1995

Armour Pharmaceutical Blames Supplier For Smuggled Plasma: The Associated Press - 28 Dec 1995; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020.; PHILADELPHIA -AP- An American pharmaceutical company blamed a supplier for selling it human blood plasma that was illegally smuggled from AIDS-ravaged Africa in the mid-1980s as animal plasma. The plasma was made into products for human use that were given to thousands of hemophiliacs and others in the
Study Finds Risk Of AIDS: The Associated Press - 27 Dec 1995; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020.; Daniel Q. Haney, The Associated Press Staff Writer; BOSTON (AP) -- Only about two dozen of the 12 million pints of blood used in transfusions each year are infected with the AIDS virus, a study found. Experts already knew that the risk of catching AIDS from a transfusion is vanishingly small. But the new study shows it is only about half as great as previously estimated
Mom-Baby HIV Transmission Eyed: The Associated Press - 18 Dec 95; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020.; Paul Recer, Associated Press; WASHINGTON (AP) -- High levels of the AIDS virus in the bloodstream of pregnant women are required for the infection to be transmitted to their babies, researchers report. In a study of 30 pregnant women, New York State Department of Health researchers projected that patients with a load of 50,000 viruses per millilite
CDC Making Transplant Guides: The Associated Press - 18 Dec 95; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020.; ATLANTA (AP) -- Amid concerns over the recent transplant of baboon tissue into an AIDS patient, the nation s health agencies are developing guidelines to make sure such operations don t spread devastating new infections. The question of whether animal transplants would foster new diseases among humans isn t just academ
AIDS Provision In Bill Debated: The Associated Press - 18 Dec 1995; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020.; WASHINGTON (AP) -- The defense bill awaiting final action by Congress this week would require automatic discharge of thousands of service members with the AIDS virus. That provision is one President Clinton has cited in threatening to veto the bill. Senate negotiators had pushed to remove the provision from the bill, f
Study Reduces Spread Of AIDS: The Associated Press - 14 Dec 1995; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020.; NEW YORK (AP) -- The ability of the AIDS virus to reproduce was sharply reduced when it mingled with its weaker viral cousin in test tubes, a finding that might help in developing new treatments and possibly a vaccine. The AIDS virus is technically called HIV-1. Researchers found it was hampered by the presence of HIV-
FDA Defends Its Drug Program: The Associated Press - Dec 13, 1995; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020.; WASHINGTON (AP) -- Fighting criticism that its red tape hurts American patients, the Food and Drug Administration unveiled a report showing it approves vital new drugs as soon as -- and often faster than -- Europe or Japan . If there is a drug lag, it is not in America, FDA Commissioner David
Soldier Charged In HIV Case: The Associated Press - Dec 13, 1995; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020.; FORT DRUM, N.Y. (AP) -- An HIV-infected soldier was charged with assault after allegedly having unprotected sex with a female soldier without first notifying her of his condition, Army officials said Wednesday. Spc. Kevin L. Barrows violated Defense Department rules for military members who have tested positive for the
New Drug Fights Blindness: The Associated Press - 8 Dec 1995; SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) -- A capsule implanted in the eyes of AIDS patients helps them fight off blindness more than two times better than existing therapy, government scientists agreed Friday. A study reaching that conclusion prompted an advisory panel to the Food and Drug Administration to urge, by a 6-1 vote, that C
FDA Approves New AIDS Drug: The Associated Press - 7 Dec 1995; WASHINGTON (AP) -- AIDS patients will be able to buy by Saturday the first of a long-anticipated new generation of AIDS drugs, the most powerful yet to stall but not cure the deadly virus. The Food and Drug Administration approved saquinavir Thursday, the first protease inhibitor approved anywhere in the world, to be u
Kiev Salons Closed In AIDS Fear: The Associated Press - 7 Dec 1995; KIEV, Ukraine (AP) -- Ukraine has been shutting down hairdressing salons in the city of Odessa in an attempt to stop the spread of AIDS after inspectors said scissors and razors were not properly sterilized. Officials in the former Soviet republic said they have not encountered anyone who contracted the disease at a ha
Researchers ID AIDS Inhibitor: The Associated Press - 7 Dec 1995; WASHINGTON (AP) -- American and German researchers have isolated natural substances in the body that battle the AIDS virus and experts say the discoveries may lead to a more effective treatment of the killer disease. The researchers identified molecules that the body s immune system secretes, and laboratory tests show
FDA Approves New AIDS Drug: The Associated Press - 7 Dec 1995; WASHINGTON (AP) -- The first of a long-anticipated new class of AIDS drugs, the most powerful yet to stall but not cure the deadly virus, was approved Thursday by the Food and Drug Administration. Hoffman-La Roche s saquinavir is the nation s first protease inhibitor, a new class of drugs that cripples an enzyme vital
Clinton Pledges AIDS Vaccine: The Associated Press - 6 Dec 1995; WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Clinton on Wednesday convened the first White House conference on AIDS with a goal of finding a cure and a vaccine before the disease claims more lives among the youngest generation of Americans. A cure and a vaccine. That must be our first and top priority, Clinton said. We have never befo
Australia To Bar HIV+ Recruits: The Associated Press - 5 December 1995; CANBERRA, Australia (AP) -- Australia s government announced Tuesday that it will bar HIV-positive people from joining its defense forces. We need everybody in uniform to be potentially able to fight and that means that they have to be fit and healthy enough to do that, said Acting Defense Minister Garry Punch. Po
Abbott Labs offers access to experimental AIDS drug: TREATMENT: The drug maker will give away doses of ritonavir to 2,000 people in late stages of AIDS.: The Associated Press - 5 Dec 1995; WASHINGTON (AP)-- Abbott Laboratories next month will begin giving away doses of its experimental AIDS drug ritonavir to 2,000 people worldwide who are in late stages of the disease. Americans will compete for the drug through a lottery and can sign up immediately, Abbott announced Monday. Outside of the
Man Opens Fire Killing 2, Self: The Associated Press - 4 December 1995; SAN ANTONIO (AP) -- A man burst into a home looking for a teen-age girl he claimed had given him AIDS and opened fire, killing two people and wounding three before shooting himself to death, police said. The man reloaded his semiautomatic pistol and went back into the house to shoot several times Sunday as children and
New Anti-AIDS Ads Target X: The Associated Press - 4 Dec 1995; WASHINGTON (AP) -- The government will try to sell young Americans on protecting themselves from AIDS with condoms or abstinence, using hip, fast-paced new public service ads aimed at Generation X. These ads, successors to the dancing condoms spot of 1994, use Generation Xers themselves as role models, offering frank a
U.N. Marks World AIDS Day: The Associated Press - 1 December 1995; UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- Endorsing social antidotes to a medical crisis, the United Nations marked World AIDS Day with calls to end discrimination against AIDS victims and help poor people fight the disease. Alienating people from society breeds helplessness, indifference and contempt, James Gustave Speth, administrator
AIDS Theoretician Writes Book: The Associated Press - 2 Dec 1995; NEW YORK (AP) -- Peter Duesberg was in an elite group of scientists who competed for Nobel Prizes and cornered most major grants -- until he announced his belief that the human immunodeficiency virus does not cause AIDS. The theory, published in a science journal in 1987, flung Duesberg s career into a tailspin, turnin
Marches Mark World AIDS Day: The Associated Press - 1 December 1995; Tolling bells, a muffled statue, the warm clasp of hands. Miniskirted women marching through Tokyo. Somber men bearing crosses in Berlin. A polysyllabic announcement from the United Nations. Spanning cultures and time zones, Friday was about bearing witness: It was World AIDS Day. More than 4.5 million people have been
Medicaid Urging AIDS Testing: The Associated Press - 1 December 1995; WASHINGTON (AP) -- Poor pregnant women in four states will be the target of a special Medicaid project to encourage voluntary testing for the AIDS virus to reduce the risk of passing the deadly disease on to babies. Federal officials said they will work with Medicaid agencies in Delaware, Florida, New Jersey and Rhode
AIDS Journal Shows Love: The Associated Press - 1 December 1995; YONKERS, N.Y. (AP) -- Janice Burns says she and her husband, William, were a nauseatingly cute couple who loved vacations and shopping for home furnishings. We love to eat out, go to Broadway shows, and shock people by revealing our liberal outlooks that hide under our conservative exteriors, Mrs. Burns wrote in 1987,
New AIDS Ads Target Teens: The Associated Press - 1 Dec 1995; WASHINGTON (AP) -- The government s newest AIDS prevention ads preach the virtues of condoms or abstinence to teen-agers and young adults with in-your-face messages. The spots reel along like MTV videos, interspersing personal advice from young people with scenes from dance clubs, Greenwich Village and a drug store. Th
AIDS Peaking In Europe: The Associated Press - 24 Nov 1995; GENEVA (AP) -- The head of the U.N. AIDS agency gave an optimistic assessment Friday about efforts to slow the spread of the virus, saying the epidemic may have peaked in northern Europe and new infections have leveled off in hard-hit countries such as Thailand . There are good signs that we are over the peak of newly
AIDS Virus Switches Off Cells: The Associated Press - 24 Nov 1995; WASHINGTON (AP) -- Scientists long have known the AIDS virus escapes destruction by keeping one step ahead of the body s killer immune cells. Now there s evidence the virus also switches those cells off so they can t work. A team of Oxford scientists uncovered the HIV virus escape act while studying the immune response
Report: AIDS infects one of every 92 young men in U.S.; Minorities suffer the brunt of the cases, with one in 33 young black men infected with HIV.: The Associated Press - November 24, 1995; Lauran Neergarrd, The Associated Press; WASHINGTON (Nov 24)--One of every 92 young American men--those ages 27 to 39--may be battling the AIDS virus, according to the most precise estimates yet of the disease s toll. The sobering numbers show that minorities are especially hard-hit, with one of every 33 young black men estimated to be infected in 1993, accor
FDA approves new initial AIDS regimen; MEDICINE: The drug 3TC, used with AZT, seems to boost immunity and lowers HIV count.: The Associated Press - 21 Nov 1995; Kim I. Mills, The Associated Press; WASHINGTON-The Food and Drug Administration on Monday approved the first new therapy for use as an initial AIDS treatment in nearly a decade, authorizing the drug 3TC to be used with AZT . When the two drugs are paired, 3TC appears to boost immune systems and lower the amount of
Human Milk Banks Come Back, but Questions Remain-- Health: Many shut down after AIDS became prevalent; eight now serve 2,000 infants a year. Processing reduces risks but saps nutrition.: The Times Mirror Company, Los Angeles Times Sunday, November 12, 1995, Bulldog Edition PAGE: A-5 TYPE: Wire; Jan Cienski; Associated Press; BOSTON -- Rhiannon Greywolf owes her life to Sara Leicht, but the two have never met. Leicht s breast milk, donated through a human milk bank in Worcester, has helped keep 16-month-old Rhiannon alive. She would have been in a hospital without the milk bank, said the girl s mother, Linda Greywolf of Colchester, Conn.
HeaIth of Australians with HIV spurring hope for AIDS vaccine: DISEASE: A donor and six people infected by his blood have remained healthy for more than a decade.: The Associated Press - Nov 10, 1995; Lauran Neergaard; WASHINGTON--An Australian with the AIDS virus who unknowingly infected that country s blood supply 14 years ago has given scientists stronger evidence that a live AIDS vaccine might work. The blood donor and six people infected by his plasma have remained healthy longer than a decade and even have normal immune systems
MEDICINE: Hope Seen in New AIDS Drugs; Called protease inhibitors, these medications act on a different part of the human immunodeficiency viruses life cycle.: Associated Press - 5 November 1995; Lauran Neergaard, Associated Press Staff Writer; WASHINGTON-A long-anticipated new generation of AIDS drugs called protease inhibitors promises the most powerful medicine yet to stall--but not cure--the deadly virus, the nation s top drug regulator says. The remarks by FDA Commissioner David Kessler bode well for the first protease inhibitor, Hoffmann-La Roche s saqu
Chimp Families Studied: The Associated Press - 15 Oct 1995; Richard Benke; Associated Press Writer; ALAMOGORDO, N.M. (AP) -- Jeb bangs indignantly on the steel door of the cage, where he s been banished for hogging bananas. The 25-year-old chimpanzee is the graying patriarch of an experimental family unit at Holloman Air Force Base s primate lab, operated by the Coulston Foundation, which uses chimps in AIDS research
AIDS Research Touted: The Associated Press - 11 Oct 1995; KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) -- A scientist says he has succeeded in causing AIDS in monkeys with a virus more closely resembling the one that infects people -- a development that overcomes one obstacle to the development of drugs and vaccines against the disease. Vaccine research had been slowed because HIV, the human AIDS
Mothers to Get AIDS Test Data: The Associated Press - 10 Oct 1995; NEW YORK (AP) -- The results of AIDS tests given to all newborn babies in the state will soon be available to their mothers, The New York Times reported Tuesday. The agreement, which state officials were expected to announce Tuesday, came as part of the settlement of a lawsuit and ends a long debate over the anonymity
Courts Back Bad Blood Victims: The Associated Press - 6 Oct 1995; TOKYO (AP) -- In a major step toward compensating Japanese infected with the AIDS virus by tainted blood, two courts urged the government and drug companies Friday to pay $450,000 to each of more than 2,000 victims. In response to a suit by victims, the courts proposed the government and drug companies be held accounta
Taiwan Denies Magic Invite: The Associated Press - 6 Oct 1995; LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Magic Johnson s trip to Taiwan met another roadblock Friday when the Taiwanese government denied that the former NBA star had received an invitation from the president to enter the country. Taiwanese health officials earlier this week had barred Johnson from entering the country because he has the A
HIV Kid Virus Free: The Associated Press - 5 Oct 1995; LONDON (AP) -- A 9-year-old boy who had tested positive for the virus that causes AIDS has been cleared of the virus without medical treatment, Italian scientists say. The breakthrough case was described in a letter in the Oct. 7 issue of the weekly medical journal The Lancet. Several similar cases have been reported a
Company Made Dud Drug: The Associated Press - 5 Oct 1995; TORONTO (AP) -- A U.S. drug manufacturer continued to sell a blood-clotting drug in Canada despite warnings that its heat-treating process wasn t killing the AIDS virus, according to documents released at an inquiry Thursday. The tainted product, made by Armour Pharmaceutical Co. of Collegeville, Pa., spread AIDS to si
Company Sold Dud Drug: The Associated Press - 5 Oct 1995; PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Armour Pharmaceutical Co. kept a blood-clotting drug on the market in 1985, despite warnings its heat-treating process was not effective at killing the AIDS virus, according to a published report. Two years later, six hemophiliacs in Vancouver, British Columbia, five of them children, contracted th
Taiwan Bars Magic Johnson: The Associated Press - 5 Oct 1995; TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) -- Magic Johnson has been barred from entering Taiwan because he has the AIDS virus, the government announced Thursday. Johnson was scheduled to arrive in Taiwan later this month with his All-Stars basketball team for an exhibition tour. Chang Po-ya, director general of the Department of Health,
Taiwan Debates Magic Visit: The Associated Press - 3 Oct 1995; TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) -- Health officials said Tuesday they haven t yet decided to allow former NBA star Magic Johnson to visit Taiwan with his touring basketball team because Johnson has the virus that causes AIDS. Under Taiwanese law, the government can bar the entry of people who have AIDS or are HIV-positive, as John
Supreme Court Deals Blow: The Associated Press - 2 Oct 1995; CHICAGO (AP) -- At 49, Jonathan Wadleigh has dealt with hemophilia since birth, the AIDS virus since 1984 and the courts since 1993. He and thousands of other hemophiliacs say they contracted the virus from blood-clotting medicines and should be able to join in a mass lawsuit against drug companies. On Monday, the Supr
Court Nixes Hemophiliacs' Bid: The Associated Press - 2 Oct 1995; WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court Monday refused to allow hemophiliacs who say they contracted the AIDS virus from blood-clotting medicines to sue drug companies in a class-action lawsuit. The court, without comment, turned down the hemophiliacs bid to reinstate a judge s order that would have let them sue as a clas
Baptist Tells Of AIDS Journey: The Associated Press - 1 Oct 1995; Matthew Allen had battled AIDS for all of his 12 years. Death seemed imminent, and he was saying goodbye at the place that had nurtured him, among friends who looked upon him as another kid rather than someone with an incurable disease. One by one, adults and children said their farewells. To the music The Circle of Li
Ex-Official Indicted Over HIV: The Associated Press - 29 Sep 1995; LISBON, Portugal (AP) -- A former health minister was indicted Friday on charges of negligence for failing to take a blood product infected with the AIDS virus out of circulation in the mid-1980s. Almost four years after hemophiliacs lodged a complaint with the state s attorney, Judge Carlos Lobo decided to indict Leon
Researchers Identify Gene: The Associated Press - 26 Sep 1995; LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Scientists have long known that as AIDS works its deadly course, crucial disease-fighting T cells stop reproducing and eventually die, leaving the body defenseless against infection. Now, researchers say they have identified a little-known gene within the AIDS-causing virus that stops production of
HIV Infections In Babies Drops: The Associated Press - 26 Sep 1995; CHICAGO (AP) -- The number of cases of mothers passing the AIDS virus to their newborns has leveled off to about 1,600 a year in the United States , but government researchers remain discouraged at the numbers. Two thirds of these, they noted, could have been prevented if their mothers had taken the drug
AIDS Artist Spurned By Senate: The Associated Press - 25 Sep 1995; WASHINGTON (AP) -- An elaborate gilded coffin, the centerpiece of an art exhibit with an AIDS theme, went on display Monday at a union headquarters after senators decided it was too graphic for their office building. I m not sure what they re afraid of, said artist Mary Fisher, who held the 1992 Republican convention s
Over 8M Needles Exchanged: The Associated Press - 21 Sep 1995; ATLANTA (AP) -- More than 8 million needles were exchanged last year in programs that allow drug addicts to trade dirty syringes for sterile ones, federal officials said Thursday. The report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention came two days after the National Research Council said such exchanges can reduc
Study Links Migration And AIDS: The Associated Press - 21 Sep 1995; LONDON (AP) -- Although AIDS spreads faster among migrant workers than among those in settled communities in Africa, this does not mean governments should crack down on them, several researchers say in a respected medical journal. The issue raised in the current edition of The Lancet has long been a touchy one. Many
Care Big in AIDS Battle: The Associated Press - 20 Sep 1995; BALTIMORE (AP) -- Treating HIV-infected people with AZT plays a more important role in prolonging life than demographic factors such as age, gender, race and income, a new study found. The major lesson we ve learned from this study is that HIV behaves similarly in all sorts of ethnic backgrounds and all sorts of behavi
AIDS Vaccine Reports Probed: The Associated Press - 20 Sep 1995; BOMBAY, India (AP) -- Indian health authorities are investigating reports that a U.S.-based foundation illegally tested a new AIDS vaccine on people in Bombay and Calcutta. A World Health Organization official at an Asia-Pacific AIDS conference in Thailand on Wednesday
Study Promotes Needle Exchange: The Associated Press - 19 Sep 1995; WASHINGTON (AP) -- The spread of the AIDS virus is reduced when addicts can trade in dirty syringes for clean ones, and the exchange does not encourage illegal drug use, a panel of researchers reported Tuesday. A National Research Council study said needle exchange programs are so successful in slowing the AIDS epidemi
Company Expands AIDS Drug Plan: The Associated Press - 18 Sep 1995; WASHINGTON (AP) -- More AIDS patients will have a chance to get an experimental new AIDS drug free through a nationwide lottery, the drug s maker said Monday. Hoffman-LaRoche in June announced a lottery to pick 2,280 advanced AIDS patients to get Invirase , the first of an experimental new class of AIDS drugs called
House Authorizes AIDS Spending: The Associated Press - 18 Sep 1995; WASHINGTON (AP) -- The House on Monday extended through 2000 the Ryan White Act, the federal government s main source of funding for AIDS programs. The House bill, approved by voice vote, makes some changes in the existing act, including giving states more flexibility to provide a wide range of treatments and support s
AIDS Bike-A-Thon Raises $6.5M: The Associated Press - 18 Sep 1995; NEW YORK (AP) -- After 261 miles, Chris Nagle held one image dear from the AIDS bike-a-thon: a lone supporter standing on the edge of a rural road, clapping as thousands of bikers streamed past. We gave people a chance to come out and say something about this disease, said Nagle, 29, of Centerville, Mass., who finished
Irish Priest Warns of AIDS: The Associated Press - 17 Sep 95; DUNGARVAN, Ireland (AP) -- A Roman Catholic priest who started an AIDS scare by warning that a dying woman may have infected up to 80 men said Sunday that she is now so ill that she cannot speak. The Rev. Michael Kennedy said he has contacted the woman in a London AIDS clinic. He reiterated his appeals for young men wh
Bicyclists Raise AIDS Funds: The Associated Press - 16 Sep 95; STORRS, Conn. (AP) -- Michelle Flegal cried for miles. She had crashed, hurt her shoulder and was helped to her feet by a man who told her he had the virus that causes AIDS. She couldn t stop thinking about his soothing words and kind gesture. He was very philosophical about it all, the Nashua, N.H., woman said Friday
Boston-NY Trip To Help AIDS: The Associated Press - 15 Sep 95; BOSTON (AP) -- Beth Beighlie didn t want to ride. She didn t want to put in the hours of training or to ask for donations. She just wanted to take care of her two best friends, who were dying. Then, within a month, Bill and Mike succumbed to AIDS, leaving behind a few bicycles and their 35-year-old photographer friend.
Media Flap Over Priest's Claim: The Associated Press - 14 Sep 95; DUNGARVAN, Ireland (AP) -- A Catholic priest s claim from the pulpit that a revenge-seeking woman spread AIDS to as many as 80 men in this rural coastal district has created a furor and prompted a media blitz. But no victims have turned up so far in Dungarvan, a district with a population of 5,674 in County Waterford.
Study Questions AZT's Value: The Associated Press - 14 Sep 95; WASHINGTON (AP) -- The use of AZT as the first-line treatment for HIV infection may be re-evaluated as the result of a study that shows patients reduce risk of death from AIDS by up to 50 per cent by using other drugs, researchers say. The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases announced Thursday that a
Red Cross To Revamp AIDS Plan: The Associated Press - 13 Sep 95; WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Red Cross hopes to temper instructional materials in an AIDS education program after its president, Elizabeth Dole, raised concerns that the leaflets, posters and videotapes were too explicit. Norman R. Augustine, chairman of the Red Cross, said Mrs. Dole shared with him only in her personal capa
Red Cross AIDS Program Revised: The Associated Press - 12 Sep 95; NEW YORK (AP) -- The American Red Cross is seeking to tone down the content of its AIDS-prevention program at the behest of its president, Elizabeth Dole, The New York Times reported. Although internal Red Cross documents did not suggest any political motivation, some Red Cross officials told the Times the move by the
Missouri AIDS Program Goes Broke: The Associated Press - 11 Sep 95; JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- A state-run program that helped nearly 1,400 AIDS sufferers with rent, food and health care was canceled after it went broke, and administrators acknowledged they failed to control spending. This program just got away from us, Coleen Kivlahan, the state health director, told The Associated P
Hoffman Has New AIDS Drugs: The Associated Press - 5 Sep 95; WASHINGTON (AP) -- Hoffmann-La Roche Inc. announced Tuesday that it is applying to the Food and Drug Administration to market a new class of AIDS drugs, and federal officials said that approval could come swiftly. Hoffmann-La Roche, of Nutley, N.J., is asking for FDA approval of
Death Insurer Loses SEC Round: The Associated Press - 31 Aug 95; WASHINGTON (AP) -- In a case closely watched by AIDS patients, a federal judge found evidence a Texas firm broke securities laws in the sale of a life insurance policy s death benefits to investors, regulators said Thursday. The National Association of People With AIDS, which intervened in the case, said the decision w
Legal Needles Slash AIDS Risk: The Associated Press - 29 Aug 95; NEW YORK (AP) -- Needle sharing among drug users fell 40 percent after Connecticut passed a law permitting syringe sales without prescriptions, according to a study published in the Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes. The finding is good news in the battle against AIDS, as 75 percent of AIDS cases in Conne
Chemical May Cause AIDS Risk: The Associated Press - 29 Aug 95; NEW YORK (AP) -- A chemical disinfectant used on some medical and dental devices can fail to kill the AIDS virus, posing a potential risk of infecting patients, a study suggests. Researchers found that in the laboratory, the disinfectant did not kill the AIDS virus in blood lodged in lubricants commonly used in dental
Tranquilizer Eyed For AIDS: The Associated Press - 28 Aug 95; WASHINGTON (AP) -- Thalidomide, the tranquilizer that caused birth defects throughout Europe in the 1950s, will be offered on an experimental basis to American AIDS patients suffering wasting, the drug s maker announced Monday. The special expanded access program, approved by the Food and Drug Administration, represent
Treat STDs, Curb AIDS: The Associated Press - 25 Aug 95; LONDON (AP) -- Improved treatment of sexually transmitted diseases such as gonorrhea and syphilis helped slow the spread of AIDS in a study in Tanzania , a medical journal reported Friday. The study, published in The Lancet, reported results of a trial conducted in the Mwanza region of Tanzania, on the southern shore o
AIDS Virus In HIV Semen: The Associated Press - 25 Aug 95; WASHINGTON (AP) -- More than one in every five semen samples from HIV-infected men contain live specimens of the virus that causes AIDS, demonstrating the high risk of unprotected sex, even with men showing no symptoms, researchers say. Dr. Ann C. Collier of the University of Washington, Seattle, said a study of more t
Stock Rises on AIDS Drug Report: The Associated Press - 24 Aug 95; TOKYO (AP) -- A Japanese company said Thursday it has paid $24 million to a California pharmaceutical company because of progress in the development of a drug designed to limit the spread of the AIDS virus. The stocks of both companies rose on the news. On the Tokyo Stock Exchange, Japan Tobacco Inc. stock surged 100,0
AIDS Drug Not Effective: The Associated Press - 17 Aug 95; BOSTON (AP) -- AZT may improve AIDS patients symptoms if they start taking the drug right after infection, according to a study published today. However, a second study of more than 1,600 volunteers infected with HIV found that treatment with AZT before the onset of full-blown AIDS does not fend off the disease.
AIDS Drug Not Effective: The Associated Press - 17 Aug 95; BOSTON (AP) -- Once heralded as an effective way to slow the progress of AIDS, the drug AZT may not live up to its billing, a study indicates. The study of more than 1,600 volunteers infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, found that treatment with AZT before the onset of full-blown AIDS does not fend off the di
AIDS Victims Abused: The Associated Press - 16 Aug 95; COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) -- People with AIDS are being killed, jailed, fired from their jobs and forced into abortions, an international gathering of social workers said Wednesday. Opening a three-day conference, participants said AIDS victims have to fight not only the malady, but ignorance and discrimination as well.
FDA Approves Use Of Baboon: The Associated Press - 14 Aug 95; WASHINGTON (AP) -- The government has given the go-ahead for an experiment to inject baboon bone marrow cells into an AIDS patient to see if they help rebuild his ravaged immune system. The Food and Drug Administration confirmed Monday that it has approved the study. Now researchers are awaiting final safety clearance
FDA Wants Blood Bank HIV Tests: The Associated Press - 10 Aug 95; WASHINGTON (AP) -- The government has told blood banks to begin using a new test to screen for the AIDS virus and to recall blood donated by patients with a rare, fatal brain disease. The first of the new Food and Drug Administration recommendations concern a new test for HIV, the AIDS virus, that is nearing the market
Fla. School Drops HIV Tests: The Associated Press - 10 Aug 95; FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) -- A school district dropped voluntary HIV testing of high school students after receiving complaints that the program was inappropriate for schools. Parents, health professionals and a handful of students asked the school board Tuesday to end the program that began three years ago. The tests were
HIV Blood Probe Stains Germany: The Associated Press - 9 Aug 95; GOETTINGEN, Germany (AP) -- Two businessmen accused of evading mandatory testing of blood plasma for the virus that causes AIDS will be tried for murder in the deaths of three people, prosecutors announced Wednesday. Frank Giesbert, chief of Haemoplas GmbH in Osterode, and Guenter Eckert, co-owner of a laboratory in Wu
HIV-Infected Bandits Vex Italy: The Associated Press - 9 Aug 95; ROME (AP) -- A gang of HIV-infected robbers has exposed the shortcomings of a well-meaning law that makes the AIDS virus a ticket to freedom for thousands of inmates and criminal suspects. Turin s AIDS bandits have pulled off a series of bank heists this summer, hitting again on Friday. As in the previous robberies, th
Geffen Gives $4M To AIDS Fight: The Associated Press - 9 Aug 95; NEW YORK (AP) -- David Geffen broke his own record with a $4 million donation to two AIDS organizations. Gay Men s Health Crisis will get $2.5 million to build a testing and counseling center. God s Love We Deliver, which prepares and delivers meals to homebound AIDS sufferers, will receive $1.5 million for a larger ki
Vit. A May Help AIDS Babies: The Associated Press - 8 Aug 95; WASHINGTON (AP) -- Vitamin A might be an inexpensive way to ease some of the illnesses suffered by infants with the AIDS virus, new research suggests. People who lack enough Vitamin A, both otherwise healthy people and the HIV-infected, are vulnerable to numerous diseases and even death. Whether increased doses of Vita
AIDS Still Deadly: The Associated Press - 7 Aug 95; WASHINGTON (AP) -- On her 19th birthday, Jecenia de Jesus lost her mother to AIDS. Months later, she felt she had lost her own future as well. I was 19 years old, HIV-positive and all alone, said de Jesus, remembering the day she was told that she, too, carried the virus, although she wasn t a drug-taker like her mothe
AIDS Could Be Slowed: The Associated Press - 7 Aug 95; Laura Myers, AP Staff Writer; WASHINGTON (AP) -- The 1990s will be a decade of increasing AIDS deaths, but perhaps also the decade of containment of the disease through global prevention programs, the head of the U.S. government s foreign assistance agency said Monday. More than 19 million men, women and children worldwide -- including more than 1
Use of AZT, 3TC seen as effective HIV treatment: The Associated Press - August 4, 1995; Paul Recer, The Associated Press; WASHINGTON (AP) - The drugs AZT and 3TC used together appear to be the most effective combination yet found to combat the AIDS virus, researchers report. Scientists at the Wellcome Research Laboratories in Kent, England, said that when AZT is taken with 3TC, the combination ove
AIDS Sex Case Dismissed: The Associated Press - 3 Aug 95; FARGO, N.D. (AP) -- A complaint against a woman who was the first person accused under a North Dakota law requiring AIDS victims to warn partners if they are infected was thrown out Thursday by a judge. Cyndi Potete -- a 40-year-old AIDS activist who has lectured to some 20,000 children about how to avoid getting infec
AIDS Victim Faces Prison Term: The Associated Press - 3 Aug 95; FARGO, N.D. (AP) -- A woman who says she was so drunk one night she can t remember whether she had sex has become the first person accused under a North Dakota law requiring AIDS victims to warn partners they are infected. Cyndi Potete -- a 40-year-old AIDS activist who has lectured to some 20,000 children about how to
Russia Delays Tougher AIDS Law: The Associated Press - 1 Aug 95; MOSCOW (AP) -- A tougher AIDS law that would require testing for many foreigners and Russians has been postponed because of confusion over how to implement it, an official said Tuesday. The law, which was denounced by international health and human rights groups, was scheduled to take effect on Tuesday. But Foreign Min
Insurer Loses Round In SEC Case: The Associated Press - 31 Aug 95; WASHINGTON (AP) -- An AIDS group says a federal judge s order against one firm selling investors the death benefits of a terminally ill person s life insurance policy will not damage the entire industry. This is a very unique case and not reflective of the industry as a whole, Troy Petenbrink, spokesman for the Nationa
Russia Gets Tougher AIDS Law: The Associated Press - 28 Jul 95; MOSCOW (AP) -- A tougher AIDS law that would require testing for many foreigners and Russians takes effect next week, despite protests from some international health and human rights groups. But the paperwork required for such a comprehensive plan apparently will not be ready by the starting date Tuesday, and many are
AIDS Council Prods Clinton: The Associated Press - 28 Jul 95; WASHINGTON (AP) -- Warning that there is no luxury of time, President Clinton s new AIDS advisory council urged him Friday to show more leadership in combatting the disease and to convene a presidential summit on the subject. He must make the battle against AIDS one of the most visible and continuing priorities of his
AIDS Gang Robs Banks In Italy: The Associated Press - 27 Jul 95; TURIN, Italy (AP) -- A gang of bandits has been arrested five times in two months for robbing banks. Each time, they ve been released -- under a law that bans the jailing of people who have the virus that causes AIDS. The four struck again Tuesday. Armed with switchblades, they made off with $27,000 from a Turin bank.
Senate Renews AIDS Program: The Associated Press - 27 Jul 95; WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Senate voted to reauthorize the Ryan White act supporting AIDS funding Thursday after rejecting mandatory AIDS testing of babies and pregnant women. The bill to extend the program for five years passed by a 97-3 vote, but only after two days of assaults from Republican Sen. Jesse Helms against fu
Representative To Appeal AIDS Ruling: The Associated Press - 26 Jul 95; WASHINGTON (AP) -- Democratic Rep. Barbara-Rose Collins of Detroit says she will appeal the ruling of a House grievance board that she fired a gay man because she feared he had the AIDS virus. Bruce Taylor, 31, a former aide and press secretary, was earning $40,000 a year when he was fired in December, two days after h
Senate Works On AIDS Test Bill: The Associated Press - 26 Jul 95; WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Senate reached a compromise Wednesday on the controversial question of testing pregnant women and newborns for the virus that causes AIDS. By a voice vote, senators approved an amendment to the Ryan White CARE Act requiring the 11 states with the highest incidence of HIV infection in newborns to
Gay Man Backed After Firing: The Associated Press - 26 Jul 95; WASHINGTON (AP) -- A grievance board for congressional employees has ruled in favor of a homosexual man who complained that he was fired by Rep. Barbara-Rose Collins because she feared he had the AIDS virus. Bruce Taylor, 31, a former aide and press secretary to Collins, D-Mich., was earning $40,000 when he was fired D
Jon Hinson Dies At 53: The Associated Press - 25 Jul 95; JACKSON, Miss. (AP) -- Jon Hinson, the conservative Mississippi congressman who became a gay rights activist after a morals charge cut short his promising political career, is dead at age 53. Hinson died Friday at his home in Silver Spring, Md. He died of respiratory failure resulting from AIDS, said his friend, Kate M
Researchers Mull Immunity: The Associated Press - 25 Jul 95; SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- In one study, children infected with the HIV virus in the womb haven t developed full-blown AIDS. In another, ethnicity seemed to play a role in the level of resistance found in infected infants. Is this an accident, a coincidence, or has nature done the right experiment for us? said Dr. Gene Shea
Postal Carrier Fired: The Associated Press - 24 Jul 95; CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) -- A postal carrier has been fired over his fear of catching AIDS from an infected couple s mail. Tim Snodgrass refused to serve Fred and Pat Grounds after they moved into a home for people with AIDS in late June. Snodgrass said he was afraid of cutting himself on the mail slot or becoming infect
Japanese Protest Tainted Blood: The Associated Press - 24 Jul 95; TOKYO (AP) -- About 1,000 people protested outside the health ministry Monday, demanding the government admit responsibility for AIDS-tainted imported blood products that have infected more than 2,000 people. The protests were in support of 215 hemophiliacs infected with AIDS who have filed lawsuits in Tokyo and Osaka
Group Starts HIV Drug Service: The Associated Press - 23 Jul 95; WASHINGTON (AP) -- A nonprofit group announced the launch of a mail-order prescription drug service Sunday to provide medicines for people with HIV and AIDS at discount prices and with complete confidentiality. William J. Freeman, executive director of the National Association of People with AIDS, said the new MedExpre
Merck To Distribute AIDS Drug: The Associated Press - 17 Jul 95; WHITEHOUSE STATION, N.J. (AP) -- A second pharmaceutical company has agreed to give away its experimental AIDS drug to people in late stages of the disease. The decision, by Merck & Co. comes after demands from activists who believe the powerful medicine called Crixivan
AIDS Charities Feeling Pinch: The Associated Press - 16 Jul 95; Remember the days when a new and terrible killer called AIDS inspired an outpouring of generosity with an optimistic surge of walkathons, glittery award dinners and soaring donations? These are not distant memories for AIDS victims, their friends, families and scientists trying to stop the disease that has claimed more
Mailman Is Suspended: The Associated Press - 15 Jul 95; CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) -- Even after health officials tried to reassure him, a postman decided it was too risky to deliver mail to a couple with AIDS. Tim Snodgrass was suspended indefinitely with pay Friday after an educational class failed to change his mind, Postmaster Richard Esslinger said. Medical experts and off
Experts Urge Baboon Transplant: The Associated Press - 14 Jul 95; BETHESDA, Md. (AP) -- At the tearful behest of an AIDS patient s mother and sisters, government advisers recommended Friday that the man be allowed to get a bone marrow transplant from a baboon -- even though they fear it will kill him. This is wonderful, said Kim Getty, as she raced to telephone the news to her brothe
Giants To Help Fight AIDS: The Associated Press - 14 Jul 95; SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Standing before panels of the AIDS Memorial Quilt, San Francisco Giants manager Dusty Baker described the team s commitment to fighting the epidemic with the second annual Until There s A Cure Day at Candlestick Park. I hope we ll have a third, and fourth, and fifth and on down the line until we h
Mailman Ousted Over AIDS Fear: The Associated Press - 14 Jul 95; CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) -- A postman who refused to deliver mail to a couple with AIDS was indefinitely suspended with pay Friday after an educational class failed to change his mind. Tim Snodgrass, a 10-year mail carrier, refused to serve Fred and Pat Grounds after they moved into a home for people with AIDS. They are
U.N. Launches AIDS Attack: The Associated Press - 14 Jul 95; GENEVA (AP) -- Accused of not doing enough to fight AIDS at the local level, the United Nations launched a new program Friday headed by a doctor who helped isolate the deadly Ebola virus in Zaire in the 1970s. The Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS, or UNAIDS , will focus on coordinating grass-ro
AIDS Donations Slowing Down: The Associated Press - 14 Jul 95; NEW YORK (AP) -- Remember the days when a new and terrible killer called AIDS inspired an outpouring of generosity with an optimistic surge of walkathons, glittery award dinners and soaring donations? These are not distant memories for AIDS victims, their friends, families and scientists trying to stop the disease that
Drugs Do Not Prolong Survival: The Associated Press - 14 Jul 95; LONDON (AP) -- Patients in advanced stages of AIDS respond better to treatment drugs than do those who start taking medicine immediately after becoming infected, a new British study found. The lead investigator, Dr. Mark Poznansky of St. Mary s Hospital in London, said Thursday he hopes the results will provoke debate
House Seeks AIDS Testing: The Associated Press - 13 Jul 95; WASHINGTON (AP) -- If freshman Rep. Tom Coburn has his way, all newborn babies could soon be tested for HIV. The Oklahoma Republican is pushing the measure to try to stop the spread of AIDS. Coburn, an obstetrician-gynecologist, failed to get his AIDS virus testing amendment through the House Commerce Committee when it
HIV Blood Supply Probed: The Associated Press - 13 Jul 95; WASHINGTON (AP) -- A failure of leadership coupled with uncertainty about the threat posed by AIDS allowed the nation s blood supply to become contaminated with HIV in the early 1980s, a medical committee says. No person or agency was able to develop and implement a coordinated strategy, largely because there was no co
Study Targets AIDS Survival: The Associated Press - 13 Jul 95; LONDON (AP) -- AIDS drugs seem to delay symptoms but do not prolong survival, according to a new British study. Paradoxically, the study of 436 patients found that those who wait until they have full-blown AIDS before taking medicine live about a year longer with the illness than those who start taking medicine as soon
Many Blamed For Tainted Blood: The Associated Press - 13 Jul 95; WASHINGTON (AP) -- Caution, fear of criticism and inadequate leadership led to the HIV contamination of the nation s blood supply in the 1980s, even after scientists knew that the virus causing AIDS was blood-borne, according to the Institute of Medicine. A 14-member committee appointed at the request of Health and Hum
House Works On AIDS Bills: The Associated Press - 13 Jul 95; WASHINGTON (AP) -- A measure that would require AIDS testing of all newborn babies was temporarily set aside Thursday as a House committee voted unanimously to extend a program that helps those living with AIDS. Rep. Tom A. Coburn, R-Okla., an obstetrician-gynecologist who sponsored the amendment calling for the testin
AIDS Couple Misses Mail: The Associated Press - 12 July 1995; CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) -- A letter carrier is refusing to deliver mail to a couple with AIDS, fearing he could catch the disease by touching the stamps or envelopes they lick. It is a fear that is, in my opinion, unfounded, and what we re doing is bringing in our doctor and our nurse to let everyone know there is nothi
Act Up Occupies SF GOP Office: The Associated Press - 11 Jul 95; SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Fifteen members of the gay-rights group Act Up occupied San Francisco s Republican Party headquarters Tuesday, waving anti-GOP banners from the balcony and leaving red hand prints on the wall. Four people were arrested at the site for investigation of malicious mischief, burglary and criminal cons
Drs. Use Baboons To Fight AIDS: The Associated Press - 9 Jul 95; PITTSBURGH (AP) -- For all that is at stake, the transplant of a baboon s bone marrow into a 37-year-old man with AIDS is deceptively simple. Doctors will let his body do most of the work. If Jeff Getty s body accepts a small amount of the marrow, it could boost his immune system by producing infection-fighting blood c
AIDS Activist Battles FDA: The Associated Press - 9 Jul 95; OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) -- Jeff Getty, an AIDS activist who hopes to become the first human injected with bone marrow from a baboon, believes he s alive today because of an in-your-face style of negotiating. He said he learned it at the Mexican border in 1988, when U.S. border guards caught him coming out of Tijuana with
CDC recommends AIDS test during all pregnancies: The Associated Press - 7 Jul 95; A. J. Hostetler, AP Staff Writer; ATLANTA (AP) -- All pregnant women should be voluntarily tested for the AIDS virus because a federal study has found that infected women can cut the risk of transmitting HIV to their unborn children by two-thirds if they take the drug AZT during pregnancy. Without the drug, as many as a third of babies born to HIV-infe
South Africa Faces AIDS Crisis: The Associated Press - 6 Jul 95; SOWETO, South Africa (AP) -- When Theresa Mokhesi puts to bed 20 abandoned AIDS babies each night in a Soweto hospice, she knows she is looking into the faces of South Africa s future. When Dr. James McIntyre bears the news to another new mother at Baragwanath Hospital in Soweto that she has tested HIV-positive, he can
Gingrich Wants AIDS Assessment: The Associated Press - Thu, 6 Jul 95; WASHINGTON (AP) -- House Speaker Newt Gingrich says scientists, not politicians, should decide how much money the government spends fighting AIDS and other diseases. Responding to a suggestion by Sen. Jesse Helms that the government should spend less on AIDS, the speaker said Wednesday in an interview with The Associat
Senator Jesse Helms: Cut AIDS Funding: The Associated Press - 5 Jul 95; NEW YORK (AP) -- Sen. Jesse Helms says the government should spend less money on people with AIDS because they got sick as a result of deliberate, disgusting, revolting conduct, The New York Times reported Wednesday. Helms, who has often spoken of his disgust for homosexuals, spoke to the Times as the Senate considers
Angola War Broadens AIDS Reach: The Associated Press - 4 Jul 95; SAURIMO, Angola (AP) -- Dangerous ideas fly around an Angolan army campfire -- sex with a virgin is a miracle cure, condoms cause impotence, girls can t get AIDS and a smelly root paste will clear it right up, anyway. Soldiers relaxing with beers shout agreement -- unaware that they and their comrades are likely to kil
Tax Credits For AIDS Drugs?: The Associated Press - 29 Jun 95; WASHINGTON (AP) -- Drug companies are rapidly abandoning efforts to develop new medicines for AIDS because they anticipate few profits, a federal task force told the Clinton administration Thursday. To get things moving, the National Task Force on AIDS Drug Development recommended tax credits of 50 cents per dollar inv
Former US Town An AIDS Hotspot: The Associated Press - 27 Jun 95; ANGELES CITY, Philippines (AP) -- Once this city was the home of the U.S. Air Force s largest overseas base. Now it s been officially declared at AIDS hotspot. Two more bar girls in this sex industry center have been found with the virus that causes AIDS, the city s AIDS Task Force reported Wednesday. Another 26 were s
Story Of Little Girl: The Associated Press - 27 Jun 95; NEW YORK (AP) -- Angelie is 11, and she is small for her age. A charming, intelligent fourth-grader, she and her parents have kept a terrible secret from her friends, their families and the community: Angelie is HIV-positive. She was infected at birth. I m scared how people are going to react, but this lie is really ha
Hemophiliacs Appeal To Whitman: The Associated Press - 27 Jun 95; TRENTON, N.J. (AP) -- Pending legislation could bring them justice and help make America s blood supply safer, say New Jersey hemophiliacs who got AIDS from contaminated blood-clotting products meant to save their lives. The product makers counter the bill to suspend the statute of limitations would shatter a very clea
Teens Fear AIDS From Doctors: The Associated Press - Tue, 27 Jun 95; Bonnie Coleman; CHICAGO (AP) -- A survey of ninth-graders revealed a frightening misconception about AIDS: Many are afraid of catching the disease from doctors or other health professionals. Only six of the estimated 1.5 million HIV-infected people in the United States are believed to have gotten it from a health professional -- and a
Docs Debate Animal Transplants: The Associated Press - 27 Jun 95; BETHESDA, Md. (AP) -- Doctors were ready to inject baboon bone marrow into AIDS patients last winter in hopes of boosting their immune systems when the government said wait. Now, despite pleas from patients, some experts say such cautious federal oversight of growing experiments with animal organs is overdue -- particu
Mistaken AIDS Patient Awarded: The Associated Press - 23 Jun 95; WASHINGTON (AP) -- A man who said he underwent nearly seven years of experimental drug treatments after mistakenly being diagnosed as having the AIDS virus has been awarded $4.1 million in damages by a federal jury. Raymond Machesney, 57, a former Catholic priest, was diagnosed with acquired immune deficiency syndrome
AIDS Test Said Given Too Soon: The Associated Press - 22 Jun 95; LONDON (AP) -- French researchers say some people tested for the AIDS virus may be reassured too soon that they have not been infected. The doctors recommend revising guidelines for AIDS testing so that people get a blood test eight months to a year after being pricked by a needle that may have been contaminated with H
Witnesses Debate AIDS Training: The Associated Press - Thu, 22 Jun 95; WASHINGTON (AP) -- Medical technologist Lyn Mickley says she didn t see the connection between her performance at work and learning about condoms -- what kind to buy, the colors they come in, and the use of spermicides. But she said this information constituted about 20 percent of the AIDS-HIV training she had to take
Healthy Priest Wins AIDS Award: The Associated Press - 22 Jun 95; WASHINGTON (AP) -- A jury has awarded a former Catholic priest $4.1 million for damages sustained from seven years of experimental drug treatments for AIDS, even though he never carried the virus. Raymond Machesney, 57, was diagnosed with acquired immune deficiency syndrome two separate times in 1985. Seven years later
Lou Gehrig, AIDS Patients Vie: The Associated Press - 22 Jun 95; WASHINGTON (AP) -- Thousands of Americans with two incurable illnesses, Lou Gehrig s disease and AIDS, will vie for free doses of two experimental drugs in government-sanctioned lotteries this summer. Drug maker Rhone-Poulenc Rorer announced Thursday that more than 1,000 Lou Gehrig s sufferers will get free Rilutek, th
Lottery Metes Out AIDS Drugs: The Associated Press - 21 Jun 95; WASHINGTON (AP) -- The first of a promising but still experimental new class of AIDS drugs will be made available free to some 2,000 patients through a government-sanctioned lottery. Manufacturer Hoffman-LaRoche will offer Invirase to advanced AIDS patients outside current clinical trials of
Health Scam Artist Sentenced: The Associated Press - 21 Jun 95; PHOENIX (AP) -- Michael Kent Bilbrey, 44, has been sentenced to five years in prison for selling a wonder cure that authorities said actually consisted of cranberry juice, a salt solution and household bleach. Court records show that among the victims was cancer patient Dale Corley, 73, a lawyer and banker from Garden
Fantasies Sold At AIDS Benefit: The Associated Press - 20 Jun 95; NEW YORK (AP) -- Got a dream to be in the movies? Ever fantasize about Elton John recording a song YOU wrote? These and some 17 other fantasies will be fulfilled for a price. They will be sold next week at a Sotheby s auction to benefit four AIDS-related organizations. There s no way to put a price on some of these thi
Quacks Exploit AIDS Patients: The Associated Press - 18 Jun 95; PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Outfitted with impressive electrical gauges, buttons and knobs, the laptop-computer-sized gizmo was once touted as a cancer treatment. Now it s being called an AIDS cure. Quacks who operate such devices use them to bilk desperate patients and improve their own financial health, Robert McCoy told heal
CDC: Boiled Water Good Defense: The Associated Press - 16 Jun 95; ATLANTA (AP) -- AIDS patients and anyone else with a weakened immune system should boil drinking water as the best defense against contracting a dangerous illness from water-borne parasites, the government says. Boiling water for a minute is the best way to kill cryptosporidium, the Centers for Disease Control and Prev
New AIDS Vaccine Given Hope: The Associated Press - 15 Jun 95; WASHINGTON (AP) -- The discovery that bodies infected by a weak form of HIV learn to protect themselves against AIDS could lead towards finding a vaccine against the deadly disease, researchers say. Dr. Phyllis Kanki, a scientist at the Harvard School of Public Health, said a 9-year study in Senegal show
Dentist To Pay For AIDS Stand: The Associated Press - 13 Jun 95; WASHINGTON (AP) -- A dentist who refused to treat two HIV-positive patients will pay $120,000 in damages under a settlement worked out Tuesday by the Justice Department. Dr. Drew Morvant of New Orleans will pay $60,000 to Russell Hodgkinson and $60,000 to the family of Ismael Pena, who died from AIDS in 1993, the depar
Clinton Aides Brief Gay Group: The Associated Press - 13 Jun 95; WASHINGTON (AP) -- After angering gay-rights advocates by steering clear of a key Supreme Court case, the Clinton administration met with 45 homosexual elected officials Tuesday and prepared to announce a new presidential AIDS panel. The 30-member panel, which is to be made public Thursday, will be charged with advisin
Liberal Leader Kropp Dies: The Associated Press - 12 Jun 95; WASHINGTON (AP) -- Arthur J. Kropp, president of a liberal advocacy group that was created to fight to preserve the separation between church and state, died Monday at his home here. He was 37. The cause of death was AIDS, People for the American Way announced. The country has lost one of the great young men, said tel
AIDS Doctor Charged In France: The Associated Press - Thu, 8 Jun 95; PARIS (AP) -- A respected AIDS doctor and former Health Ministry official was charged Thursday with complicity in poisoning for his alleged role in a scandal in which more than 1,000 hemophiliacs were infected with the AIDS virus. Dr. Jean-Baptiste Brunet, who was part of the Health Ministry s transmissible diseases un
How HIV Kills Cells Is Studied: The Associated Press - Wed, 7 Jun 95; NEW YORK (AP) -- Scientists have found a possible explanation for how the AIDS virus makes uninfected immune system cells commit suicide, a process that may contribute to the devastation of the body s defenses. If scientists can find ways to block that suicide, they may move closer to developing new types of therapy, r
AIDS Activist Dies: The Associated Press - Fri, 2 Jun 95; TORONTO (AP) -- Rochelle Pittman, who won a lawsuit over AIDS-tainted blood transfusions and became a prominent activist after contracting the disease, has died of AIDS-related complications at 57. Mrs. Pittman s husband contracted AIDS from a blood transfusion during heart surgery in 1984, and passed on the disease to
WHO:Epidemics Fueling Fatality: The Associated Press - Fri, 2 Jun 95; GENEVA (AP) -- AIDS and tuberculosis are working together in a deadly partnership as both diseases spiral out of control, the World Health Organization said Friday in announcing efforts to tackle the double scourge. By the end of the decade, tuberculosis will speed the deaths of a third of AIDS sufferers, the U.N. heal
AIDS Rising In Minority Males: The Associated Press - Thu, 1 Jun 95; ATLANTA (AP) -- AIDS cases are increasing at a much faster rate among minority males than among white males, further evidence that minorities need to be singled out for prevention programs, a study published Thursday said. The study of AIDS among men who acquire the virus through homosexual contact showed that between
Strides Made In AIDS Vaccine: The Associated Press - 1 Jun 95; LONDON (AP) -- The hunt for an AIDS vaccine has taken a small step forward with promising results from a study on 16 monkeys vaccinated against SIV, the monkey form of AIDS. The British study, to be published in Saturday s The Lancet, a medical journal, extends previous American research by showing that the monkeys wer
AIDS Experts Rap Medicare Cuts: The Associated Press - Wed, 31 May 95; WASHINGTON (AP) -- Hospitals can lose up to $260,000 a year caring for AIDS-infected patients, the vast majority of whom depend on Medicaid or charity for life-prolonging treatment, researchers reported Wednesday. The study shows many hospitals are already so strapped that if Congress cuts billions from Medicaid as pla
U.N. Infighting Effects AIDS: The Associated Press - Mon, 29 May 95; GENEVA (AP) -- As the AIDS virus sweeps relentlessly around the globe, infecting an estimated 6,000 people per day, the United Nations is trying to overhaul its creaking campaign against the epidemic. The aim is to coordinate the work of six international agencies in one program -- called UNAIDS -- and prese
AIDS `Dream Team' Assembling: The Associated Press - Wed, 24 May 95; BALTIMORE (AP) -- Lured in part by $12 million in incentives, AIDS scientist Dr. Robert C. Gallo will establish a virus research center in Baltimore, which is trying to make the biotech industry the foundation of its economic future. Gallo, a co-discoverer of the AIDS virus, will form the Institute of Human Virology al
AIDS, Stress Link Probed: The Associated Press - Wed, 24 May 95; MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- Men infected with the AIDS virus run a heightened risk of their disease worsening if they are confronted with major stresses like the death of a loved one, a study says. Scientists are searching for ways to break the link between stress and progression of the disease, said researcher Dr. John
Teens Urge Frank AIDS Advice: The Associated Press - Tue, 9 May 95; WASHINGTON (AP) -- Adults are endangering the nation s children by refusing to give them straight facts about AIDS and how to protect themselves, teen-agers told federal policy makers Tuesday. Americans need frank education, starting in early childhood, from parents and teachers who truly understand how to prevent HIV
Drug May Slow HIV Blindness: The Associated Press - Mon, 22 May 95; SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- The first of a new class of antiviral drugs appears to dramatically help AIDS patients fight off a devastating infection that causes blindness, the drug s developer said Monday. Called cidofovir, the drug s early promise is starting to attract attention to this class of medicines to fight not just
1st Lady Urges For AIDS Tests: The Associated Press - Mon, 22 May 95; WASHINGTON (AP) -- Hillary Rodham Clinton urged pregnant women Monday to be tested for the virus that causes AIDS so babies can be saved. The first lady opened the Pediatric AIDS Foundation s three-year campaign to promote the benefits of screening for HIV. Medical advances can dramatically reduce the chances of transm
Renault Chairman Indicted: The Associated Press - Mon, 22 May 95; PARIS (AP) -- The chairman of French automaker Renault has been indicted for complicity in knowingly distributing blood tainted with the AIDS virus through state-run blood banks, Renault said Monday. Louis Schweitzer, head of the automaker since 1992, was the latest high-ranking official to be implicated in the long-ru
AIDS Research Targets Hormones: The Associated Press - Sat, 20 May 95; SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- AIDS researchers have achieved promising results by targeting human hormones instead of the virus, and medical experts are calling for more experiments. Research teams in the United States and France have looked at the role of cortisol, a hormone produced in the adrenal gland that ordinarily helps
FDA Approves Immune Cell Test: The Associated Press - Thu, 18 May 95; WASHINGTON (AP) -- A new test may help people infected with the AIDS virus learn the health of their immune systems more quickly. Doctors measure the progression of HIV infection by the number of vital immune cells, called CD4 cells, that are in a patient s blood. Traditionally, this is done in a very complicated proce
Dornan Pushes Defense Budget: The Associated Press - Wed, 17 May 95; WASHINGTON (AP) -- Rep. Robert Dornan doesn t want people serving in the military who are infected with the virus that causes AIDS. And now that his fellow Republicans are in charge of Congress, he thinks he stands a better chance of getting his way. Dornan, the conservative California Republican who is chairman of the
Fr. Blood Bank Head Released: The Associated Press - Mon, 15 May 95; PARIS (AP) -- Victims were outraged Monday to learn that the former director of the national blood bank, convicted of knowingly infecting 1,200 hemophiliacs with the AIDS virus, had been released early from prison. Michel Garretta served 2 1/2 years of his four-year sentence, with the rest of the time off for good beha
Congress Debates AIDS Tests: The Associated Press - Mon, 15 May 95; WASHINGTON (AP) -- Michele Faust wasn t told that her infant son was born with the AIDS virus until he almost died at two months, even though doctors tested him on the day he was born. Faust didn t know of her son s illness because the government conducted secret AIDS tests on newborns in order to track the spread of t
AIDS Groups Aware Of FBI Spies: The Associated Press - Mon, 15 May 95; NEW YORK (AP) -- The FBI is spying on AIDS activists and gay rights groups, apparently out of fear they might resort to violence or throw infected blood during demonstrations, according to FBI documents and a civil rights group. The documents, made public under the Freedom of Information Act, indicate that informants g
Report: FBI Probed Gay Groups: The Associated Press - Mon, 15 May 95; NEW YORK (AP) -- The FBI has been spying on AIDS activists and gay rights organizations out of fear that some might be throwing infected blood and used condoms during protests, the Daily News reported today. Twenty-two pages of FBI files on New York gay groups were obtained by the Center for Constitutional Rights and r
Lawmakers Tackle AIDS Babies: The Associated Press - Sun, 14 May 95; WASHINGTON (AP) -- Michele Faust was furious -- doctors tested her newborn for the AIDS virus the day he was born but didn t tell her the baby was infected until he became desperately ill two months later. Now Congress is about to consider forcing doctors to test all the nation s newborns for AIDS and tell mothers the
High-Risk Blood Traced To US: The Associated Press - Thu, 11 May 95; TORONTO (AP) -- Blood products from Arkansas prison inmates, some of which later tested positive for the AIDS virus, wound up in the veins of Canadian hemophiliacs during the 1980s, witnesses told a government panel. The Canadian Red Cross cancelled its contract to buy blood-clotting products from the government-owned
Woman Sells HIV-Infected Blood: The Associated Press - Thu, 11 May 1995; EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) -- A woman who sold her blood despite knowing she has the AIDS virus was sentenced to four years in prison. LaDonna Cleve sold her HIV-positive blood to a blood bank. The infected blood was discovered during routine tests and destroyed before anyone received it, according to court officials. Cl
CDC Ends AIDS Test On Newborns: The Associated Press - Thu, 11 May 95; WASHINGTON (AP) -- The federal government is ending its anonymous AIDS testing of newborns -- a surprise move just as a congressman was pushing legislation to open the test results to the mothers. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced the suspension of the $10 million newborn HIV survey during a cong
Many Want Home AIDS Tests: The Associated Press - Wed, 10 May 95; BOSTON (AP) -- Nearly one-third of U.S. adults are interested in using soon-to-be-approved home AIDS tests to find out if they are infected, according to a government survey. The tests, which will be sold in drug stores for $30 to $40, will enable people to send away a blood sample and get back the results anonymously
Kids Hide AIDS Symptoms: The Associated Press - Mon, 8 May 95; Bonnie C. Coleman, Associated Press Writer; CHICAGO (AP) -- Contrary to widespread belief, children infected with the AIDS virus at birth may live for years without symptoms and without anyone even realizing they are infected, researchers say. When such youngsters get sick, doctors may fail to recognize the source of the problem. And even if they are diagnosed,
Hormone May Help Treat Sarcoma: The Associated Press - Wed, 3 May 95; Ritter, Malcolm; NEW YORK (AP) -- A hormone found in pregnant women may be useful for treating Kaposi s sarcoma, an AIDS-related condition that causes disfiguring skin lesions. The hormone killed Kaposi s sarcoma cells in the laboratory, and in mice it shrank tumors caused by injections of Kaposi s sarcoma cells, Dr. Robert Gallo said.
Yoko Ono Raises Money For AIDS: The Associated Press - Tue, 2 May 95; NEW YORK (AP) -- Yoko Ono invoked the words of her late husband as she donated $100,000 Tuesday to an AIDS research group. AIDS has affected all of our lives and it s time for us to work together, pray together and come together, the widow of John Lennon said, borrowing the title of a Beatles song. The donation coincid
CDC: MD AIDS Transfer Minimal: The Associated Press - Sun, 30 Apr 95; ATLANTA (AP) -- The largest study yet of AIDS transmission from health care workers to patients found no evidence that the virus was passed along. I think most people should be reassured by these findings, said Dr. Mary Chamberland, one of the study s authors. Americans have worried about the risk since the Centers for
Woman Jailed for Hiding Virus: The Associated Press - Tue, 25 Apr 95; MUSKEGON, Mich. (AP) -- A woman who defied repeated warnings to tell her sex partners she was infected with the AIDS virus was sentenced Tuesday to 32 months in prison. A jury convicted the mentally impaired woman last month of three violations of Michigan s AIDS disclosure law, which requires that those infected with
Inmate Sues After Getting HIV: The Associated Press - Mon, 24 Apr 95; ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) -- An inmate who says he was infected with the AIDS virus after being repeatedly raped in prison filed a federal civil rights lawsuit Monday against 14 prison officials. The lawsuit contends Michael Eric Blucker s constitutional right to due process and his Eighth Amendment right against cruel and u
Girl Sentenced For Bogus Calls: The Associated Press - Thu, 20 Apr 95; JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) -- A teen-ager who called former hospital patients and told them they had tested positive for the AIDS virus was sentenced to probation and therapy. Tammy Lynn Esckilsen, 13, pleaded guilty Wednesday to taking confidential information from a computer and four counts of making harassing telephone
Girl Punished For AIDS Calls: The Associated Press - Thu, 20 Apr 95; JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) -- A teen-age girl who called former hospital patients and told them they had tested positive for the AIDS virus was sentenced to five years probation and therapy. Tammy Lynn Esckilsen, 13, pleaded guilty Wednesday to taking confidential information from a computer and making harassing telephone
Jury Rejects AIDS Defense: The Associated Press - Wed, 19 Apr 95; BROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) -- A jury Wednesday rejected the defense of a man who said he killed a gay school teacher out of anger over years of abuse and fear of getting AIDS. Edgardo Arrona, 21, was convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison for the shooting of Oscar Anderson. Arrona admitted to shooting Anderso
Greek Family Buries AIDS Victim: The Associated Press - Mon, 17 Apr 95; ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- Funeral homes in Greece s second-largest city reportedly refused to bury a man with AIDS who died of a drug overdose. Instead, the burial was done by his family and a priest. Kostas Ossas, 31, and his wife, Foteini, who also has AIDS, drew national attention when they decided to marry two years a
AIDS Test Measures Virus: The Associated Press - Sat, 15 Apr 95; PITTSBURGH (AP) -- A new test could help doctors predict how quickly people infected with the AIDS virus will develop the disease, University of Pittsburgh researchers said. The test, reported in Saturday s issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine, may also help doctors determine the best treatment for each patient, sa
Exec's Estate Sues Disney: The Associated Press - Fri, 14 Apr 95; LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The estate of a Disney executive who died of AIDS is suing the company for allegedly coercing the man into giving back nearly $3 million in benefits while he was blind and near death. The lawsuit filed in federal court Thursday contends Disney discriminated against Robert Jahn by forcing him to retu
Fired HIV Pilots Sue Airline: The Associated Press - Tue 11 Apr 95; WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. (AP) -- Two pilots have sued United Airlines, claiming they were illegally fired after the company learned they have the AIDS virus. United forced two airline pilots into medical retirement based on unfounded fears and stereotypes, lawyer Peter F. Laura said at a news conference Tuesday. Laura
Study Promotes AIDS Education: The Associated Press - Mon, 10 Apr 95; CHICAGO (AP) -- AIDS education can increase knowledge and understanding of the disease among grade-school children without increasing their fear, a study found. Youngsters who took a special three-week course on AIDS showed increases of two or more years in the level of sophistication with which they could think about
AIDS Drug Avenue Discovered: The Associated Press - Mon, 10 Apr 95; WASHINGTON (AP) -- Scientists have discovered how a little-known AIDS protein pirates its way into cells, revealing a possible new avenue for AIDS drugs. A virus must get to a cell s nucleus to genetically alter the cell. Various proteins of HIV, the AIDS virus, get there by slowly overwhelming cells defenses. The Vpr
Building Destroyed By Mistake: The Associated Press - Fri, 7 Apr 95; PROVINCETOWN, Mass. (AP) -- Workers mistakenly tore down a building that was to have been renovated to provide affordable housing for people with AIDS. On Friday, Provincetown building inspector Warren Alexander said the general contractor, Bay State Construction, had agreed to rebuild the house exactly as it was befor
Study: AIDS Resists New Drugs: The Associated Press - Thu, 6 Apr 95; NEW YORK (AP) -- Treating AIDS patients with a single drug made the virus develop a resistance to not only that drug, but also many others of the same class, scientists reported Thursday. The study involved protease inhibitors , a promising group of experimental drugs designed to stop the virus from reproducing by disa
AIDS Virus Becomes Resistant: The Associated Press - Wed, 5 Apr 95; NEW YORK (AP) -- The AIDS virus becomes resistant to many members of a promising class of drugs if it is exposed to just one of them, according to a study that offers new evidence of just how slippery a foe HIV is. The study involved protease inhibitors , which are experimental drugs designed to stop the virus from rep
China Cure Said To End Comas: The Associated Press - Wed, 5 Apr 95; BEIJING (AP) -- A treatment using traditional Chinese medicines has revived dozens of people from comas, including one man who was unconscious for five years, the official media reported Wednesday. The Recovery Hospital in northeast China s Heilongjiang province has treated 38 people with the medicine and all regained
Canada Red Cross Targets HIV: The Associated Press - Tue, 4 Apr 95; TORONTO (AP) -- The Canadian Red Cross will shut down clinics where blood supplies have a higher rate of HIV infection than it considers normal, an official said Tuesday. Bert Aye, national director of Red Cross blood services, did not specify what the Red Cross considered normal, nor how many clinics might be affected
Court Upholds Surgeon Firing: The Associated Press - Mon, 3 Apr 95; RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- A Maryland hospital acted properly when it dismissed an HIV-infected doctor who refused to give up his surgical practice, a federal appeals court ruled Monday. The three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously affirmed U.S. District Judge John R. Hargrove s decision to thr
Yeltsin Signs AIDS Bill: The Associated Press - Mon, 3 Apr 95; MOSCOW (AP) -- President Boris Yeltsin Monday signed into law a bill requiring foreigners to test negative for the AIDS virus if they want to stay in Russia longer than three months. Starting Aug. 1, the law also introduces mandatory HIV testing for prison inmates and people in some lines of work. But it doesn t say ex
Mother Sentenced In Rape: The Associated Press - Sat, 1 Apr 95; RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) -- A judge ordered four years in prison for a woman who hung up the telephone as her son tried to report that his little sister, who is now infected with the AIDS virus, was raped by their new stepfather. Superior Court Judge Robert McIntyre rejected the prosecution s recommendation for a year in
Vaccine Hits Two Types Of HIV: The Associated Press - Fri, 31 Mar 95; NEW YORK (AP) -- Monkeys vaccinated against one type of AIDS virus were partly protected from a different type, a small study found. The result suggests that an AIDS vaccine for people might be able to protect against a wide variety of HIV, researchers wrote. Rhesus macaques were immunized against HIV-1, the dominant t
Woman Gets 10 Years For Biting: The Associated Press - Fri, 31 Mar 95; WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- An HIV-positive woman has been sentenced to 10 years in prison after biting an elderly man who eventually tested positive for the AIDS virus. Naomi Morrison, who has carried the virus since at least 1988, pleaded guilty in November to aggravated battery on a person over 65, robbery and aut
AIDS Exhibit Opens In Chicago: The Associated Press - Thu, 30 Mar 95; CHICAGO (AP) -- The Museum of Science and Industry is using fun and games to educate children about a relentless killer. Toss-A-Virus, Roll the Dice and Be an Epidemiologist are part of an bright, colorful exhibit titled AIDS, the War Within. The museum says it is the world s first major, permanent exhibit to focus on
Tokyo Firm Loses AIDS Ruling: The Associated Press - Thu, 30 Mar 95; TOKYO (AP) -- A company that fired an employee because he had the AIDS virus must rehire him and pay damages, a Tokyo court ordered Thursday in Japan s first ruling on the right of AIDS victims to work. The Tokyo District Court ruling also was the latest in recent years to challenge the legal rights of Japanese employe
Boy No Longer Has AIDS Virus: The Associated Press - Wed, 29 Mar 95; NEW YORK (AP) -- A Los Angeles boy who was infected with the AIDS virus at birth apparently fought off the infection and is virus-free at age 5, astonishing his doctors. Dr. Yvonne J. Bryson, a pediatrician and AIDS specialist at the UCLA School of Medicine in Los Angeles, said she believes it is the first carefully do
Parasite Problem Vexes SF: The Associated Press - Tue, 28 Mar 95; SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Recent failures at the city s water treatment plant has heightened concern about transmission of a parasite that can be deadly in people with AIDS. On Tuesday, Supervisor Carole Migden offered a resolution calling for stricter monitoring of the water supply and said the public should be alerted to
Judge: HIV+ Man Must Be Treated: The Associated Press - Thu, 23 Mar 95; NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- A dentist violated the Americans with Disabilities Act when he turned away one patient with AIDS and another who was HIV-positive, a federal judge ruled Thursday. The Justice Department sued dentist Drew B. Morvant on behalf of two patients in 1993, claiming the dentist turned both men away because
AIDS Inmate Infected Dozens: The Associated Press - Thu, 23 Mar 95; ATLANTA (AP) -- Fifty people who were linked through sex or needles to an AIDS-infected prisoner also had the virus, and about half didn t know, the government reported Thursday. The case study, published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, shows that partner-notification -- when health workers try to fi
AIDS, Herpes Virus Linked: The Associated Press - Thu, 23 Mar 95; LONDON (AP) -- Two new studies lend credence to scientific speculation that a new herpes-like virus causes Kaposi s sarcoma, the deadly and disfiguring cancer that strikes more than a quarter of gay men with AIDS. The studies, despite their small size, advance previous research by finding evidence for the herpes-like v
Study: Setback In AIDS Vaccine: The Associated Press - Thu, 23 Mar 95; WASHINGTON (AP) -- A candidate AIDS vaccine that works well on adult monkeys is a killer when given to newborns -- a setback in efforts to find vaccine formulas that protect against the deadly virus. Researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute found that a genetically altered live virus that protects adult monkeys from
AIDS Patients Offered Pot: The Associated Press - Tue, 21 Mar 95; SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Behind the nondescript door is no ordinary smoky dive. If your nose doesn t detect the sweet smell of marijuana, the sign behind the bar says it all: Thank you for pot smoking. At the San Francisco Cannabis Buyer s Club, AIDS, cancer and glaucoma patients come to buy and smoke the illegal weed the
Hemophiliac Lawsuit Overturned: The Associated Press - Sun, 19 Mar 95; CHICAGO (AP) -- A federal appeals court has ruled that thousands of hemophiliacs who contracted the AIDS virus from blood-clotting medicine can t join in a lawsuit against drug companies, partly because it might bankrupt the industry. In a 2-1 ruling Friday, the court ruled that a federal judge who consolidated cases i
Computer Assesses AIDS Risk: The Associated Press - Sun, 19 Mar 95; Rochelle Hines; Associated Press Writer; OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- A man concerned that he may have contracted the virus that causes AIDS meets with a counselor to discuss his fears. The counselor asks questions about sex and drugs that the man doesn t feel comfortable discussing. A computer program to help a person decide whether to be tested could be one answer
Class-Action Blood Suit Nixed: The Associated Press - Sat, 18 Mar 95; CHICAGO (AP) -- A federal appeals court has ruled that thousands of hemophiliacs who contracted the AIDS virus from blood-clotting medicine can t join in a lawsuit against drug companies, partly because it might bankrupt the industry. In a 2-1 ruling Friday, the court ruled that a federal judge who consolidated cases i
Giving Own Blood Costly: The Associated Press - Thu, 16 Mar 95; BOSTON (AP) -- Giving patients their own blood during operations is much more expensive and less efficient than relying on ordinary donated blood, a study says. Although the practice offers some patients peace of mind, it may not be worth the cost to the health care system because of the extra record-keeping required a
Self-Insemination Deemed Risky: The Associated Press - Tue, 14 Mar 95; CHICAGO (AP) -- Women who practice self-insemination with sperm that hasn t been properly screened for HIV run the risk of contracting the AIDS virus, a researcher cautioned. Another researcher said there have been no reported cases of HIV infection through artificial insemination since 1986, and the chances of a woman
Report Pegs Clinic AIDS Drug: The Associated Press - Tue, 14 Mar 95; CHICAGO (AP) -- A Nation of Islam clinic that has received nearly $600,000 in federal funds is dispensing an unlicensed miracle cure for AIDS, the Chicago Tribune reported Tuesday. The Abundant Life Clinic, which operates in a low-income neighborhood in Washington, D.C., is run by the Nation s chief doctor, who once ac
Study Probes AIDS Counseling: The Associated Press - Thu, 9 Mar 95; ATLANTA (AP) -- Two in three Americans voluntarily tested for the AIDS virus go to private doctors, who are much less likely to provide the counseling offered at public clinics, a federal study found. The report released Thursday by the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was based on a 1993 survey
Aid Groups Target Sex Trade: The Associated Press - Wed, 8 Mar 95; COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) -- As feeders for the global sex trade, desperately poor villages in Thailand and elsewhere need tougher laws and economic development to stop the exploitation of young women, activists argued at an alternative poverty summit. On Wednesday -- International Women s Day -- the ac
Shalala AIDS Comment Disputed: The Associated Press - Wed, 8 Mar 95; WASHINGTON (AP) -- A GOP lawmaker accused Health and Human Services Secretary Donna Shalala of exaggerating the facts after she told a House panel Wednesday that 40 percent of all AIDS cases since 1981 had been reported in the last two years alone. Shalala cited the statistic in testimony before a House Appropriations
Study: HIV Forms Many Hybrids: Associated Press - Wed, 8 Mar 95; Malcom Ritter; Associated Press; NEW YORK (AP) -- Different strains of the AIDS virus coexist in people and spawn hybrids more often than scientists thought, says a report with possible implications for designing AIDS vaccines. Scientists examined genes from 114 strains of HIV-1 and found that at least 10 strains appeared to be hybrids, blending genet
California Docs Want HIV Law: The Associated Press - Tue, 7 Mar 95; ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) -- California s powerful doctors association wants a state law requiring physicians to report all patients who test positive for the AIDS virus to authorities. By voice, 450 physicians at the annual California Medical Association convention voted Monday to ask for mandatory reporting for the purpos
AP Corrects AIDS Conference Story: The Associated Press - Tue, 7 Mar 95; CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) -- In a story March 6 that referred to the expulsion of a college student infected with the virus that causes AIDS, The Associated Press erroneously reported the name of the school. Prudence Mbele said she was a student at a Cape Town technical college, not the University of Cape Town.
Report: Needle Swaps Slow AIDS: The Associated Press - Mon, 6 Mar 95; WASHINGTON (AP) -- Government scientists have twice urged a reluctant Clinton administration to lift the ban on federally funded needle-exchange programs to help slow the spread of AIDS, internal documents show. Clinton health chiefs contend they don t have enough evidence that giving drug addicts clean needles can fig
Genetic Study Of AIDS Approved: The Associated Press - Mon, 6 Mar 95; WASHINGTON (AP) -- Federal scientists plan to inject genetically altered blood cells from healthy identical twins into siblings infected with the AIDS virus to determine if the disease can be slowed. The study involves inserting a gene that blocks the AIDS virus into the donated blood cells in hopes that the geneticall
South Africa Has AIDS Conference: The Associated Press - Mon, 6 Mar 95; CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) -- Prudence Mbele was studying at Cape Town University when she discovered she had the virus that causes AIDS. That ended her studies. School officials, concerned that she would spread the infection to other students, forced her to leave in 1992. Now Mbele is a South African AIDS educator.
Louganis Visit Hall Of Fame: The Associated Press - Fri, 3 Mar 95; FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) -- Greg Louganis -- actor, sports celebrity and now an advocate for AIDS awareness -- has a new confession. I m still shy, Louganis said with a cringe. But the greatest diver in Olympic history forced himself into the public spotlight again Friday, weary but ready to discuss last week s discl
Greg Louganis Dicusses AIDS: The Associated Press - Fri, 3 Mar 95; FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) -- Greg Louganis launched into an eight-page speech, read the first sentence and stopped. I don t want to do this speech, he said with a frown, handing his text to an assistant. I just want to talk. Louganis just wanted to be himself. That s what the past 10 days have been all about. The
Russia Media Gives AIDS Report: The Associated Press - Wed, 1 Mar 95; MOSCOW (AP) -- Russia and the other former Soviet republics have deported 452 foreigners who have AIDS, the ITAR-Tass news agency quoted Russian health officials as saying Wednesday. The announcement came as Russia s parliament is considering controversial legislation that would require all foreigners wishing to stay i
New Treatment Found For AIDS: The Associated Press - Wed, 1 Mar 95; BOSTON (AP) -- Doctors have shown for the first time they can rebuild the immune systems of people infected with the AIDS virus, dramatically increasing the blood cells that HIV destroys. The AIDS virus typically takes 10 years to kill a person. During this time, the virus relentlessly destroys a variety of disease-fig
Teen Arrested Over AIDS Calls: The Associated Press - Tue, 28 Feb 95; JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) -- The 13-year-old daughter of a hospital clerk was arrested for allegedly calling former emergency room patients and telling them they had tested positive for the AIDS virus. A teen-ager tried to get her father s gun and kill herself after receiving one of the calls, a newspaper reported. Ta
7 Get Fake HIV-Positive Calls: The Associated Press - Tue, 28 Feb 95; JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) -- A teen-ager tried to attempt suicide after she received one of seven prank telephone calls telling people they had tested positive for the AIDS virus. She was hysterical. She went after a gun and was going to end it all, Shirley Veazie said of her 16-year-old daughter, Amy Bulmer, who was kep
AIDS Experiment Outlined: The Associated Press - Mon, 27 Feb 95; A description of the AIDS hyperthermia experiment: --Blood is pumped out of an artery in the groin, passes into a radiator-type machine that heats it and is pumped back into the groin. --The blood repeatedly passes over the heating element, rising a few degrees each time, and back into the body until the blood in the
AIDS Patients Try Experiment: The Associated Press - Mon, 27 Feb 95; LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) -- A radiator sucked all the blood from the unconscious AIDS patient, heating it to 114 degrees. The man s blood pressure plummeted and his heart raced to 180 beats a minute as the blood steamed back through his organs. That normally would be cause for alarm, but Dr. Stephen Ash just smiled through
Medicine Carried AIDS Virus: The Associated Press - Sun, 26 Feb 95; PALATINE, Ill. (AP) -- John Rogers ordeal began shortly after birth, when his circumcision wound wouldn t stop bleeding. As a youth, his severe hemophilia made school sports off-limits. At age 20, he nearly died from internal bleeding when a drunken friend punched him in the chest. For years, he took drugs to dull the
GOP Assailed For AIDS Cuts: The Associated Press - Fri, 24 Feb 95; WASHINGTON (AP) -- The mother of Ryan White, who died of AIDS five years ago, is urging Republicans not to cut the AIDS program that bears her son s name. The AIDS epidemic is sweeping the country, taking with it my son, your daughter, someone else s mother, said Jeanne White-Ginder. Congress can t turn its back on peo
AIDS Activists Blast GOP Cuts: The Associated Press - Fri, 24 Feb 95; WASHINGTON (AP) -- AIDS activists and Democratic lawmakers say America can ill afford Republican plans to cut $209 million from programs designed to prevent, educate and help those with the disease -- now the leading killer of young Americans. The AIDS epidemic is sweeping the country, taking with it my son, your daugh
Should Louganis Have Told?: The Associated Press - Fri, 24 Feb 95; LONDON (AP) -- Should diver Greg Louganis have disclosed he had the AIDS virus when he suffered a bloody head wound at the 1988 Seoul Olympics? Louganis acknowledges he was paralyzed with fear that his blood might pose a risk of infection to other divers, but the International Olympic Committee says he did nothing wron
Park: IOC Should Test Blood: The Associated Press - Thu, 23 Feb 95; SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- Blood tests should be mandatory for boxing and other contact sports as a preventive measure against AIDS, the chief organizer of the 1988 Olympics said Friday. Park Seh-jik reacted to reports that diving champion Greg Louganis had the HIV virus when he hit his head on the springboard and bled
AIDS Drug Tests Encouraging: The Associated Press - Thu, 23 Feb 95; WASHINGTON (AP) -- Three drug companies presented encouraging test results on experimental AIDS medications Thursday, helping send the stocks of two of them higher. Merck & Co. said its drug, MK-639, works better and longer at inhibiting the AIDS virus than AZT , the mos
Nike Ad Features HIV Runner: The Associated Press - Thu, 23 Feb 95; PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- Nike is including an HIV positive athlete in a new promotion for its Just Do It campaign. While many advertisers have carefully steered away from the AIDS issue, Nike launched an ad earlier this month that features Los Angeles runner Ric Munoz. The 30-second commercial shows Munoz running through
Louganis' AIDS Discussed: The Associated Press - Thu, 23 Feb 95; LONDON (AP) -- Greg Louganis was under no obligation to disclose that he had the the virus that causes AIDS when he bled into the pool from a head wound at the 1988 Olympics, a top IOC official said Thursday. While questions have been raised over whether Louganis should have reported that he was HIV-positive at the Seo
Stunned Fans React To Louganis: The Associated Press - Thu, 23 Feb 95; Wendy Williams remembers seeing Greg Louganis last summer at the U.S. Olympic Festival in St. Louis. He looked fabulous, Williams, a former star diver, said Wednesday. He looked better than I ve ever seen him. I assumed it was because he was finally walking in his own shoes ... that he was living life the way he wanted
Merck: New AIDS Drug Promising: The Associated Press - Thu, 23 Feb 95; NEW YORK (AP) -- Drug maker Merck has accelerated testing of its experimental MK-639 drug against AIDS and said early research indicated it is more effective than AZT . Merck stock rose 3/4 to 42 1/2. Copyright 1995/The Associated Press. Reproduced with permission. Reproduction of this article (other than one copy for
Other Athletes With AIDS Virus: The Associated Press - Wed, 22 Feb 95; Prominent athletes with the AIDS virus: ARTHUR ASHE -- Champion tennis star. Died Feb. 6, 1993, at age 49. GLENN BURKE -- Former major league baseball player with Oakland A s and Los Angeles Dodgers from 1976-79. Appeared in 1977 World Series with Dodgers. JOHN CURRY -- A figure skater who won the gold medal at the 197
Expert: Louganis Too Concerned: The Associated Press - Wed, 22 Feb 95; LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Olympic great Greg Louganis says he worried about spreading his AIDS virus to others during a bloody diving accident in the 1988 Games, but medical experts say it would be virtually impossible to do. It s laudable that he has that particular concern for the welfare of others, but very fortunately HI
CDC: Test Pregnant For AIDS: The Associated Press - Wed, 22 Feb 95; WASHINGTON (AP) -- The government says every pregnant woman in the United States should be tested for AIDS, in an effort to stop the spread of the fatal virus to infants. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention proposed the mass testing because of doctors recent discovery that the drug
Baboon Transplant Planned: The Associated Press - Tue, 21 Feb 95; ATLANTA (AP) -- In a sign of doctors growing desperation in the fight against AIDS, a patient with the disease will soon receive a bone marrow transplant from a baboon to rebuild his ravaged immune system. The transplant, described Tuesday at a conference sponsored by the American Association for the Advancement of Sci
Two Face Manipulation Charges: The Associated Press - Tue, 21 Feb 95; TOKYO (AP) -- A medical school professor and the former head of a software development firm are suspected of manipulating stock prices by spreading false reports that an AIDS vaccine was being developed, officials said Tuesday. Officials of Japan s securities watchdog raided more than 10 locations, including the home a
AIDS Case Shows Romania Taboos: The Associated Press - Mon, 20 Feb 95; IASI, Romania (AP) -- When neighbors learned 6-year-old Iasmina Calinciuc had AIDS, one scrubbed the stairwell with bleach. Others feared sharing her birthday cake would make their children sick. Iasmina, who doesn t know she has the disease, is the subject of a lawsuit considered unprecedented for Romania: Her parents
Romanians File AIDS Lawsuit: The Associated Press - Mon, 20 Feb 95; IASI, Romania (AP) -- The parents of a 6-year-old girl are suing the state for allegedly giving their daughter AIDS, in an unprecedented case that illustrates the ignorance and fear of the disease that persist here. Violeta Calinciuc says her daughter, Iasmina, was infected through a blood transfusion the child receive
AIDS Diagnosis Proved Wrong: The Associated Press - Sat, 18 Feb 95; WAYCROSS, Ga. (AP) -- For two years, the AIDS virus ruled Vernelle Lowder s life, dominating her waking thoughts, haunting her restless dreams. She was overwhelmed by fear, depression, anger and despair. She encountered prejudice worse than any racism she ever experienced, and panicked at the onset of the slightest col
Ins And Outs Of AIDS Testing: The Associated Press - Sat, 18 Feb 95; The attorney for a woman who wrongly believed for two years that she carried the AIDS virus says her case demonstrates the need for attention to the problem of inaccurate tests and their potentially shattering impact. I don t think it s unusual at all, Miami attorney Steve Mitchel said. Since we got the verdict, I ve b
New Exhibit Spotlights AIDS: The Associated Press - Fri, 17 Feb 95; WASHINGTON (AP) -- Abstinence message, circa 1920: Believe no one who says it is necessary to indulge sex desire. Abstinence message today: If possible it is best to avoid sexual intercourse until you have a relationship with a partner who is not infected and who will only have sexual intercourse with you. Those voices
Poll: AIDS Changed Sex Habits: The Associated Press - Fri, 17 Feb 95; ATLANTA (AP) -- Nearly one-third of Americans say they have changed their sex lives to avoid AIDS, including using condoms more and sleeping around less. Some, according to the survey, have given up sex entirely. Even those at extremely low risk of getting the disease are being more careful, though the researchers foun
Museum Exhibit Focuses On AIDS: The Associated Press - Fri, 17 Feb 95; WASHINGTON (AP) -- Twenty paces from the squashed lead bullet that killed Abraham Lincoln is the viral bullet that has laid waste to millions of modern lives. The image of the virus that causes AIDS appears under the microscope at the National Museum of Health and Medicine, a tiny part of an exhibit opening Saturday.
AIDS Study Cover-Up Claimed: The Associated Press - Thu, 16 Feb 95 15:50:25; WASHINGTON (AP) -- A California researcher accused Clinton administration health officials Thursday of censoring two internal reviews that endorsed needle-exchange programs to help slow the spread of AIDS. They are playing politics .... (and) abdicating their public health responsibility, said Dr. Peter Lurie of the Un
FDA Panel Snubs Kaposi's Drug: The Associated Press - Tue, 14 Feb 95; WASHINGTON (AP) -- The cancer advisory committee of the Food and Drug Administration decided Tuesday against recommending a drug called Dox-SL for FDA approval to treat AIDS-related Kaposi s sarcoma. The committee was in consensus that the data to date do not demonstrate the product s effectiveness sufficiently to qual
Study Backs AIDS Transfusions: The Associated Press - Tue, 14 Feb 95; WASHINGTON (AP) -- AIDS patients experienced some benefit, including a delay in symptoms, when treated with blood from HIV-positive patients who hadn t developed the disease, French researchers say. In a study published Tuesday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Dr. Daniel Vittecoq and Dr. Jean-Jac
AZT Dropped From Kids Study: The Associated Press - Mon, 13 Feb 95; WASHINGTON (AP) -- AZT , the most common antiviral drugs used against the AIDS virus, has been dropped from a clinical trial among children after it proved to be the least effective and to cause the highest rate of side effects. The National Institutes of Health announced Monday that the AZT part of a clinical trial te
Playwright Dies Of AIDS: The Associated Press - Mon, 13 Feb 95; NEW YORK (AP) -- Bob Randall, a prolific dramatist, novelist and television writer whose successes included the Broadway play 6 Rms Riv Vu and the hit TV series Kate and Allie, is dead at 57. Randall died Saturday at his home in New Milford, Conn., of complications of AIDS, said Gary Pratt, his companion for 15 years.
Bill Goldsworthy Has AIDS: The Associated Press - Sun, 12 Feb 95; ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- Bill Goldsworthy, one of the original Minnesota North Stars, is dying of AIDS, a published report said Sunday. As athletes, we tend to think of ourselves as invincible, Goldsworthy, 50, told the Saint Paul Pioneer Press. We fight through the tough times and we begin to think we can handle anythi
Clinton Orders Money For AIDS: The Associated Press - Fri, 10 Feb 95; WASHINGTON (AP) -- In a rare public scolding, the White House told the Pentagon on Friday not to hold up money earmarked for breast cancer and AIDS research. Chief of Staff Leon Panetta released a letter he sent to Defense Secretary William Perry in which he said that President Clinton was very disturbed by a report th
Two Convicted in Gay Killings: The Associated Press - Fri, 10 Feb 95; LAUREL, Miss. (AP) -- A jury rejected a teen-ager s claim that he gunned down two gay men to protect himself from rape and the threat of the AIDS virus and convicted him of murder. Marvin McClendon, 17, showed no emotion Thursday as the verdict was read, and he remained expressionless as Circuit Judge Billy Landrum sen
Judge Mulls AIDS Testimony: The Associated Press - Thu, 9 Feb 95; LAUREL, Miss. (AP) -- Jurors in the murder trial of a black teen-ager who admitted killing two white homosexuals may be told one of the victims carried the AIDS virus, a judge ruled Thursday. It s weighed on my mind and my heart quite heavily, Circuit Judge Billy Landrum said. I think the jury is entitled to know the w
WHO: More Young Women Get AIDS: GENEVA (AP) -- The pattern of the AIDS epidemic has changed with women -- and particularly young girls and adolescents -- at the leading edge of new HIV infections, a World Health Organization conference concluded Wednesday. P Whereas 10 years ago very few women were affected by the virus, women now represent 50 percent of all new HIV infections, the conference noted. P According to latest WHO estimates there are some 8 million women affected by HIV with some 13 million expected to be infected by the year 2000. P Globally there are an estimated 4.5 million AIDS cases in total, with conservative estimates of 16 million adults and 1 million children infected by the HIV virus. P Over 50 policy-makers from around the world as well as representatives from private AIDS and women's organizations met for three days of talks to develop an action plan to protect women against the virus. P The meeting, the International Consultation for Policy-makers on Women and AIDS, which wrapped up Wednesday, was sponsored by the U.N. health agency in preparation for the Fourth World Conference on Women to take place in Beijing, China in September. P "Every minute of the day, every day of the year, two women become infected by HIV and every two minutes a woman dies of AIDS," said Chairman of the consultation Dr. Nafsiah Mboi, an Indonesian member of parliament and member of the Global Commission on Women's Health. P It is the inferior position of women in sexual and economic matters that has fueled the disease, she said. In some societies women are not permitted to talk about sex with men or to negotiate safer sex, she noted. P Among both men and women, young people are particularly at risk, according to WHO. P The agency estimates 60 percent of all new HIV infections in many countries are among 15-24-year-olds with a female to male ratio of two to one. P The reason is that women typically marry or have sex with older men who have been sexually active longer and are more likely to have become infected themselves. P In countries with high HIV infection rates, men have a preference for young adolescent girls and even female children as they are less likely to have become infected by AIDS. P Even among older age groups, women are increasingly at risk. P In Africa, the continent worst affected by the epidemic, six women are affected with HIV to every four men, according to WHO. P Prostitutes are hardest hit of all, with 40 percent to 80 percent of prostitutes in some urban areas in Africa and Asia infected. P But women in monogamous relations are also vulnerable, Mboi said. P "In a lot of situations women cannot say no to their husbands even if they know they are promiscuous or that their husbands are infected," she explained. P "We cannot put the whole burden of protection on women, men also have to be educated." P The meeting set out several key objectives for policy-makers. These included national legislation to improve women's status and ensure access to education, legal protection and better economic prospects; research of new safe sex methods to protect women from HIV; and wider coordination of AIDS policies throughout the world.
AIDS Activist Questioned: The Associated Press - Wed, 8 Feb 95; SINGAPORE (AP) -- A Boston AIDS activist says he was questioned by police after giving new hypodermic needles to six heroin addicts in exchange for used needles. Jon Stuen-Parker is head of the National AIDS Brigade, which has exchanged about 500,000 needles in American cities in an attempt to keep addicts from sharing
No Parole For Blood Bank Chief: The Associated Press - Tue, 7 Feb 95; PARIS (AP) -- The former head of France s state-run blood bank -- the man who would not spend money to protect the public from contracting the AIDS virus -- was denied parole Tuesday. Dr. Michel Garretta was the central figure in a public health scandal that left more than 1,000 hemophiliacs infected with the AIDS viru
Ex-Officer Gets Sodomy Rap: The Associated Press - Fri, 3 Feb 95; LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A former police officer infected with the AIDS virus has been sentenced to more than four years in prison for sexually attacking a teen-age police Explorer last summer. The horrific part here is AIDS, Superior Court Judge Bernard Kamins said Friday before sentencing Marvin Jackson to 52 months in pr
Report: AIDS Doctor Suspected: The Associated Press - Fri, 3 Feb 95; MIAMI (AP) -- A prominent AIDS researcher is suspected of setting up a phony laboratory and siphoning at least $250,000 in federal grant money, The Miami Herald reported Friday. Dr. Lionel Resnick is suspected of doing virus tests at Mount Sinai Medical Center, using the hospital s staff and equipment, for his private
CDC: AIDS News May Spur Change: The Associated Press - Fri, 3 Feb 95; WASHINGTON (AP) -- Though AIDS is now the nation s No. 1 killer of young Americans, claiming one of every five who die between age 25 and 44, it doesn t mean the average person suddenly is at greater risk. Instead, it was a trend long expected as experts made the highways safer but failed to find an effective treatment
NIH: Reevaluate AIDS Research: The Associated Press - Thu, 2 Feb 95; WASHINGTON (AP) -- Federal health officials, hoping to find new ways to treat and prevent AIDS, are ordering a revaluation of the nation s research effort against the killer virus. Dr. William E. Paul, director of the Office of AIDS Research at the National Institutes of Health, said Thursday he has appointed a committ
Facts On New AIDS Cases: The Associated Press - Thu, 2 Feb 95; Glance at 80,691 AIDS cases in 1994: *Gender --Men: 66,095, 81.9 percent of total --Women: 14,594, 18.1 (Total excludes the cases of two people whose gender was unknown) *Race --Whites: 33,193, 41.1 percent --Blacks: 31,487, 39 --Hispanics: 15,066, 18.7 --Asians-Pacific Islanders: 577, 0.7 --American Indians-Alaskan Na
Report: New AIDS Cases Drop: The Associated Press - Thu, 2 Feb 95; ATLANTA (AP) -- The rate at which AIDS is spreading has leveled off and the number of new cases reported every year is falling, health officials said Thursday. The report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention came just three days after the CDC announced that AIDS is now the leading killer of Americans age
Benetton To Appeal Ad Edict: The Associated Press - Thu, 2 Feb 95; PARIS (AP) -- The Benetton clothing chain plans to appeal a Paris court s order to compensate three people carrying the AIDS virus who claimed they were offended by an ad campaign showing bodies tattooed with HIV Positive. The court Wednesday ordered the Italian-based company to pay $9,470 to each of the three plaintif
AIDS Treatment Shows Promise: The Associated Press - Wed, 1 Feb 95; WASHINGTON (AP) -- A new combination of AIDS drugs shows promise of fighting back the AIDS virus, at least temporarily, but no one knows if this will ultimately lengthen patients lives. Four studies -- two from Europe and two from the United States -- described what happened when people took the medicines for periods o
Heartland Faces AIDS Deaths: The Associated Press - Wed, 1 Feb 95; TULSA, Okla. (AP) -- Not the churches, the conservatives nor anything else about the nation s heartland can stop AIDS. Not even in this God-fearing town that evangelist Oral Roberts calls home. And now federal health statistics show that more young people die here of AIDS than are killed in accidents. You usually think
New AIDS Treatment Raises Hope: The Associated Press - Wed, 1 Feb 95; WASHINGTON (AP) -- Four new studies suggest a novel combination of AIDS drugs knocks back the virus and boosts levels of critical white blood cells for up to a year. Experts called the results encouraging but said they are uncertain yet whether the hopeful signs mean people with AIDS will actually live longer. The stud
Data Tracks AIDS Infection: The Associated Press - Wed, 1 Feb 95; WASHINGTON (AP) -- The AIDS epidemic is sweepin