BALTIMORE - Researchers at Johns Hopkins Hospital are studying several people who suddenly tested negative for exposure to the AIDS virus after repeated positive tests, according to a report broadcast Wednesday. The researchers are confident that the tests were accurate and are trying to find out whether some people mi
BEULAH - An uproar against establishing Florida s first group home for sexually active adolescents with an AIDS-related virus may keep the proposal out of this community and Escambia County, state health officials said. Overwhelming opposition from Beach Haven residents at an Aug. 31 meeting persuaded Department of Hea
MONTGOMERY, ALA - Disclosures that police kept a list of purported AIDS victims could prove disastrous to a new state program aimed at identifying victims of the disease, health officials said Thursday. Civil libertarians and civil rights groups have denounced the secret list kept by the Montgomery police department as
WASHINGTON - Researchers said Thursday that they have developed an AIDS diagnostic test that can be tailored to detect new strains of the disease virus and is easier, cheaper and more accurate than existing tests that confirm infection by the agent. Scientists at the Research Institute of Scripps Clinic in La Jolla, Ca
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WASHINGTON - It is extremely improbable that AIDS can be spread by mosquitoes, a study prepared for Congress said Wednesday. The Office of Technology Assessment report was based on a July meeting of 18 scientists, including two from Florida who have suggested that AIDS probably is transmitted by mosquitoes. The study q
CHICAGO - A new test to detect the AIDS virus even before the body s defenses begin to respond may enable doctors to diagnose the disease earlier, track its course with greater certainty and better monitor therapy, researchers report. Screening tests for AIDS now rely on detecting antibodies produced by the body s immu
TAMPA - A federal judge Wednesday ordered the DeSoto County School District to admit three brothers exposed to the AIDS virus after they were barred during the last school year. Federal Judge Elizabeth Kovachevich ordered the school district to admit the three Arcadia elementary students to school in the fall. The judg
WASHINGTON - As many as 10 million people worldwide already are infected with the AIDS virus, and AIDS deaths could cause political and economic upheaval in severely affected countries, an international health official said Tuesday. This epidemic has just started, cautioned Dr. Jonathan Mann of the World
BOSTON - All sexually active men and women should voluntarily be tested for AIDS infection and avoid intercourse with everyone except absolutely faithful mates who are free of the lethal virus, a report recommends. While condoms probably reduce the risk of catching AIDS, they are no guarantee and the only truly safe se
BOSTON - A lethal relative of the AIDS virus could spread from Africa to the rest of the world and seriously complicate the already difficult job of finding an AIDS vaccine, researchers said Thursday. The microbe, HIV-2, also could raise questions about the accuracy of AIDS tests. HIV-2, discovered in 1984, genetically
BOSTON - A lethal relative of the AIDS virus is likely to spread from Africa to the rest of the world, which could seriously complicate the difficult job of finding an AIDS vaccine, researchers say. The microbe, known as HIV-2, also could raise questions about the accuracy of AIDS tests. HIV-2, discovered in 1984, gene
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