et al.; Infection of megakaryocytes may be an important factor in HIV-related thrombocytopenia, causing decreased platelet production, write Penny J. Ballem et al. of St. Paul s Hospital and the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada . The researchers examine
"Shortage Reported of Drug for AIDS Patients": United Press International (12/17/92); Atlanta--The Centers for Disease Control revealed Thursday that there is a shortage of a drug used to treat toxoplasmosis in AIDS patients. Between Dec. 6 and Dec. 12, the CDC received telephone calls from pharmacies across the nation requesting sulfadiazine-trisulfapyrimidine, or triple sulfa. The drug is commonly
"Herman, the Biotech Bull, May Sire a New Drug Era": Reuters (12/17/92); Amsterdam--The Dutch parliament approved a measure Thursday, permitting the world s first genetically engineered bull to reproduce. According to researchers, the decision has important implications for the search for new drugs to fight diseases like AIDS. The 18-month-old bull, Herman, was conceived in a test tube a
"Dr. Elders's Bully Point": New York Times (12/17/92), P. A34; President-elect Bill Clinton made a wise choice in selecting Dr. Joycelyn Elders to be the new Surgeon General of the United States , write the editors of the New York Times. Elders has served as director of the Arkansas Health Department for five years. She has been straightforward i
"Inside the Beltway: Ho Ho Ho": Washington Times (12/17/92), P. A6; An unwelcome Christmas greeting has been floating around Washington, D.C. Five different stickers have been distributed depicting crying children with the following message stamped on them, Christmas is canceled this year, Santa has HIV. If only Reagan and Bush had told the truth, Santa wouldn t have to die from AI
"John Maddix Dies; Was Official at the Whitman-Walker Clinic": Washington Post (12/17/92), P. C6; John Maddix, former director of training at the Whitman-Walker AIDS Clinic in Washington, D.C., died on Dec. 15 at the age of 42. Maddix had AIDS. He joined the staff of the clinic as director of training in 1987. Maddix directed the speaker s bureau and designed an HIV-related community training and volunteer prog
"Chemical Briefs: Study Links AIDS, Failure of TB Drugs": Journal of Commerce (12/17/92), P. 7A; Several AIDS patients previously believed to be co-infected with the drug-resistant strain of tuberculosis , may actually be unable to absorb the medicine, according to a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine. Researchers from the National Jewish Center for Immunol
"San Francisco Journal: A Pharmacy for the AIDS Epidemic": New York Times (12/17/92), P. A24; Gross, Jane; A gay-owned pharmacy, designed to serve the unusual needs of AIDS and HIV patients, recently opened in the Castro district in San Francisco. Paul A. Morabito, a 28-year-old investment banker with an expertise in health care, owns the Castro Village Pharmacy. He set out to identify what aspects of traditional pharmac
"Confidential HIV Testing and Condom Promotion in Africa": Journal of the American Medical Association (12/16/92) Vol. 268, No. 23, P. 3338; Allen, Susan et al.; Rates of condom use increased and rates of gonorrhea and HIV infection in urban Rwandan women decreased after a confidential HIV testing and counseling program was implemented, write Susan Allen et al. of the University of California--San Francisco. A study was conducted in 1988 among women attending an outpatient re
"Surveillance for Occupationally Acquired HIV Infection--United States," 1981-1992: Journal of the American Medical Association (12/16/92) Vol. 268, No. 23, P. 3294; Public health surveillance of HIV infection in the health-care setting provides a basis for developing measures to minimize the risk for occupational transmission of HIV to health-care workers, writes the Centers for Disease Control. Two CDC-supported national surveillance systems have compiled data on occupational t
"Invasive Haemophilus Influenzae Infections in Men With HIV Infection": Journal of the American Medical Association (12/16/92) Vol. 268, No. 23, P. 3350; Steinhart, Rachel et al.; Men with HIV infection or AIDS are susceptible to invasive Haemophilus Influenzae infections, including H influenzae b, but such infections are still rare in this population, write Rachel Steinhart et al. of the University of California--Berkeley. The researchers conducted a study of all men aged 20 to 49 residing in
"National Briefs: 'Brownie Mary' Case is Dropped": Boston Globe (12/16/92), P. 10; A California district attorney announced Tuesday that he would discontinue the prosecution of an elderly woman who attempted to ease the pain of AIDS patients by providing them with marijuana-laced brownies. Mary Rathbun, nicknamed Brownie Mary, baked the illegal brownies and distributed them to AIDS patients in Sa
"Company Markets Reputed Anti-AIDS Cream for Health-Care Workers": United Press International (12/16/92); Pompano Beach, Fla.--A hand-cream that allegedly kills HIV infection is being marketed despite Food and Drug Administration concerns. Knight Industries Inc. has begun marketing what it calls liquid glove intended for health-care workers. But the FDA said Wednesday that it started
"Critics of Traveling AIDS Play Speak Out": Baltimore Sun (12/16/92), P. 7B; Ruhl, Sherrie; A controversial AIDS play performed in Harford County, Md., high schools is racist and encourages teenage sex, some critics contend. Rev. Saint George Crosse of the St. James United Methodist Church in Jarretsville said at Monday night s Board of Education meeting that Secrets, a sexually explicit play performed by
"Program in Africa Curbs Spread of AIDS": Baltimore Sun (12/16/92), P. 8A; Health-care workers in Rwanda are controlling the heterosexual spread of HIV by targeting young women with education and testing programs. The effort could serve as a model for U.S. inner cities. Rwanda has one of the world s highest rates of AIDS. According to researchers from
"News in Brief: Greece": Advocate (12/15/92) No. 618, P. 32; A number of Greek hemophiliacs died after contracting HIV through blood products imported from France in 1985, according to allegations that a Greek prosecutor began investigating Nov. 4. The next day, health minister George Sourlas disclosed that 14 state hospitals had ignored un
"News in Brief: New York": Advocate (12/15/92) No. 618, P. 24; The New York State Bar Association committee on AIDS made 53 recommendations on Nov. 5 which included leniency for prisoners with AIDS, access to state-subsidized housing for low- and moderate-income same-sex couples, and stepped-up investigation of allegations of AIDS-related insurance bias. Committee co-chairwoman
"Court OK's Payout Cuts on AIDS Claims": Advocate (12/15/92) No. 618, P. 22; Coward, Cheryl; The Supreme Court s refusal to hear a Houston firm s decision to cut AIDS-related payouts under a self-insured employee health care program may result in other self-insured firms making similar reductions, according to activists. Suzanne Goldberg, an attorney for Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund (LLDEF), which
"AIDS Home Target of Medicaid Cuts": United Press International (12/15/92); Indianapolis--Indiana s only nursing home specifically for AIDS patients is debating with the state over how much money it uses to provide care to the patients. Parkview Manor, is a 36-bed nursing home, and is thought to be one of just five such nursing homes in the country. The state is requesting that Parkview jus
"Man Convicted of Transmitting AIDS Virus": United Press International (12/15/92); Houma, La.--Lawyers defending a man who was given a 10-year prison sentence for allegedly transmitting HIV to his sexual partner, are expected to appeal the conviction. On Monday, State District Judge Baron Bourg sentenced Salvadore Gamberella, 28, to the maximum penalty allowed under law. A jury convicted Gamberell
"Survey Details Risky Youth Behavior": United Press International (12/15/92); Charlottesville, Va.--A survey intended to reveal rates of risky behavior found that a majority of Virginia high school students engaged in sexual relations, officials said Tuesday. The survey is the first of its kind in Virginia, and educators, health officials, and law enforcement authorities hope it will elucidate
"France's Bloody Scandal": Chicago Tribune (12/15/92), P. 2-1; Waxman, Sharon; About 5,000 French people contracted HIV through contaminated blood transfusions in the 1980s, and approximately 1,500 French hemophiliacs injected themselves with blood products that were tainted. However, these cases could have been prevented if the French government properly screened the blood, which it completely
"Labor Letter: Employer AIDS Policies...": Wall Street Journal (12/15/92), P. A1; Karr, Albert R.; A recent survey of 536 companies by Wyatt Co. found that 36 percent have some kind of policy for dealing with AIDS. Most cover any catastrophic illness while ten percent cover only AIDS. Some companies, including Levi Strauss and Smith Corona, have recently instituted employee education programs. Federated Departme
"AIDS Stigma Still a Problem, Magic's Doctor Says": Los Angeles Times--Washington Edition (12/15/92), P. A8; Almond, Elliott; Magic Johnson s second retirement from the National Basketball Association on Nov. 4 illustrates that discrimination against HIV-positive people is a reality among professional athletes, according to Johnson s physician Michael Mellman. He said, I guess we just didn t to a good enough job, or we weren t convincing e
"In the Nation: Experts Put AIDS Cost at $15 Billion by '95": Baltimore Sun (12/15/92), P. 8A; The cost of treating HIV-positive Americans could increase about 48 percent, to $15.2 billion a year, by 1995, health experts told a Senate panel yesterday. Fred Hellinger, a financing specialist with the U.S. Public Health Service, said, The widespread use of expensive drugs has contributed to the high costs of tre
"Somatogen to Continue Blood Substitute Trials": Journal of Commerce (12/15/92), P. 7A; The second part of Somatogen Inc. s Phase I trials for its blood substitute product will continue into next year, instead of ending this year as planned. The pharmaceutical company from Boulder, Colo., did not indicate any reason for the extension. Currently, Somatogen is developing a genetically engineered blood su
"Hemophilia Drug Gains Government Approval": Journal of Commerce (12/15/92), P. 7A; The federal government last week granted approval of Genetics Institute Inc. s genetically engineered drug to treat hemophilia. The drug, called Factor VIII, is the blood-clotting protein that is absent in 15,000 to 17,000 hemophiliacs in the United States with an equal number in Euro
"Homo for the Holidays": Advocate (12/15/92) No. 618, P. 62; Chicklet; A contest is being conducted to incorporate the powerful imagery of the gay male erotic video with an educational safer-sex outreach program. It is sponsored by the San Francisco AIDS Foundation, Falcon Studios, and the San Francisco-based nonprofit media-arts organization Frameline. Wayne Blankenship, the foundatio
"No Liability for HIV From Transfusion": American Medical News (12/14/92) Vol. 35, No. 46, P. 16; A federal trial court in Texas recently ruled that the federal government was not at fault for HIV transmitted to a patient during a coronary artery bypass graft. The patient had severe cardiac disease that mandated surgical intervention. While in surgery, the patient received a transfusion of HIV-positive blood. T
"School Kept AIDS Secret for 5 Years": St. Louis Post-Dispatch (12/14/92), P. 1; Tuft, Carolyn; A St. Louis, Mo.-area school averted the potential for discrimination and controversy by keeping a five-year secret that a child with HIV infection was attending classes. The parents of the HIV-positive child revealed the child s status to the Hillsboro School Board in 1987. The school officials, the child s teacher
"AIDS Kills Eldest Ray Brother": Washington Times (12/14/92), P. A5; Ricky Ray, the eldest of three HIV-positive hemophiliac brothers, died yesterday of the disease at age 15, according to family members. Ricky and his brothers, Robert, 14, and Randy, 13, who all contracted HIV via tainted blood products, once faced highly publicized discrimination by a local school that prohibited th
"Report Cites 40 AIDS Deaths": New York Times (12/14/92), P. C7; AIDS has recently led to the deaths of at least 40 male skaters and coaches in the top ranks of North American figure skating, according to The Calgary Herald. Also, the newspaper reported yesterday that at least a dozen others in Canada and the United
"Nation: AIDS Activists Stage Protest": Washington Times (12/14/92), P. A2; ACT-UP conducted a demonstration yesterday outside St. Patrick s Cathedral in New York City, claiming the Catholic Church has lobbied against gay-tolerance education in schools. About 100 demonstrators gathered across the street from the church carrying signs that read Angry Gay Catholic and Just Another Altar Boy
"Councilman Vows Fight on AIDS Facility": United Press International (12/13/92); Pittsburgh--City Councilman Duane Darkins is threatening to pursue a court battle over a city agency s decision to allow a former East End nursing home to be converted into a facility for AIDS patients. Along with many other citizens, Darkins opposes the facility, claiming that the area is already overwhelmed with so
"Pre-Ejaculatory Fluid as Potential Vector for Sexual Transmission of" HIV-1: Lancet (12/12/92) Vol. 340, No. 8833, P. 1470; Pudney, Jeffrey et al.; Pre-ejaculatory fluid can contain HIV-positive cells, write Jeffrey Pudney et al. of Harvard Medical School in Boston, Mass. The researchers examined smears form pre-ejaculatory fluid samples of HIV-1 seronegative and seropositive men for known HIV-1 host cells and HIV-1- antigen positive cells. A total of 11 sample
"Detection of HIV-1 DNA Sequences in Pre-Ejaculatory Fluid": Lancet (12/12/92) Vol. 340, No. 8833, P. 1469; Ilaria, Gerard et al.; A significant proportion of HIV-1 positive men will have detectable levels of HIV-1 DNA sequences in pre-ejaculatory fluid, write Gerard Ilaria et al. of the New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center in New York, N.Y. The researchers conducted a study involving 14 HIV-1-positive men and 2 HIV-negative controls who pro
"New TB Research Facility": Science (12/11/92) Vol. 258, No. 5089, P. 1734; Holden, Constance; A new research center at the Public Health Research Institute, a private research group in New York City, has been opened to research tuberculosis . The center s president, Lewis Weinstein, said, Multidrug-resistant TB is reaching epidemic proportions. In fact, in only 2 years, t
"Trials Set in High-Risk Populations": Science (12/11/92) Vol. 258, No. 5089, P. 1729; Cohen, Jon; The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases recently announced that it is launching a trial of two preventive HIV vaccines that will be administered to people considered to be at high risk of HIV infection in addition to those at low risk. Small-scale tests of preventive vaccines, conducted over the pas
"Expression Directed From HIV Long Terminal Repeats in the Central Nervous" System of Transgenic Mice: Science (12/11/92) Vol. 258, No. 5089, P. 1804; Corboy, John R. et al.; Differences in the nucleotide sequence of the long terminal repeats (LTRs) of different HIV strains can alter the tissue-specific pattern of gene expression directed from their LTRs, as has been observed for other retroviruses, write John R. Corboy et al. of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore
"Britain--AIDS Virus": Associated Press (12/11/92); Epstein, Randi Hutter; London--HIV can hide inside pre-ejaculatory fluid in men, as well as infecting semen, according to two studies of HIV-positive men published in the Dec. 12 Lancet. Dr. Peter Schlegel, co-author of one of the studies and associate professor of urology at New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, said, Many men believ
"N.J. Panel Backs Free Condoms and Needles Proposals": United Press International (12/11/92); Trenton, N.J.--Condoms should be offered to high school students and inmates, and clean needles should be available to drug addicts to help thwart the spread of HIV infection in New Jersey, according to a panel of 48 health experts. The recommendations are among 45 contained in a 57-page report submitted to Gov. Jim
"Around the NBA: Courts": Washington Post (12/11/92), P. F4; Magic Johnson s lawyer revealed yesterday that he asked a federal judge to dismiss most of a lawsuit accusing the former basketball star of infecting a Michigan woman with HIV. Attorney Howard Weitzman said, The theme of the motion deals with the uniqueness of the theory that an individual who does not know they hav
"In the World: Ex-Premier Not Charged in AIDS-Blood Scandal": Baltimore Sun (12/11/92), P. 5A; The French Senate decided yesterday to charge two former Socialist deputy ministers on manslaughter charges for allowing HIV-tainted blood to be given to hemophiliacs. However, the Senate rejected charges against former Prime Minister Laurent Fabius. The HIV-positive blood products infected at least 1,200 hemophilia
"Transgenic Mice May Hold Key to AIDS Dementia": Baltimore Sun (12/11/92), P. 3A; Bor, Jonathan; A group of genetically altered mice may suggest new drugs that can prevent the brain deterioration that affects about one-third of all AIDS patients, according to a study published in today s issue of Science. The mice carry genetic material from strains of HIV that infected the brain of a person who died a few years
"A Prospectus: White House AIDS Czar": Washington Post (12/11/92), P. A25; A group of activists convened by the AIDS Action Council met with members of the Clinton transition team Wednesday to issue an agenda to the new administration. The report requests an additional $1 billion in AIDS funding and a more aggressive prevention effort, and calls for President-elect Clinton to fulfill his ca
"At Guantanamo Camp, Voices of Misery": Washington Post (12/11/92), P. A1; Duke, Lynne; HIV-positive Haitian refugees who are currently held at the U.S. Naval Base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba , face uncertainty as to when they might be released. Two issues are pending: whether the Clinton administration will change the restrictions on HIV-positive immigrants and when U.S.
"Federal Panel Approves Condom for Women; Orders Label Change": Washington Post (12/11/92), P. A2; Gladwell, Malcolm; A Food and Drug Administration advisory panel yesterday approved for use in the United States the female condom, the first birth control device for women designed to protect against sexually transmitted diseases. The FDA obstetrics and gynecology devi
"Heterosexually Transmitted Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection Among" Pregnant Women in a Rural Florida Community: New England Journal of Medicine (12/10/92) Vol. 327, No. 24, P. 1704; Ellerbrock, Tedd V. et al.; An alarmingly high rate of HIV that most likely resulted from heterosexual transmission was found among several pregnant women in a rural Florida community, write Tedd V. Ellerbrock et al. of the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta, Ga. The researchers interviewed and tested 1,082 of 1,084 consecutive pregnant wom
"Clinical Manifestations and Predictors of Disease Progression in Drug" Users with Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection: New England Journal of Medicine (12/10/92) Vol. 327, No. 24, P. 1697; Selwyn, Peter A. et al.; HIV-positive IV-drug users have similar progression to AIDS as those of other HIV-infected groups. However, they have a significant pre-AIDS morbidity and mortality, particularly from bacterial infections, which also appear to predict disease progression, write Peter A. Selwyn et al. of the Albert Einstein College of
"Many Women Have Multiple Sexual Partners, Surveys Show": United Press International (12/10/92); New York--The majority of women in the United States have had more than one sex partner in their lives, and several neglect to use condoms as a form of protection from HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases, researchers reported Wednesday in Family Planning Perspectives. Research
"CDC Cuts Seen Hurting AIDS Efforts in District": Washington Post (12/10/92), P. D3; Castaneda, Ruben; Recent reductions in funding by the Centers for Disease Control will lead to cuts in Washington, D.C. s AIDS prevention, education, counseling, and testing programs next year, announced District officials yesterday. Also, a local doctor s study of HIV among adolescents would be discontinued unless the project receive
"U.S. Still Holds Haitians With H.I.V. in Cuba": New York Times (12/10/92), P. A13; Hilts, Philip J.; The federal government continues to hold more than 200 HIV-positive Haitian refugees at Guantanamo Naval Base in Cuba , regardless of warnings of a potential public health disaster. More than 270 Haitian men, women, and children have been held at Guantanamo for more than six months,
"Insurers Hit High Court for AIDS Case Ruling": Journal of Commerce (12/10/92), P. 11A; Two groups representing American life and health insurance companies chastised the U.S. Supreme Court for its decision not to examine separate limits on insurance benefits payable to AIDS patients. The boards of directors of the American Council of Life Insurance and the Health Insurance Association of America voted
"Around the NBA: Investigation": Washington Post (12/10/92), P. B6; Los Angeles Lakers trainer Gary Vitti s failure to wear gloves as a precaution when treating a cut on the arm of former HIV-positive basketball star Magic Johnson will be investigated by California s workplace-safety agency. The Lakers may be charged with a fine if Vitti is found to have violated regulations.
"High HIV Rate Found in Women in Florida District": Wall Street Journal (12/10/92), P. B6; Chase, Marilyn; A total of one out of every 20 pregnant women in a prenatal clinic in rural Florida tested positive for HIV, producing an alarmingly high infection rate that researchers believed stemmed from heterosexual transmission. The study is published in this week s issue of the New England Journal of Medicine and was conducte
"Clinton Team Urged to Improve AIDS Efforts": New York Times (12/10/92), P. D19; Hilts, Philip J.; An official from the Clinton transition team met yesterday with a coalition of 150 AIDS groups and their allies, who proposed a reorganization of the federal government s AIDS efforts. The groups decided on about three-dozen changes they would like to see in the program. They recommended that Clinton appoint a singl
"TB: The Return of a Deadly Disease": Baltimore Sun (12/09/92), P. 14A; The complacent attitude the federal government adopted once the rate of tuberculosis infection dropped in the early 1980s has caused the resurgence of the disease and could soon lead to an epidemic, write the editors of the Baltimore Sun. The reemergence of TB could raise troublin
"More Experimental Drugs Will be Available Quickly": Philadelphia Inquirer (12/09/92), P. A4; Vernaci, Richard L.; The Food and Drug Administration announced yesterday that it would soon make more experimental drugs available quickly if they exhibit promise of treating fatal or disabling diseases. Therefore, the rules, under consideration for months, could be enacted in about 30 days. FDA Commis
"AIDS Drug From Kenya to be Tested by NIH Unit": Washington Times (12/09/92), P. A1; Barras, Jonetta Rose; The controversial AIDS drug ImmuViron has received endorsements from the American medical establishment to undergo clinical trials. However, it did not go unnoticed by Washington, D.C. s public health chief Dr. Mohammad Ahkter. The National Institute of Allergies and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) has decided to develo
"Family Remembers Kimberly Bergalis One Year Later": United Press International (12/08/92); Fort Pierce, Fla.--A year after Kimberly Bergalis died of AIDS, her parents claim they are frustrated and angry that their daughter s death has not led to mandatory HIV testing of health-care workers. George Bergalis, Kimberly s father, said, The anger probably is more directed at the frustration of seeing these, an
"Harvard Gets $20 Million Grant for Rights/Health Center": United Press International (12/08/92); Boston--The Harvard School of Public Health was given a $20 million grant, the largest in the school s history, by a Swiss countess who wants the money to be used to build a center to study health and human rights issues. The grant, from an association Countess Albina du Boisrouvray established in memory of her late
"Keeping a Child With AIDS From Becoming a Pariah": New York Times (12/08/92), P. C15; O'Connor, John J.; Tonight an AIDS docu-drama will air on HBO at 7:30 entitled Blood Brothers: The Joey DiPaolo Story. The program is part of a fact-based series of half-hour dramas with the umbrella title of Lifestories: Families in Crisis. The Joey DiPaolo story is fairly well-known. He was infected with HIV via a contaminated bl
"Specialists Who Focus on Women's Health Problems": Washington Post (Health) (12/08/92), P. 16; Herman, Robin; Women s health has long been underserved by the medical establishment and some physicians are interested in initiating a certified medical specialty in women s health much like pediatrics or geriatrics. The specialty would have its own course of training in medical school similar to other specialties. The advocates
"Bombay--Epicenter of Disaster": Los Angeles Times--Washington Edition (12/08/92), P. A4; Drogin, Bob; The AIDS case rate in India is rapidly increasing dramatically, and could establish Bombay as the worldwide epicenter for the deadly disease. Due to widespread prostitution, IV-drug use, and contaminated blood supplies, India has developed an AID
"Extreme Measures Needed to Curb Resurgence of Tuberculosis, Specialists" Say: Baltimore Sun (12/08/92), P. 12A; Aggressive efforts are needed to deal with the recent nationwide resurgence of tuberculosis , said a panel of experts yesterday. Required measures could even include a mandatory quarantine for uncooperative patients. The disease, which was believed to be under control a decade ago
"A Safer Sell": Supermarket News (12/07/92) Vol. 42, No. 49, P. 27; Muirhead, Greg; Condom sales are increasing as the products win more widespread acceptance from supermarkets. Some stores are beginning to sell condoms for the first time, while others are experimenting with creative ideas. Among these ideas are placing condoms in the feminine hygiene section to obtain sales from female shoppers or
"Probing the Dentist's Drill": U.S. News + World Report (12/07/92) Vol. 113, No. 22, P. 81; Mannix, Margaret et al.; Although it is no surprise that dentist s drills and teeth-cleaning implements can become tainted with HIV and hepatitis B virus, a significant amount of dentists don t heat-sterilize their equipment. In the Nov. 21 issue of The Lancet, research
"Patient's Failure to Tell of AIDS Is Going on Trial as Fraud Suit": Wall Street Journal (12/07/92), P. B6; Lambert, Wade; A lawsuit that could change the way health-care workers care for AIDS patients is scheduled to begin today in state court in Los Angeles, Calif. The lawsuit involves a surgical technician who has accused a patient of fraud for not revealing that she had AIDS before the technician was nicked by a scalpel that had been
"Argus Pharmaceutical Pursues 'Sneak-Attack' AIDS Drug": Journal of Commerce (12/07/92), P. 9A; Argus Pharmaceuticals of Houston, Texas, has developed a patented biomedical agent that evades the body s defense mechanisms and allows patients to combat AIDS or cancer. The company uses its biomedical technology to implant its potent drug inside the body s lipids, which are organic compounds containing fats and oth
"Struggling to Cope With the Losses as AIDS Rips Relationships Apart": New York Times (12/06/92), P. 1; Rosenthal, Elisabeth; Because AIDS deaths among the gay community have been so staggering, survivors have experienced significant problems coping with them. Bereavement counseling and the conventional ways of mourning like black crepe and funerals provide little comfort when the losses are so numerous. Consequently, therapists have devel
"AIDS Awareness Goes to the Office": New York Times (12/06/92), P. 25; Noble, Barbara Presley; Last week, the federal government launched its workplace awareness and education program, Business Responds to AIDS, to coincide with World AIDS Day. Many health officials, including Health and Human Services Secretary Louis W. Sullivan, encouraged employers to provide education on AIDS for all employees and to sup
"Neuronal Loss in Symptom-Free HIV Infection": Lancet (12/05/92) Vol. 340, No. 8832, P. 1413; Everall, Ian et al.; Clinical cognitive abnormalities are very rare in asymptomatic HIV-positive patients, write Ian Everall et al. of the Institute of Psychiatry at De Crespigny Park in London, U.K. The researchers estimated neuronal density in the superior frontal gyrus of 14 HIV-positive patients and 15 HIV-negative controls. All wer
"Potassium Hazard Seen in AIDS Drug": Science News (12/05/92) Vol. 142, No. 23, P. 398; A certain AIDS drug used to treat pneumocystis carinii pneumonia can also elevate potassium in the blood, creating a condition called hyperkalemia. The drug trimethoprim (TMP) has caused as many as 53 percent of hospitalized AIDS patients to develop mild to moderate hyperkalemia.
"Blood Bank License Suspended": United Press International (12/05/92); Palatka, Fla.--A federal investigation has caused the Putnam County Blood Bank s license to be suspended. It was found that the bank accepted blood donations from people who had once tested HIV-positive. The Food and Drug Administration said it believed none of the donated blood came from HIV-positive donors and the
"Pediatric AIDS Vaccine Trials Set": Science (12/04/92) Vol. 258, No. 5088, P. 1568; Cohen, Jon; Human vaccine trials intended to stop the transmission of HIV from mothers to infants to treat infected children will be launched within the next six months by federal agencies. Pregnant women and children are ideal subjects for trials that aim to determine whether an AIDS vaccine works. Researchers need a populatio
"Fetal Tissue Research Background: Tissue Transplantation in AIDS" Treatment: AIDS Treatment News (12/04/92) No. 164, P. 7; Although an expert panel has recommended using fetal tissue for research, the government has banned federal funding of research involving transplantation to humans of tissue from aborted fetuses since 1988. However, the funding ban may be removed by the Clinton administration. The interest of using fetal transplanta
"Atovaquone: Development History, Activist Involvement": AIDS Treatment News (12/04/92) No. 164, P. 2; James, John S.; A drug to treat pneumocystis, atovaquone, was put through human trials and then received Food and Drug Administration approval in a surprisingly short amount of time. But during this time, Burroughs-Wellcome, the drug s manufacturer, conducted the largest controlled trial yet of a pneumocystis treatment, at 37 locati
"Atovaquone (Mepron; 566C80) Approved for Pneumocystis": AIDS Treatment News (12/04/92) No. 164, P. 1; James, John S.; The Food and Drug Administration approved atovaquone (brand name Mepron; formerly known as 566C80) on Nov. 25 for mild to moderate pneumocystis, as a second-line treatment for those patients who cannot tolerate the existing treatment, trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole (TMP/SMX). The drug should be available in pharmacies
"Heterosexual Transmission of HIV--Puerto Rico, 1981-1991": Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (12/04/92) Vol. 41, No. 48, P. 899; Efforts to prevent the spread of HIV infection in Puerto Rico should continue to target IV-drug users and their sex partners, according to the Centers for Disease Control. Puerto Rico has the second highest overall rate of AIDS cases among states and territories in the
"Judge Orders Town to Accept AIDS Shelter": United Press International (12/04/92); Lyle, Morgan; Albany, N.Y.--A federal judge has ruled that an upstate New York village must accept a shelter for AIDS patients in what several consider a first-of-its-kind court case. U.S. Magistrate Ralph Smith ruled Friday in favor of Support Ministries for Persons with AIDS, which sued the village of Waterford after it changed
"HIV Testing in Colleges Faces Barriers of Privacy and Bias": St. Louis Post-Dispatch (12/04/92), P. 7D; Dorr, Dave; The high rate of HIV infection in males of college age and the potential that there are male and female athletes who are unknowingly HIV-positive and competing at the moment has resulted in calls for mandatory HIV testing. Confidentiality and claims of discrimination against HIV-positive athletes are two legal barrie
"College Athletics Take Notice on AIDS": St. Louis Post-Dispatch (12/04/92), P. 1D; Dorr, Dave; The second retirement of Magic Johnson from professional basketball and new NCAA guidelines on AIDS risks have increased awareness--and fears--of the disease in college athletics. AIDS policies for the treatment of basketball players wounds and blood-borne pathogens indicate that this season will be unlike any the s
"Facility for AIDS, TB Patients Opens": Chicago Tribune (12/04/92), P. 1-7; Oak Forest Hospital of Cook County, Ill., has opened a 214-bed facility specifically for the treatment of AIDS and tuberculosis patients. A total of 84 long-term patients were moved to the new facility on Tuesday. Cook County Board President Richard Phelan said, Once [the hospit
"Using Syringe, Abductor Threatens Man": Baltimore Sun (12/04/92), P. 1C; Langfitt, Frank; A Baltimore man was abducted by a man wielding a hypodermic needle which he claimed contained HIV-positive blood on Wednesday afternoon in Northwest Baltimore, police said. Brett Dieck was returning to Howard County after having picked up supplies at a warehouse for Golden Triangle Auto Parts in Ellicott City. A man
"Justices OK AIDS Tests for Inmates": Los Angeles Time--Washington Edition (12/04/92), P. B1; Hager, Philip; The California Supreme Court ruled Thursday that HIV tests would be required under law for potentially thousands of sex offenders after their crimes occurred. The justices decided unanimously that mandatory HIV testing is not punishment--and therefore does not breach constitutional prohibitions against enacting new p
"Sexual Lifestyles and HIV Risk": Nature (12/03/92) Vol. 360, No. 6403, P. 410; Johnson, Anne M. et al.; Many Britons at high risk of HIV infection have perceived this and have already undergone HIV testing, but more than half remain untested, according to a study conducted by Anne M. Johnson et al. of the University College London Medical School in London, U.K. The study involved a total of 18,876 respondents between t
"AIDS and Sexual Behavior in France": Nature (12/03/92) Vol. 360, No. 6403, P. 407; Spira, Alfred; A massive telephone survey in France helped distinguish which people protect themselves against sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and HIV infection and which do not. The French government asked the Agence Nationale de Recherches sur le Sida (ANRS) to perform a survey of sexual
"Toxoplasmosis of the Central Nervous System in the Acquired" Immunodeficiency Syndrome: New England Journal of Medicine (12/03/92) Vol. 327, No. 23, P. 1643; Porter, Steven B. and Sande, Merle A.; Toxoplasmosis usually transpires in late-stage HIV infection, but because there is absence of antitoxoplasma antibodies, it does not mean that the condition is not present, write Dr. Steven B. Porter and Dr. Merle A. Sande of the University of California--San Francisco. The researchers investigated the clinical cours
"Brain Chemical Changes Might Predict Onset of AIDS": United Press International (12/03/92); Chicago--A sophisticated imaging procedure may be able to identify chemical changes in the brains of asymptomatic HIV-positive individuals, researchers reported Thursday at the 78th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America. The changes may signal progression toward AIDS and
"Council OK's Condom Machines at Most Businesses Serving Alcohol": Boston Globe (12/03/92), P. 38; Walker, Adrian; The Boston City Council Wednesday voted to override Mayor Raymond Flynn s veto of a bill requiring most businesses that serve alcohol to sell condoms. In a council vote of 9-3, the bill was passed, although Flynn had vetoed it for the second time two weeks ago. The bill calls for condom vending machines to be displa
"High Rate of Condom Use in France, HIV Testing in Britain": United Press International (12/03/92); Washington--Approximately 80 percent of French 18- and 19-year-olds use condoms, but many people of all ages in Britain and France are still at risk for HIV infection, according to two surveys published in the British journal Nature. The two studies of sexual behavior in Britain a
"NIH Endorses Human Trials Hill Ordered for AIDS Drug": Washington Post (12/03/92), P. A4; An advisory panel to the National Institutes of Health yesterday ratified plans for national AIDS vaccine trials, but criticized a congressional move that mandates the trials. The advisory committee unanimously granted approval to a plan that will test the vaccine widely among HIV-positive people. The trials of the
"Study Calls Guantanamo 'HIV Prison Camp'": United Press International (12/02/92); Miami--Approximately 275 Haitian refugees are being held at what is considered an HIV prison camp at the U.S. Naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba , according to a Yale Law School study. The report was issued Tuesday and was written by a group of Yale students, professors, and lawyer
"AIDS Day Observed Many Ways": Chicago Tribune (12/02/92), P. 1-5; World AIDS Day was recognized around the globe in various ways on Tuesday from light demonstrations to solemn vigils. Demonstrators in Santa Claus costumes danced around a giant condom in Town Hall Square in Copenhagen. In Russia , physicians conducted free consultations at the Mo
"Thailand's Sex Industry Spreads the HIV Virus": Chicago Tribune (12/02/92), P. 1-5; Scmetzer, Uli; Thailand is experiencing a significant increase in AIDS cases as a result of its popular sex industry. The most recent Health Ministry estimate is that over the next two years 10,000 Thais will die of AIDS and that 1 in every 100 pregnant women is infected with HIV. AIDS Free
"8 Percent of State Inmates Estimated to be Infected With AIDS Virus": Boston Globe (12/02/92), P. 1; Hernandez, Efrain; Approximately 800 prisoners in Massachusetts correctional facilities are HIV-positive, with an especially alarming prevalence of infection among female inmates, according to the physician who monitors prison health care. A total of 2,200 inmates were tested earlier this year, which is more than 20 percent of the pri
"AIDS Rally Presses Flynn on Condoms in Schools": Boston Globe (12/02/92), P. 55; Dowdy, Zachary R.; Boston-area AIDS officials and activists argue that Mayor Raymond Flynn is sending mixed signals when he strongly supports legislation for a pilot needle-exchange program while opposing condom distribution in public schools. Michael Cronin, cochair of the Boston AIDS Consortium, said, The mayor cannot pick and choos
"AIDS Activists Prepare Plea": Los Angeles Times--Washington Edition (12/02/92), P. B3; Boxall, Bettina; A 7-foot by 50-foot giant card will be shipped to President-elect Bill Clinton this week in observance of World AIDS Day. On the card are brightly colored children s handprints, a family snapshot, words of loss and humor, and most importantly, messages to Bill Clinton to keep his campaign promises regarding the AIDS
"Peak Near for S.F. in AIDS Cases": Baltimore Sun (12/02/92), P. 23A; The number of new AIDS cases are expected to peak in San Francisco, even though the number has been increasing for more than a decade. The financial costs of AIDS also will continue to escalate at a time when the city can least afford it. Without a large amount of federal funds, the epidemic may soon overwhelm local
"Nationally, a Wide Range on AIDS Day": Philadelphia Inquirer (12/02/92), P. A16; Frank, Jacqueline; World AIDS Day was recognized in various ways across the nation yesterday. President-elect Bill Clinton emphasized his commitment to improve federal funding of AIDS research and prevention. He said, Today, on World AIDS Day, we reaffirm our commitment to the urgent search for a cure to the AIDS epidemic .... For t
"Federal Agency Announces Start of Human Tests of AIDS Vaccines": New York Times (12/02/92), P. B9; Hilts, Philip J.; The National Institutes of Health announced yesterday that it was ready to start testing AIDS vaccines in people at high risk of contracting HIV. The experiment will involve only 320 patients, who will be given two different vaccines at medical centers in five cities. The small-scale trial will probably not produce
"U.S. Officials Help Businesses Educate Workers About AIDS": Washington Post (12/02/92), P. A2; Federal health officials yesterday revealed a new program to help businesses educate their employees about AIDS and keep HIV-positive employees working as long as possible. The program, Business Responds to AIDS, is sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and was announced by Health and Human Services Secretar
"CDC Proposes Broadened AIDS Definition": Advocate (12/01/92) No. 617, P. 26; Coward, Cheryl; The Centers for Disease Control proposed on Oct. 27 a new surveillance definition of AIDS that would increase the number of women and indigents who are diagnosed with AIDS, but it is still not enough, according to activists and health care professionals. The CDC proposal calls for invasive cervical cancer, pulmonary
"News in Brief: Tennessee": Advocate (12/01/92) No. 617, P. 30; The transmission of HIV is occurring more rapidly in the South than in any other part of the United States , according to Dr. James Curran, associate director of HIV/AIDS programs for the Centers for Disease Control. Curran made his comments during a speech at a public health conferen
"News in Brief: Minnesota": Advocate (12/01/92) No. 617, P. 29; The Minnesota human rights act s ban on disability-based bias prohibits dentists from refusing to treat people because they are infected with HIV, a state appeals court panel has unanimously ruled. The court ruled 3-0 that Minneapolis dentist Donald J. Clausen breached the act when he referred an HIV-positive patient
"News in Brief: Utah": Advocate (12/01/92) No. 617, P. 31; Because Mormon bisexuals have difficulty dealing honestly with their sexual orientation, AIDS may become a major problem for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, said Ted Fairchild, board chairman of the Utah AIDS Foundation, during a speech at Brigham Young University in Provo on Oct. 23. Fairchild, a fo
"AIDS Stalks Asia; Few Take Heed": Toronto Globe and Mail (12/01/92), P. A1; Stackhouse, John; The AIDS epidemic is ravaging Asia, but few efforts have been implemented to thwart the disease s spread. John Dwyer, president of the AIDS Society of Asia and the Pacific, told a recent international congress of the society in New Delhi, We anticipate an Africa-like situation developing here, only worse. The
"Canada's Estimates of AIDS Cases Low": Toronto Globe and Mail (12/01/92), P. A1; Mickleburgh, Rod; Canada s total number of AIDS cases has been underestimated by nearly 45 percent, according to the country s leading AIDS expert. Dr. Donald Sutherland, head of HIV-AIDS epidemiology for the Laboratory Center for Disease Control in Ottawa, said 1992 may witness the highest number of cases in a single year since the f
"More Ohio Black and Female Citizens Are Getting AIDS": United Press International (12/01/92); Ohio health officials said the number of women and African-Americans with AIDS in the state is growing significantly. State officials, in a report released Tuesday to coincide with World AIDS Day, said that the perception still remains that AIDS is a disease that affects only homosexuals and drug users. However, Ohi
"Patterns: Save Some, Give Some": New York Times (12/01/92), P. B10; Schiro, Anne-Marie; An AIDS benefit held Thursday through Sunday in New York city will derive proceeds from sample sales of clothing. Samples Inc., a company that operates sample and stock sales in Manhattan for a variety of clothing manufacturers, will sponsor the benefit, which will feature merchandise from two dozen makers of men s a
"Around the Nation: Sentence in AIDS Case": Washington Post (12/01/92), P. A8; An HIV-positive Portland, Ore., man convicted of attempted murder for knowingly exposing a 17-year-old girl to HIV was given a term of 9.5 years in prison. Multnomah County Circuit Judge Ancer Haggerty sentenced Alberto Gonzalez to 65 months in prison for attempted murder and three consecutive 16-month terms for givi
"Region Buys Most Packs of Condoms": Baltimore Sun (12/01/92), P. 1B; Siegel, Eric; The Baltimore-Washington area has the highest level of condom purchases in the country, according to a new study by a New York-based marketing organization. While there is no definite explanation for why people buy more condoms in this region than anywhere else, health professionals, condom manufacturers, and retaile
"Insurance Laws are Inconclusive About Treatment of AIDS Victims": Journal of Commerce (12/01/92), P. 9A; Higdon, Dave; Although state and federal laws protects HIV patients from job discrimination, between one-half and two-thirds of companies self-insure and are not subject to those laws. The Supreme Court recently upheld a self-insured employer s right to alter health coverage policies after finding out that an employee had the HIV
"Americans to Mark AIDS Day in Diverse Ways": United Press International (12/01/92); Across the nation today, people will observe the eighth annual World AIDS Day through methods ranging from dimming lights to mounting special educational exhibitions and programs in observance of those who have died from the disease. On Monday, ceremonies began at the Pan American Health Organization in Washington to
"AIDS Education Program Created for the Workplace": Wall Street Journal (12/01/92), P. B12; The Centers for Disease Control is expected to begin a major education program in the workplace today to help prevent the spread of HIV infection. The effort, called Business Responds to AIDS, will unite business and government, and is similar to the CDC s public service program, America Responds to AIDS, which b
"New Drug Cleared for AIDS Patients": Washington Post (12/01/92), P. A16; The Food and Drug Administration has granted approval for the sale of a drug to treat pneumocystis carinii pneumonia ( PCP ), a condition that affects 80 percent of all AIDS patients, announced the drug s manufacturer, Burroughs Wellcome Co., ye
"Funds Called Inadequate for Global AIDS Fight": Washington Post (12/01/92), P. A16; Programs designed to combat AIDS in developing countries will cost at least $2.5 billion a year, 20 times more than what is currently being spent, said the director of the World Health Organization s AIDS program yesterday. Michael H. Merson said, Either we come up with the money for prevention or we spend a lot mor
"Mobile HIV Testing Attracts Clients--Even in Bars": AIDS Alert (12/92) Vol. 7, No. 12, P. 186; A mobile HIV testing and counseling program was begun in New York State to address high-risk populations who would otherwise shun the services found at the sexually transmitted diseases clinic (STD). Sondra Pruden, RN, is team leader for the New York State Health Department s outreach program on HIV, STDs, and
"Moving Home to Live: Migration of HIV-Infected Persons to Rural States": Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care (10-12/92) Vol. 3, No. 4, P. 42; Davis, Kristine A. et al.; Rural nurses need to be prepared to treat both indigenous and returning AIDS patients and their families, and to provide professional and community education, write Kristine A. Davis, RN, MA, et al. of the University of Iowa in Iowa City. Migration of HIV-positive persons into rural areas may present challenges to bo
"Cryptosporidial Disease in the Adult HIV-Infected Patient": Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care (10-12/92) Vol. 3, No. 4, P. 11; Fegan, Christine; Caring for AIDS patients with cryptosporidial disease is a tough challenge nurses must face because as the disease weakens and transforms the body, independence is lost, writes Christine Fegan, RN, BSN, et al. of the University of California--San Diego. Cryptosporidial diarrhea is considered an AIDS-defining diagnosis
"Men's Disclosure of HIV Test Results to Male Primary Sex Partners": American Journal of Public Health (12/92) Vol. 82, No. 12, P. 1675; Schnell, Daniel J. et al.; Although it is believed that undergoing HIV testing leads to disruption of an important relationship and may discourage men from being tested, an encouraging rate of disclosure of serostatus and a low rate of relationship disruption has been found, according to Daniel J. Schnell et al. of the Centers for Disease Contr
"The Most Powerful Icon of the '90s?": Brandweek (11/30/92) Vol. 33, No. 45, P. 14; Fleury, Rick; The red ribbons worn in support of AIDS have become the universal icon of the epidemic, continuously signifying empathy for those living with the disease and hope that the epidemic will end one day soon. The Ribbon Project was started by Visual AIDS, a group comprised of painters, sculptors, arts writers, critics, cu
"AIDS Rising in Caribbean": American Medical News (11/30/92), P. 24; The prevalence of HIV infection in the Caribbean continues to steadily increase. A total of 3,132 HIV cases were reported among 19 countries in the region to the Caribbean Epidemiological Center in Trinidad between 1982 and 1991, according to Joh
"HIV-Infected Not Welcome": American Medical News (11/30/92) Vol. 35, No. 44, P. 24; Even though there are state and federal anti-discrimination laws, almost all Central Florida nursing homes reject HIV-positive patients, forcing dozens to spend their last days far from home, according to an article in The Orlando Sentinel. The paper reported one story about a local man who was unable to find an Orla
"Tougher Measures to Fight TB Urged by New York Panel": New York Times (11/30/92), P. A1; Specter, Michael; A committee consisting of 34 researchers, ethicists, and public health leaders Sunday released a report demanding new measures to thwart the alarming spread of tuberculosis in New York city and nationwide. In the report, The Tuberculosis Revival: Individual Rights and Societal Ob
"Advertising: Joint Cable Effort on AIDS Awareness": New York Times (11/30/92), P. D9; Elliott, Stuart; A 60-second television commercial called A Moment Without Television will air on 50 cable networks at 8 p.m. tonight to commemorate World AIDS Day. The Bravo cable television network and Cable Positive, a newly-formed cable industry AIDS awareness group, will sponsor the spot. The commercial shows images of digita
"Flynn: Pass Needle Swap": Boston Globe (11/30/92), P. 13; Delgado, Luz; Boston Mayor Raymond Flynn renewed his advocacy yesterday for a proposed clean-needle exchange program to thwart the spread of HIV among drug addicts. Flynn said, It s not a solution to the problem, but there seems to be clear evidence from the medical community that the best way to help slow down the spread of AIDS
"Special Rules for AIDS Drugs": Washington Post (11/30/92), P. A18; Although Russell Long, a lobbyist for a Connecticut biotech company, persuaded Congress to mandate testing of an AIDS vaccine, a scientific panel at the National Institutes of Health was still able to set its own terms for the tests, write the editors of the Washington Post. Two months ago, Russell Long convinced the
"In the World: More Funding Sought for AIDS Prevention": Baltimore Sun (11/30/92), P. 5A; The World Health Organization said that money for anti-AIDS programs must be increased by a factor of 20 to thwart the spread of HIV infection around the world. In a report published today, WHO said that about 40 million people will contract HIV infection by the end of the century. T
"Arts Beat: A Timeout for AIDS": Washington Post (11/30/92), P. D7; Gilstrap, Peter; Tomorrow will mark the fourth annual Day Without Art, a 24-hour period of action and mourning in response to the AIDS epidemic. Several Washington, D.C., institutions will be participating along with 4,500 other organizations worldwide in an attempt to raise public awareness about the disease. The effort was starte
"New Weapons Against AIDS": Fortune (11/30/92) Vol. 126, No. 12, P. 104; Bylinsky, Gene; The AIDS epidemic has prompted many pharmaceutical companies to research anti-HIV vaccines, and never in the history of science has so much research been mobilized so quickly against a disease. Approximately a dozen anti-HIV vaccines are currently in clinical trials--a result of the competition among drug companies t
"Insemination of HIV-Negative Women With Processed Semen of HIV-Positive" Partners: Lancet (11/28/92) Vol. 340, No. 8831, P. 1317; Semprini, Augusto E. et al.; Women who wish to become impregnated with their HIV-positive partner s sperm can avoid infection, write Augusto E. Semprini et al. of the University of Milan Medical School in Milan, Italy . The researchers found that previous testing in our laboratory showed that gradient centrifug
"High Frequency of Antibodies to Mycoplasma Penetrans in HIV-Infected" Patients: Lancet (11/28/92) Vol. 340, No. 8831, P. 1312; Wang, Richard Yuan-Hu et al.; The frequency of antibodies to Mycoplasma penetrans is far higher in HIV-1-infected individuals than in the general population and is twice as high in AIDS patients compared with symptom-free HIV-1 infected individuals, write Richard Yuan-Hu Wang et al. of the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology in Washington, D.C. M
"Dual-Target Inhibition of HIV-1 in Vitro by Means of an Adeno-Associated" Virus Antisense Vector: Science (11/27/92) Vol. 258, No. 5087, P. 1485; Chatterjee, Saswati et al.; The adeno-associated virus (AAV) seems to be an ideal vector for use in antiretroviral gene therapy, write Saswati Chatterjee et al. of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases in Rockville, Md. The researchers used an AAV vector encoding an antisense RNA to transduce stable intracellular resistance
"Some Transfusion Recipients Urged to Get AIDS Tests": Toronto Globe and Mail (11/27/92), P. A10; Any Canadian who received a blood transfusion between 1978 and 1986 should undergo HIV testing, according to representatives of several groups of people infected during surgery. The groups said Friday that the Canadian Red Cross program of detecting those who may have been exposed to HIV-infected blood in those years
"AIDS, 'Killer of the Fittest', Debilitates Developing World": Financial Times (11/27/92), P. 8; Holman, Michael; The AIDS epidemic continues to produce stark consequences as it kills about 100,000 people a year worldwide. However, the worst affected are vulnerable economies of developing countries in general, and Africa in particular. Zambia s copper mines, for example, responsible for 75 percent of the country s export earnin
"Doomed by AIDS--and Homeless": Philadelphia Inquirer (11/27/92), P. A1; Collins, Huntly; Approximately 15 percent of all homeless Americans, at least 150,000 people, are now carriers of HIV infection, according to the National Commission on AIDS. In addition, the commission says from one-third to one-half of all Americans with AIDS are either homeless now or in imminent danger of becoming so. The Phil
"Virus With Altered Genes Shows Promise in HIV Fight": Chicago Tribune (11/27/92), P. 1-5; The engineered genetic pattern of a harmless virus has been found to prevent HIV from reproducing inside CD4 cells, according to a new study published Friday in Science. The virus, called adeno-associated virus, or AAV, was found by researchers to promote AIDS resistance when inserted into the blood cells. In a labo
"Inhibition of Furin-Mediated Cleavage Activation of HIV-1 Glycoprotein" gp160: Nature (11/26/92) Vol. 360, No. 6402, P. 358; Hallenberger, Sabine et al.; HIV inhibitors reduce the infectivity of the virus and may therefore have the potential to stop the spread of infection in an organism, write Sabine Hallenberger et al. of the Phillips-Universitat Marburg in Marburg, Germany . The envelope glycoprotein of HIV initiates infection b
"Immunologic Aspects of Diseases of the Eye: Acquired Immunodeficiency" Syndrome: Journal of the American Medical Association (11/25/92) Vol. 268, No. 20, P. 2869; Friedlaender, Mitchell H.; AIDS is commonly linked with ocular disorders, writes Mitchell H. Friedlaender in a primer on Allergic and Immunologic Diseases in the Journal of the American Medical Association . Cotton-wool exudates are the most common ocular symptoms, but they may be seen in eye conditions ot
"The Reliable Source: AIDS + the Upper Echelon": Washington Post (11/25/92), P. E3; Romano, Lois; In an unprecedented move, the conservative periodical Town + Country has devoted its December cover to the controversial topic of AIDS. Pictured on the cover is Mary Fisher, the HIV-positive daughter of a prominent Republican fund-raiser, in a delicate photo washed in shades of pink. Fisher was selected by the magaz
"Health Care: Medical Workers Get New AIDS Protections": Wall Street Journal (11/25/92), P. B1; Cooper, Helene; Due to recent reports by the Centers for Disease Control that 32 health-care workers have contracted HIV on the job by inadvertently pricking themselves with needles or being cut by a scalpels, many companies are now producing medical devices to protect health professionals. In July, Davis + Geck, a medical supplies
"Around the Region: Inmate Gets Clemency": Washington Post (11/25/92), P. B6; Virginia Governor L. Douglas Wilder yesterday gave conditional clemency to a state prison inmate who is dying of an AIDS-related condition. Thirty-year-old Alex Velazquez has served three years of a 23-year sentence for distribution of cocaine. He will be released today so he can spend the remaining few months of hi
"Some Nurses Find Satisfaction in AIDS Care": New York Times (11/25/92), P. C8; Raffalli, Mary; In the past, hospitals have alternated nurses working schedules to prevent them from exclusively working with AIDS patients because of the assumed stress and resulting burnout that can occur from treating AIDS patients. However, a new study has found that nurses who treat AIDS patients suffer less work-related stres
"Florida Company Acquires Innovator of Plastic Condoms": United Press International (11/24/92); Miami--A Miami-based company announced Tuesday that it had reached an accord in which it will acquire a company whose plastic condom is pending Food and Drug Administration approval. Canaveral International Corp. signed an agreement to take over Aukland Medical Plastics Inc. for $1.5 million in cash, plus royalties a
"Nursing Home Fined $150,000 for Isolating HIV+ Patient": United Press International (11/24/92); New York--The New York State Human Rights Commissioner has demanded that a Brooklyn nursing home pay an HIV-positive man $150,000 for confining him to a single room for more than nine months. The commissioner, Margarita Rosa, said the Marcus Garvey Nursing Home Inc., discriminated against the patient, Andrew Frazier,
"Suit Targets Hospital in AIDS Case": United Press International (11/24/92); Toledo, Ohio--A lawsuit was expected to be filed by the American Civil Liberties Union Tuesday against an Ohio hospital and a physician for transferring an AIDS patient to another hospital in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act. The ACLU said the suit would be filed on behalf of Fred Charon of Portland,
"Doctor Sues Over HIV Restrictions": Philadelphia Inquirer (11/24/92), P. A1; Collins, Huntly; An HIV-positive orthopedic surgeon sued Mercy Catholic Medical Center in Philadelphia yesterday, arguing that it had ruined his career by restricting his surgical practice. The doctor, known only as Dr. John Doe in the suit, claims the restrictions were based on irrational fears rather than scientific facts about t
"Blood Banks Study AIDS-Like Illness": Washington Post (Health) (11/24/92), P. 5; Herman, Robin; As a result of recent reports of a mysterious AIDS-like illness, the American Association of Blood Banks (AABB) will examine the blood of 10,000 donors nationwide to find the normal count of certain immune cells, and determine at what point a declining count might produce AIDS-like symptoms. The study, done in conjun
"Despite AIDS and Safe-Sex Exhortations, Sales of Condoms in U.S. Are" Lackluster: Wall Street Journal (11/24/92), P. B1; Deveny, Kathleen; Even though renowned basketball star Magic Johnson announced last year he contracted HIV infection and then published a book, What You Can Do to Avoid AIDS, sales of condoms have not significantly increased. Unit sales of condom packages in drugstores and supermarkets have increased only 5 percent so far this year,
"When Someone at Work has AIDS": Washington Post (Health) (11/24/92), P. 10; Kastor, Elizabeth; HIV-positive people no longer vanish from their jobs without explanation, thanks to medical advances and early detection of the disease that make it more manageable in the workplace. Within the past decade some progress has been made in the workplace regarding AIDS, such as written policies replacing panic and jobs b
"AIDS Experts Back Trial of Controversial Vaccine": Washington Post (11/24/92), P. A3; Squires, Sally; A federal committee unanimously agreed yesterday to recommend a clinical trial of a controversial AIDS vaccine, even though the group said there was a lack of traditional scientific justification for the program. Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the Office of AIDS Research at the National Institutes of Health and chair
"Anti-Fungals Get HIV Labeling": Drug Store News for the Pharmacist (11/23/92) Vol. 2, No. 11, P. 35; Vaginal anti-fungal product cartons and patent leaflets will soon include new labeling regarding the link between frequent yeast infections and HIV infection, according to the Food and Drug Administration. Joseph Winfield, a medical officer in the division of anti-infective drug products, said, It s been something t
"More People Seeking Help With Family, Debts, AIDS": Federal Times (11/23/92) Vol. 28, No. 41, P. 3; Walker, Meg; More federal employees are resorting to employee assistance programs (EAPs) with emotional, mental, financial, family problems, and problems with AIDS, according to a report surveying 74 agencies. The annual report was issued to Congress in November and indicated that 78,079 people used employee assistance programs i
"Answers Sought on Tainted Blood": Toronto Globe and Mail (11/23/92), P. A9; Mickleburgh, Rod; A Canadian parliamentary subcommittee expects to start hearings this week on the debate over tainted blood transfusions and blood products that have infected hundreds of Canadians with HIV. It will be the first public look at accusations that Canadian blood officials neglected to protect the country s blood supply ag
"Who Will Get the AIDS Blame Now?": Washington Times (11/23/92), P. E1; Charen, Mona; Avoidable risky behavior, not the lack of federal funding, is the reason for the spread of the AIDS epidemic, writes columnist Mona Charen. Since the AIDS epidemic began in the early 1980s, Republican presidents have been blamed by homosexuals for its spread. But now that there is a Democrat in the White House, the
"Spike Lee Sees AIDS as a Plot": Washington Times (11/23/92), P. D1; Grenier, Cynthia; The Rolling Stone 25th anniversary special issue includes an advertisement that features filmmaker Spike Lee. The opening text of the eight-page ad for United colors of Benetton reads, We sought another powerful voice in the realm of social commentary. We could think of no more qualified individual to break through
"A Call for Explicit AIDS Education": USA Today (11/23/92), P. 1D; Painter, Kim; AIDS education implemented in most states still does not give students the information they need to prevent HIV infection, according to a group that promotes a more explicit approach. Debra Haffner, executive director of the Sex Information and Education Council of the U.S., said, We found that states have done a re
"As H.I.V. Patients Stay at Work, Problems, and Solutions, Emerge": New York Times (11/23/92), P. A1; Navarro, Mireya; As more and more HIV-positive people are living longer as a result of new treatments, they are also trying to hold onto jobs. Some continue working because they need the income or the health-insurance benefits. However, many others work as long as they can for other reasons, such as the fulfillment and camaraderie t
"Financing to Meet AIDS's True Costs": New York Times (11/22/92), P. 11; Mundell, William A. and Friedman, Jack; The full economic cost of AIDS is significantly higher than is generally realized, write William A. Mundell, president of the WEFA Group, an international economic consulting firm in Philadelphia and Jack Friedman, a private investigator and adviser to corporate boards of directors based in Los Angeles. The costs tha
"Cross-Contamination Potential With Dental Equipment": Lancet (11/21/92) Vol. 340, No. 8830, P. 1252; Lewis, David L. et al.; Reused high-speed, air-driven handpieces and prophy angles should be cleaned and heat-treated between each patient to kill microbes in internal areas of the devices and prevent the transmission of HIV, write David L. Lewis et al. of the University of Georgia--Athens. Some kinds of reused dental equipment, particularl
"Induction of Mucosal and Systemic Immunity to a Recombinant Simian" Immunodeficiency Viral Protein: Science (11/20/92) Vol. 258, No. 5086, P. 1365; Lehner, T. et al.; Vaginal transmission of simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) might be prevented by local mucosal IgA and IgG. But if the mucosal immune barrier were breached, a second line of defense, the genital lymph node T and B cell functions, might prevent infection, write T. Lehner et al. of the St. Thomas Hospital in London,
"AIDS Clinical Trial to Go Ahead": Science (11/20/92) Vol. 258, No. 5086, P. 1298; Cohen, Jon; The long-awaited trial of an immune preparation that may prevent HIV-positive women from transmitting the virus to their infants is finally getting back on track. The trial was originally scheduled for July but was canceled when Abbott Laboratories--the sole manufacturer of HIV hyperimmune globulin (HIVIG)--insisted
"HIV Infection and AIDS--Georgia, 1991": Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (11/20/92) Vol. 41, No. 46, P. 876; Public health surveillance efforts have demonstrated that the AIDS epidemic not only affects large cities but also some smaller cities and rural areas, writes the Centers for Disease Control. The CDC conducted a study of the prevalence of HIV and AIDS in Georgia for 1991 and compares the findings for urban and rural
"AIDS Community Demonstration Projects: Implementation of Volunteer" Networks for HIV-Prevention Programs--Selected Sites, 1991-1992: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (11/20/92) Vol. 41, No. 46, P. 869; Community interventions for HIV prevention are able to recruit and keep active volunteers to work within hard-to-reach groups and provide HIV-prevention messages in their respective communities, according to the Centers for Disease Control. The CDC has developed and maintained volunteer networks among populations tha
"HIV Instruction and Selected HIV-Risk Behaviors Among High School" Students--United States, 1989-1991: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (11/20/92) Vol. 41, No. 46, P. 866; A growing percentage of American high school students are receiving AIDS education and discussing the related issues with their parents, according to a study by the Centers for Disease Control. The CDC conducted three national school-based surveys among high school students that addressed HIV-risk behavior and school
"Baltimore/Washington Area Clinical Trials Directory": AIDS Treatment News (11/20/92) No. 163, P. 8; A listing of clinical trials for more than 50 AIDS drugs in the Baltimore/Washington, D.C., area has been published by AIDS Action Baltimore. The directory lists trials at Johns Hopkins University, the University of Maryland, Georgetown University, the National Institutes of Health, Walter Reed Army Institute of Rese
"City Scenes: AIDS Group has No Buddy for Joe": Boston Globe (11/20/92), P. 25; Cullen, Kevin; A Boston AIDS patient is angry with an area AIDS organization for neglecting him. Joe Scarantino, who was diagnosed with HIV years ago, became sick last December and requested a buddy, a volunteer who provides companionship and help around the house, last spring from the AIDS Action Committee. He says that when he
"Winning Designs for Living With AIDS": Boston Globe (11/20/92), P. 33; Campbell, Robert; An AIDS exhibit was featured at Build Boston , the array of exhibits and talks about architecture and construction that was held last week at the World Trade Center. The AIDS exhibit consisted of winners of a national competition, in which architects were asked to design housing for AIDS patients. Along with being
"Taylor Voices AIDS Cares as Eco-Hero": USA Today (11/20/92), P. 3D; Gable, Donna; Elizabeth Taylor will join forces with animated environmental heroes Captain Planet and the Planeteers in addressing the topic of AIDS among children. Taylor will provide the voice for the animated character Donna, a mother whose teen son tests HIV-positive. Taylor said, I am delighted to be part of a project like
"Improperly Sterilized Dental Gear Can Harbor AIDS Virus": United Press International (11/20/92); Levy, Douglas A.; Washington--HIV can be transmitted by dental tools as well as other medical equipment that is not properly sterilized, according to researchers. David Lewis, a microbiologist at the University of Georgia in Athens reported a study on how dental tools can pick up HIV from an infec
"Business Urged to Spearhead AIDS Fight": Washington Times (11/20/92), P. C1; Munroe, Tony; Businesses have all but neglected the AIDS epidemic and must move past fears to take an active role in fighting the disease, according to speakers at the two-day Business and Labor Conference on AIDS in Washington, D.C. The National Leadership Coalition on AIDS sponsored the conference. Only a handful of employers--
"No Need of Inquiry Now, Says Bouchard": Toronto Globe and Mail (11/19/92), P. A21; York, Geoffrey and Picard, Andre; Canadian Health Minister Benoit Bouchard announced yesterday that he has not disregarded the possibility of a full inquiry into the 1980s distribution of HIV-infected blood products. Opposition MPs demanded an independent inquiry in the House of Commons, but Bouchard said he is not yet convinced that one is needed.
"Around the Region: AIDS Home Where 2 Were Arrested Is Set to Reopen": Washington Post (11/19/92), P. C3; An Arlington, Va., home for AIDS patients that was closed down after two residents with AIDS were arrested in July on charges of sodomizing a 14-year-old boy will be reopened this week to new AIDS patients, officials from the Whitman-Walker Clinic in Washington, D.C. announced yesterday. Clinic officials said they ha
"Medical Care for Vacaville Prisoners With AIDS Criticized": Los Angeles Times--Washington Edition (11/19/92), P. B4; Morain, Dan; A California legislative report accused a state prison in Vacaville, Calif., for allowing four prisoners with AIDS to die prematurely earlier this year as a result of inadequate care. The report cited conditions that can hasten the onset of AIDS-related death, including drafty cellblocks, improper diets, and medical
"Hemophiliacs With AIDS Say National Group Betrays Them": Philadelphia Inquirer (11/19/92), P. A1; Gaul, Gilbert M.; The 44th annual meeting of the National Hemophilia Foundation will begin today, and protests from hemophiliacs with AIDS are likely to be voiced. Many hemophiliacs who contracted HIV through contaminated blood products feel the NHF has done litt
"Prisoner With AIDS Appeals Sentence for Biting a Guard": New York Times (11/19/92), P. B7; Sullivan, Joseph F.; An inmate with AIDS at Trenton State Prison requested yesterday that an appeals court overturn his 25-year sentence for attempted murder for biting a prison guard, and claimed that he had been unfairly treated because of fears about the disease. The inmate s attorney contended that the jury acted irrationally in conv
"Israel Bars Immigrants Who Carry the AIDS Virus": New York Times (11/19/92), P. A3; The Israeli government has revealed that the country is barring HIV-positive immigrants. The practice has prompted outrage among critics who claim the ban is discriminatory and contradicts the Israeli law that gives all Jews the right to settle in Israel. The controversy emerged after the Interior Ministry announced
"Almost One-Third of Gay Men in Study Admit to Unprotected Anal" Intercourse: Washington Post (11/19/92), P. A2; A nationwide study of homosexual men in smaller cities found that approximately a third of them engage in unprotected anal intercourse, researchers announced yesterday. Several of the men who admitted to the practice believed their risk of contracting HIV was none or slight--representing a high level of ignorance, th
"Immunodeficiency and the Risk of Death in HIV Infection": Journal of the American Medical Association (11/18/92) Vol. 268, No. 19, P. 2662; Phillips, Andrew N. et al.; HIV-positive patients who are closely followed-up seldom die before the CD4 cell count has fallen to 50 ul, which is a count many patients remain above for up to 12 years after seroconversion, write Dr. Andrew Phillips and colleagues from the University College and Middlesex School of Medicine in London, England. The
"The Relation Between Hospital Experience and Mortality for Patients With" AIDS: Journal of the American Medical Association (11/18/92) Vol. 268, No. 19, P. 2655; Stone, Valerie E. et al.; AIDS patients attending hospitals with more experience dealing with the disease are more likely to live longer than those who are admitted to less-experienced hospitals, write Valerie E. Stone et al. of the Boston City Hospital in Boston, Mass. The researchers studied 151 women and male IV drug users and a random sa
"Asian AIDS Cases Soon to Pass Africa's": New York Times (11/18/92), P. A26; Silva, John L.; If Asia emulates the prevention, testing, and sexual behavior changes of the United States gay population, then the AIDS epidemic could be thwarted there, writes John L. Silva, executive director of Community HIV Project Gay Asian Pacific Alliance in San Francisco. Silva comments on t
"New AIDS Disability Rule May Come Soon, Official Says": United Press International (11/18/92); Washington--New rules that could hasten Social Security disability benefits to HIV-positive patients will most likely be released before the Bush administration leaves office, according to officials. Dr. James O. Mason, assistant secretary of the Health and Human Services department, told the National Commission on A
"Experienced Personnel Keep AIDS Patients Alive Longer": United Press International (11/18/92); Chicago--AIDS patients who attend hospitals with the most experience in dealing with AIDS are likely to live longer, according to a new study published Tuesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association . Dr. Valerie Stone and colleagues at the Boston University School of
"Around the Nation: Anti-AIDS Law Tested in Courts": Washington Post (11/18/92), P. A2; A Louisiana case is believed to be the first constitutional challenge to a law that prohibits the transmission or the intentional exposure of HIV infection to others. A total of 25 states have similar laws, but prosecutors rarely applied them until recently. Salvadore Gamberella is on trial for allegedly violating L
"Clinton Urged to Fight AIDS": Philadelphia Inquirer (11/18/92), P. A12; President-elect Bill Clinton must lead the nation in its efforts to fight AIDS, former Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare Joseph Califano said yesterday to the National Commission on AIDS. Califano referred to Clinton s campaign promise to boost spending in research, prevention, and treatment of AIDS, and sa
"Suit Over AIDS Victim's Death Is Allowed": Wall Street Journal (11/18/92), P. B13; Lambert, Wade and Woo, Junda; Parents of a man who died of AIDS can sue their son s longtime sex partner for allegedly infecting him with HIV, a New York state judge ruled. The lawsuit is one of the first in which an HIV-positive person has been accused under a wrongful death law of transmitting HIV. The New York case involved the parents of Ant
"News in Brief: Utah": Advocate (11/17/92) No. 616, P. 27; A senior Mormon church official who said AIDS is a plague abetted by the immoral has been chastised by AIDS activists and religious leaders. Dr. Russell Nelson, a member of the Council of the Twelve of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, made the statement at a church general conference Oct. 4. Nelson
"News in Brief: District of Columbia": Advocate (11/17/92) No. 616, P. 26; Acting on a request by the Centers for Disease Control, Washington, D.C., health officials announced on Oct. 13 that they would improve attempts to find people who tested HIV-positive at district-funded clinics but did not return to obtain their test results. About 70 percent of those who tested HIV-positive at distr
"AIDS Deaths in Mass. Jump More Than 40 Percent in a Year": United Press International (11/17/92); Boston--The number of deaths resulting from AIDS increased more than 40 percent between 1990 and 1991 in Massachusetts, making AIDS the leading cause of death among men aged 25 to 44, announced state health officials Tuesday. The department said that as of Nov. 1 the state had reported 5,384 cases of AIDS in its ann
"Flynn Again Rejects Condom Ordinance": Boston Globe (11/17/92), P. 29; Rezendes, Michael; Boston Mayor Raymond Flynn has vetoed for the second time a measure that would require some restaurants and bars to install condom vending machines. Flynn s decision has fueled the City Hall controversy over AIDS prevention. Flynn, in a veto message filed on Friday, based his opposition to the legislation on a range
"U.S. Blood Blamed for Cases of AIDS": Toronto Globe and Mail (11/17/92), P. A4; Picard, Andre; The transmission of HIV-positive blood to nearly 800 Canadian hemophiliacs could have been prevented if Canada had produced its own blood products instead of importing them from the United States , according to the head of the Canadian Red Cross. Se
"Taupin's Wish Will Be Realized at Star-Filled AIDS Benefit": Los Angeles Times--Washington Edition (11/17/92), P. B9; Fox, David J.; The AIDS Project Los Angeles (APLA) will host a Commitment to Life benefit that will honor Barbara Streisand and show-business mogul David Geffen for their efforts on behalf of AIDS causes. The first half of the program will include acoustic sets, and the second half will feature songs from Leonard Bernstein and St
"Dr. Peter Jepson-Young, 35, Dies; Educated Canadians About AIDS": New York Times (11/17/92), P. D21; Farnsworth, Clyde H.; Dr. Peter Jepson-Young, a Canadian physician who helped educate other Canadians about AIDS, died of the disease on Sunday in Vancouver. Dr. Jepson-Young helped fight stereotypes and misunderstandings about AIDS through his candid television discussions of his own battle with the disease. He was known to millions of
"Sex Businesses to Get Tougher Anti-AIDS Rules": Philadelphia Inquirer (11/17/92), P. B2; Copeland, Larry; Philadelphia Mayor Ed Rendell has directed the city health department to develop new guidelines for AIDS prevention measures in public bathhouses, adult bookstores, theaters, massage parlors, and escort services. The new regulations will possibly include monthly visits by a Health Department-sanctioned inspector to e
"AIDS Deaths Tear at Figure-Skating World": New York Times (11/17/92), P. A1; Bondy, Filip; Figure skating has been hard hit by the AIDS epidemic. In the last 12 months, three world class Canadian figure skaters have died of the disease, and a British former Olympic champion skater announced he has AIDS. Tracy Wilson of Canada , who won a bronze medal in ice dancing in t
"News of Celebrities With AIDS Boosts HIV Testing": Washington Post (Health) (11/17/92), P. 5; Colburn, Don; Researchers have discovered that when public figures reveal their HIV-positive status, the public tends to get tested for HIV in greater numbers. Four officials at the Orange County Health Care Agency in Santa Ana, Calif., documented the correlation and reported it in a letter to the New England Journal of Medicine.
"News in Brief: Illinois": Advocate (11/17/92) No. 616, P. 25; An Illinois law in which some instances of HIV transmission are illegal was ruled unconstitutionally vague by Coles County judge Ashton Waller on Oct. 9. Waller made the ruling in the case of an HIV-infected Charleston man who was accused of rape. The law prohibits HIV-positive individuals from having intimate cont
"News in Brief: New York": Advocate (11/17/92) No. 616, P. 24; New York Gov. Mario Cuomo signed legislation Oct. 8 that calls for an advisory committee to be formed to monitor HIV-positive health-care workers. The bill, which will be enacted into law in February, establishes a panel that HIV-positive health-care workers may consult for advice if they wish. The committee can sug
"Activists Hit NIH Over Funding": Advocate (11/17/92) No. 616, P. 21; Coward, Cheryl; The revelation that the National Institute of Health redirected adult AIDS drug testing funds to pediatric AIDS research in 1991 and 1992 left activists denying allegations that pediatric AIDS receives a disproportionate amount of federal attention and renewing their demands for more total AIDS research spending. NIH
"AIDSFRONT: Whatever Became Of...": Advocate (11/17/92) No. 616, P. 35; Delaney, Martin; Many promising anti-AIDS drugs have fallen by the wayside for various reasons. Hoffmann-La Roche Inc., which manufactures the Roche TAT inhibitor, has reported virtually no real progress with the drug for almost a year. Many people are beginning to believe that the company kno
"House Panel Blasts Delay of Report": Advocate (11/17/92) No. 616, P. 19; Bull, Chris; A U.S. House of Representatives government subcommittee chastised Surgeon General Antonia Novello on Oct. 8 for postponing publication of an updated AIDS report for more than a year, until after the Nov. 3 general election, because she feared opposition from conservatives. The subcommittee s 25-page report The Polit
"Hospitals Face Stiff Regs on Blood Disease: Expert": National Underwriter (Property/Casualty) (11/16/92) Vol. 96, No. 46, P. 3; Katz, David M.; At the annual meeting of the American Society for Healthcare Risk Management, hospital risk managers were advised to make sure that all health care workers use the same practices when dealing with diseases such as AIDS and h