1993

Pediatric Clinic for AIDS a Reminder of Its Reach: Los Angeles Times (LT) - THURSDAY December 30, 1993 Edition: Home Edition Section: Westside Page: 1 Pt. J Col. 2 Word Count: 737; Greg Krikorian; Times Staff Writer; WESTWOOD - The smiling blond-haired, blue-eyed toddler was still bouncing around the Magic Room at the UCLA Medical Center when U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Donna Shalala somberly observed how the little girl, for all her spirit, represents the broad swath AIDS is cutting through the U.S. population. Seeing
The Healthy Traveler: Your Best Shot Against Disease Risk: Los Angeles Times (LT) - SUNDAY December 26, 1993 Edition: Home Edition Section: Travel Page: 6 Pt. L Col. 1 Story Type: Column Word Count: 829; Kathleen Doheny, Times Staff Writer; Travelers heading to remote locales probably know to ask their doctors about preventive measures for such well-publicized health threats as yellow fever, hepatitis and malaria. Yet many are puzzled when a physician asks about the status of their polio or diphtheria immunizations. Such unexpected diseases pose real dang
Research Pioneer Opens Local Office to Treat AIDS Patients: Los Angeles Times (LT) - THURSDAY December 23, 1993 Edition: Home Edition Section: San Gabriel Valley Page: 1 Pt. J Col. 2 Word Count: 568; Anne Louise Bannon; Times Staff Writer; THE REGION - The first medical office in the San Gabriel Valley devoted solely to treating AIDS patients has opened in Pasadena. There are a number of excellent physicians, part of whose practice involves HIV/AIDS, but no one who is doing HIV exclusively, said Dr. Michael Gottlieb, an AIDS pioneer who is expanding his
Will Work for Health Coverage: To Qualify, HIV-Positive Actor Lee Mathis Needs to Find Roles: Los Angeles Times (LT) - WEDNESDAY December 22, 1993 Edition: Home Edition Section: Calendar Page: 1 Pt. F Col. 2 Word Count: 905; Elaine Dutka; Times Staff Writer; Facing the loss of his Screen Actors Guild health insurance, Lee Mathis was on edge. Eight years ago, he tested positive for HIV and, despite the fact he s asymptomatic, the prospect of developing AIDS looms large. Anyone could be hit by a truck, Mathis says. But with HIV, the wolf is at the door. Against the advice of
Food and Charity: Church With an Open Door: Los Angeles Times (LT) - SUNDAY December 19, 1993 Edition: Home Edition Section: Food Page: 11 Pt. H Col. 1 Story Type: Profile Word Count: 1,009; Russ Parsons; Times Food Managing Editor; Daphne is a typical client at Imani Unidos, a feeding project of Faith United Methodist Church, located near Western Avenue and Century Boulevard. She is HIV-positive and poor--no one in the program has an income of more than $700 a month in a city where the average two-bedroom apartment rents for more than $700. Today
AIDS Foundation Brings Holiday Cheer: Support: More than 80 volunteers gather in Irvine to deliver gift baskets to county residents who have the disease or HIV.: Los Angeles Times (LT) - SUNDAY December 19, 1993 Edition: Orange County Edition Section: Metro Page: 4 Pt. B Col. 1 Word Count: 449; Mary Lou Pickel; Times Staff Writer; Ric Severtson added another teddy bear to his collection Saturday and marked his eighth Christmas season living with AIDS. We always look forward to these, Severtson said of the bear, which peeked out of a festive gift basket delivered to his house by two volunteers with the AIDS Services Foundation of Orange County.
A Lesson From Love and AIDS: Couples: She was shy, he was outgoing. She was a doctor, and he was her patient struggling against a fatal illness. They got married, and the end of his life was the beginning of a new one for her.: Los Angeles Times (LT) - THURSDAY December 16, 1993 Edition: Home Edition Section: Metro Page: 1 Pt. B Col. 3 Word Count: 1,639; David Colker; Times Staff Writer; Sonny Bartz first visited Dr. Susan Lawrence in November, 1988, just after learning he had full-blown AIDS. Lawrence s primary specialty was cancer, but she was also one of the few physicians in the Antelope Valley who would treat AIDS patients. For him, it was the beginning of the end. For both, it was the beginning o
Love Nourishes Doctor's AIDS Crusade: Lancaster: Susan Lawrence works to spread awareness in memory of ex-patient--her husband.: Los Angeles Times (LT) - MONDAY December 13, 1993 Edition: Valley Edition Page: 1 Pt. A Col. 6 Story Type: Profile Word Count: 1,979; David Colker; Times Staff Writer; LANCASTER - Sonny Bartz first visited Dr. Susan Lawrence in November, 1988, just after learning he had full-blown AIDS. Lawrence s main practice was in treating cancer, but she was also the only doctor in the Antelope Valley to specialize in AIDS care. For him, it was the beginning of the end. For both, it was the begi
COLUMN ONE: Sex, Drugs and No Place to Go -- Angel and her friends outgrew foster care and ended up on the streets of Hollywood. 'I look forward to death,' one teen says. 'There has to be something better than this.': Los Angeles Times (LT) - SUNDAY December 12, 1993 Edition: Home Edition Page: 1 Pt. A Col. 1 Story Type: Non Dup; Infobox; List; Main Story Word Count: 3,045; Sonia Nazario; Times Urban Affairs Writer; Angel draws closer to the candle in the pitch dark, crouching on a floor infested with fleas, beneath kitchen counters crawling with maggots. As the 18-year-old passes around a bottle of Cisco, the half-dozen teens huddled in the flickering light plot strategies to get money, drugs and food. Their home of the moment, a
AEGiS-LAT: Conservative Fire Spreads With School Board Sparks Education: In an Idaho town, what began as a fight over a talk on AIDS turned into ideological warfare.: Los Angeles Times - SATURDAY December 11, 1993; Douglas Frantz; Elizabeth Shogren; Times Staff Writers; Second of two parts MERIDIAN, Ida. - When conservative parents objected to a discussion of AIDS in sixth-grade classes here two years ago, they triggered a rancorous battle that began over who should control the education of their children and quickly spread to such broader issues as civil rights protections for homose
Some Immune to AIDS, Study Hints Health: Researchers find cases where blood shows no evidence of infection, although urine is HIV-positive. Others caution that significance of discovery is unclear.: Los Angeles Times (LT) - FRIDAY December 10, 1993 Edition: Home Edition Page: 3 Pt. A Col. 3 Word Count: 778; Sheryl Stolberg; Times Medical Writer; In a study that lends support to the tantalizing theory that some people are immune to AIDS, a Berkeley microbiologist has discovered a handful of healthy patients whose blood shows no evidence of antibodies to the deadly human immunodeficiency virus, but whose urine is HIV-positive. None of the seven patients--at leas
REEL LIFE / FILM & VIDEO FILE: Movie About AIDS to Premiere Locally 'Philadelphia,' a TriStar picture, is about a gay superstar attorney who is fired after it is discovered that he has the disease. Proceeds from the event will benefit organization that caters to HIV infected and their families.: Los Angeles Times (LT) - THURSDAY December 9, 1993 Edition: Ventura West Section: Ventura County Life Page: 17 Pt. J Word Count: 393; Pancho Doll; Times Staff Writer; Philadelphia, the first movie by a Hollywood studio to confront AIDS and homophobia, will have its world premiere this month in Ventura. The Benefit Premiere will be held at 4 p.m. on Dec. l9 at the Ventura Century 8 Theater. Through the efforts of actress Mary Steenburgen, a Ventura County resident, and Ron Halleran,
Reflections on AIDS: Observance: Orange County artists, friends join others worldwide to mourn loss of thousands to the deadly disease. Condoms, awareness materials are also passed out at colleges.: Los Angeles Times (LT) - THURSDAY December 2, 1993 Edition: Orange County Edition Section: Metro Page: 1 Pt. B Col. 2 Word Count: 969; Zan Dubin; Gebe Martinez; Times Staff Writers; On a day set aside to remind the world of the public health threat posed by AIDS, bells tolled, friends and relatives remembered and artists wept as Orange County paid tribute Wednesday to those who have died from--and those who are afflicted with--the deadly disease. From the White House to local post offices and coll
BRIEFCASE: L.A. County-Funded Ads Warning About AIDS Hit Streets: Los Angeles Times (LT) - THURSDAY December 2, 1993 Edition: Orange County Edition Section: Business Page: 6 Pt. D Col. 1 Story Type: Column; Brief Word Count: 73; Anne Michaud; Times Staff Writer; The first advertising program funded by Los Angeles County to promote AIDS testing and treatment has hit magazines, billboards and buses. The ads, created by Forsythe Marcelli Johnson in Newport Beach, have been placed in high-risk Los Angeles areas. They show a partly unbuttoned pair of jeans and ask, Do you know what
Dying AIDS Patient Won't Be Tried for Spitting on Woman: Los Angeles Times (LT) - THURSDAY December 2, 1993 Edition: Orange County Edition Section: Metro Page: 1 Pt. B Col. 5 Word Count: 342; Dvan Maharaj; Times Staff Writer; NEWPORT BEACH - Prosecutors said Wednesday that they have dropped criminal charges against a terminally ill AIDS patient who was accused of deliberately spitting in a woman s eyes at a rally last year for then-presidential candidate Bill Clinton. Deputy Dist. Atty. Christopher Kralick said the district attorney s offic
Move to Screen Free HIV Tests Meets Opposition Disease: State says the proposal to give preference to people who have engaged in high-risk behavior is merely a draft. Director of South Bay Free Clinic says it amounts to discrimination.: Los Angeles Times (LT) - THURSDAY December 2, 1993 Edition: South Bay Edition Section: Metro Page: 3 Pt. B Col. 4 Word Count: 679; Deborah Schoch; Times Staff Writer; Controversy has erupted over a state proposal to screen people seeking free, anonymous testing for the virus that causes AIDS, a move opposed by the South Bay s major provider of such testing. The proposed screening--generally conducted by telephone when a person tries to schedule a test--would give preference to clien
Clinton's AIDS Speech Draws Cheers, Jeer: Los Angeles Times (LT) - THURSDAY December 2, 1993 Edition: Home Edition Page: 22 Pt. A Col. 1 Word Count: 661; Robert L. Jackson; Mark Bousian; Times Staff Writer; WASHINGTON - President Clinton, heckled by an AIDS activist but cheered by AIDS patients at a local hospital, said Wednesday in observance of World AIDS Day that the United States must accelerate its efforts to find better treatments and an eventual cure for the disease. I think we have done a good job in the first yea
Clinic Will Pay $85,000 in HIV Discrimination Suit Litigation: The case is the first such action filed under federal Americans With Disabilities Act.: Los Angeles Times (LT) - WEDNESDAY December 1, 1993 Edition: Home Edition Page: 34 Pt. A Col. 5 Word Count: 291; Scott Hadly; Times Staff Writer; A Ventura medical clinic that refused treatment to a man infected with the AIDS virus agreed Tuesday to pay $85,000 to settle a federal discrimination lawsuit. Civil rights lawyers said the lawsuit, which was settled the day it was set to go to trial in federal court in Los Angeles, was the first AIDS discrimination la
U.S. Task Force Formed to Speed Creation of Drug to Fight AIDS: Los Angeles Times (LT) - WEDNESDAY December 1, 1993 Edition: Home Edition Page: 14 Pt. A Col. 1 Word Count: 489; Robert L. Jackson; Times Staff Writer; WASHINGTON - The Clinton Administration on Tuesday announced the formation of a task force to encourage unprecedented high-level collaboration among government and university scientists and the pharmaceutical industry to speed development of an anti-virus drug to fight AIDS. Donna Shalala, secretary of Health and Human
O.C.'s Artists Join in Marking AIDS Toll Observance: A Day Without Art focuses on disease that has taken local actors, dancers and others.: Los Angeles Times (LT) - WEDNESDAY December 1, 1993 Edition: Orange County Edition Page: 1 Pt. A Col. 4 Word Count: 1,287; Zan Dubin; Times Staff Writer; AIDS has claimed four artists--a director, an actor, a set designer and a costumer--who once worked regularly at South Coast Repertory. It has killed at least a dozen of the preeminent dancers and choreographers whose work once graced the stage of the Orange County Performing Arts Center. And it has crept into the cont
Orange County Focus: AIDS Awareness Stamp on Sale Today: Los Angeles Times (LT) - WEDNESDAY December 1, 1993 Edition: Orange County Edition Section: Metro Page: 2 Pt. B Col. 3 Story Type: Column; Brief Word Count: 341; Debra Cano; Times Staff Writer; A special stamp bearing a symbolic red ribbon for AIDS awareness goes on sale today, World AIDS Day. To commemorate the first-day issue of the 29-cent stamp, officials are holding a 9 a.m. dedication ceremony at the Kaiser Permanente Health Pavilion, 200 N. Lewis St. in Orange. The event is open to the public and conti
Medical Clinic Settles AIDS Bias Lawsuit: Los Angeles Times (LT) - WEDNESDAY December 1, 1993 Edition: Ventura West Section: Metro Page: 1 Pt. B Col. 4 Word Count: 567; Scott Hadly; Times Staff Writer; A Ventura medical clinic where a man infected with the AIDS virus was refused treatment agreed Tuesday to pay $85,000 to settle a federal discrimination lawsuit and pledged to provide evidence that the attending physician who denied him treatment has received additional training on the disease. Civil rights lawyers sai
Blending AIDS Awareness, Art for a Day The Events: O.C. institutions' programs will remember those who have died of the disease and will try to raise funds for research.: Los Angeles Times (LT) - TUESDAY November 30, 1993 Edition: Orange County Edition Section: Calendar Page: 1 Pt. F Col. 5 Story Type: List Word Count: 781; Zan Dubin; Times Staff Writer; Imagine no museums, no concerts, no plays, no dance. That s what A Day Without Art is designed to make you do. On Wednesday, thousands of institutions around the world will take part in the observance commemorating those who have died of AIDS in the especially hard-hit world of the arts. Some participants will cloak ar
TV REVIEW: 'Blood and Politics': Report on HIV, Ethics: Los Angeles Times (LT) - TUESDAY November 30, 1993 Edition: Home Edition Section: Calendar Page: 4 Pt. F Col. 1 Story Type: Television Review Word Count: 379; Robert Koehler; When it comes to examining how HIV-infected blood was allowed to enter the U.S. blood-donor supply, the Frontline report AIDS, Blood and Politics (at 9 tonight on KCET-TV Channel 28 and KPBS-TV Channel 15; 8 p.m. on KVCR-TV Channel 24) may be practicing some Monday-morning quarterbacking. That doesn t mean that the sto
Heal on Wheels As the need for preventive care rises and medical facilities become overloaded, mobile clinics have become more common stop-gap measures.: Los Angeles Times (LT) - SUNDAY November 28, 1993 Edition: Home Edition Section: City Times Page: 14 Story Type: Infobox Word Count: 2,570; Lucille Renwick; Times Staff Writer; In the parking lot of Tree of Life Baptist Church in Watts, a trickle of women sign up for their first mammograms. Outside the Los Angeles Mission on Skid Row, homeless men and women line up several days a week for treatment of ailments. In the playground of a Boyle Heights preschool, dozens of young children reluctant
SANTA ANA AIDS Patient Settles With Blood Banks: Los Angeles Times (LT) - WEDNESDAY November 24, 1993 Edition: Orange County Edition Section: Metro Page: 3 Pt. B Col. 2 Story Type: Column; Brief Word Count: 532; Alicia Di Rado; Times Staff Writer; A Corona woman who contracted HIV and then came down with AIDS from tainted donated blood has reached a settlement with a hospital, two blood banks and two doctors involved in giving her the blood. Catalina Grigley received the transfusion during an operation to replace a faulty heart valve at Fountain Valley Regional
Mortician Drops His Anti-AIDS Position Lancaster: The funeral director says he was told he was violating federal anti-bias laws. A state board will pursue a complaint against him.: Los Angeles Times (LT) - WEDNESDAY November 24, 1993 Edition: Valley Edition Section: Metro Page: 1 Pt. B Col. 5 Word Count: 623; Phil Sneiderman; Times Staff Writer; LANCASTER - Jim Mumaw, the funeral home director who was criticized for refusing to handle AIDS-related deaths, has decided to drop the policy after consulting with federal officials. Mumaw said Tuesday that U. S. Department of Justice staff members in Washington told him that he has been violating the Americans with D
COLUMN ONE: Vaccines in Your Vegetables Genetic gardeners are trying to grow crops that could save millions of lives. Their discoveries might make immunizing a child against hepatitis as easy as eating a banana.: Los Angeles Times (LT) - TUESDAY November 23, 1993 Edition: Home Edition Page: 1 Pt. A Col. 1 Story Type: Non Dup; Infobox Word Count: 1,857; Robert Lee Hotz; Times Science Writer; LA JOLLA - Most farmers sow fields of alfalfa and reap acres of salad greens. Mitch Hein is cultivating alfalfa sprouts that could stem a cholera epidemic. In a locked vault behind a chain-link fence in a corner of an underground parking garage, Hein, a scientist at the Scripps Research Institute, is tending a garden o
AIDS Activists Accuse Druggist of Profiteering Medicine: Priority Pharmacy of San Diego counters that its prices defray costs of a toll-free hot line and other services.: Los Angeles Times (LT) - SUNDAY November 21, 1993 Edition: Home Edition Section: Business Page: 1 Pt. D Col. 5 Word Count: 1,817; David R. Olmos; Times Staff Writer; SAN DIEGO - For years, Priority Pharmacy has been a pillar of this city s gay community, known for its business and charitable efforts on behalf of people with AIDS. The company s founder, pharmacist David C. Zeiger, is said to have filled San Diego s first private prescription for the AIDS-fighting drug
West Valley Focus--RESEDA: Campus Aims AIDS Program at Teen-Agers: Los Angeles Times (LT) - FRIDAY November 19, 1993 Edition: Valley Edition Section: Metro Page: 2 Pt. B Col. 2 Story Type: Column; Brief Word Count: 366; Susan Byrnes; When 17-year-old Veronica Corchado learned that a friend she had known since middle school was HIV-positive, she was shocked. Like many teen-agers, the Grover Cleveland High School senior believed she and her peers were somehow immune to HIV, the deadly virus that causes AIDS. In an attempt to dispel such sentiment, ad
Funeral Director's AIDS Policy Stuns Activists Health: His acknowledgment that such deaths are referred to other mortuaries also surprises industry leaders.: Los Angeles Times (LT) - THURSDAY November 18, 1993 Edition: Valley Edition Section: Metro Page: 1 Pt. B Col. 2 Story Type: Full Run Word Count: 1,130; Phil Sneiderman; Times Staff Writer; LANCASTER - A Lancaster funeral director s refusal to handle AIDS-related deaths, disclosed last week, has stunned AIDS activists and industry leaders, who say this once-common policy is now rare--and is a violation of federal law. The Antelope Valley-based Catalyst Foundation for AIDS Awareness and Care said last week
AIDS Group Alleges Bias in Delivery of Health Services Antelope Valley: The area's largest hospital and a funeral home respond to criticism.: Los Angeles Times (LT) - FRIDAY November 12, 1993 Edition: Valley Edition Section: Metro Page: 1 Pt. B Col. 2 Word Count: 653; David Colker; Times Staff Writer; LANCASTER - A doctor who treats several people with AIDS charged Thursday that some Antelope Valley health care services and other businesses discriminate against people with the disease. Dr. Susan Lawrence and others speaking at a news conference in her office made the charges against the area s largest hospital, a fu
Adrift in a Teen's Sea of Pain Life Has Long Been Tough for O.C. Hemophiliac With AIDS. But Lately, It's Gotten Even Tougher.: Los Angeles Times (LT) - WEDNESDAY November 10, 1993 Edition: Orange County Edition Section: View Page: 1 Pt. E Col. 2 Story Type: Profile Word Count: 2,050; Nancy Wride; Times Staff Writer; Channon Phipps had already crafted an emotional life raft by the time he learned in fifth grade that he had the AIDS virus. By age 11, he had been saddled with daily injections of blood-clotting products, painful shin splints, and the chronic infections of those with hemophilia. So he created his own imaginary friends
Tainted-Blood Scandal Has Germans in an AIDS Panic Health: Over the past decade, the number exposed to the accused firm's supplies may run into the millions.: Los Angeles Times (LT) - SATURDAY November 6, 1993 Edition: Home Edition Page: 1 Pt. A Col. 5 Story Type: Infobox; List Word Count: 1,808; Dean E. Murphy; Times Staff Writer; KOBLENZ, Germany - The quivering voice was that of a middle-aged woman turning to a radio talk show for advice. My husband was in the hospital and received two blood transfusions, she confided over the air this week. I am worried. What do I do? The reply was as simple as it was startling: Tell him to get an AIDS test--
Mixed Signals Do pop culture images reflect a sexually confused generation? Or do they just give youth the freedom to talk about their feelings?: Los Angeles Times (LT) - THURSDAY November 4, 1993 Edition: Home Edition Section: View Page: 1 Pt. E Col. 2 Word Count: 1,669; Jeannine Stein; Times Staff Writer; Ludwig, 20, is calling to talk about some homosexual experiences he had two years ago. Dr. Drew Pinsky, better known simply as Dr. Drew, host of KROQ-FM s Love Line talk show, delves into Ludwig s past. Is this the first time . . . you had sex with a man? Yeah. And then prior to that, no bisexual feelings or experience
Pace of Gene Therapy Experiments Quickens Medicine: Dramatic success with two girls spurs more attempts. But obstacles to treatments remain high.: Los Angeles Times (LT) - TUESDAY November 2, 1993 Edition: Home Edition Page: 1 Pt. A Col. 5 Story Type: Series; Infobox Word Count: 2,826; Thomas H. Maugh II; Times Medical Writer; MEMO: Series: HEALING GENES. Medicine s Attack on Genetic Diseases. Last of three parts. TEXT: Cynthia Cutshall s parents never expected that she would be able to go to school. Born with a rare genetic disorder called ADA deficiency, the Canton, Ohio, girl had no functioning immune system to protect her from infections
GLENDALE/BURBANK FOCUS: BURBANK Red Cross to Start HIV/AIDS Council: Los Angeles Times (LT) - SATURDAY October 30, 1993 Edition: Valley Edition Section: Metro Page: 3 Pt. B Col. 1 Story Type: Column; Brief Word Count: 340; Ed Bond; The attempt to make Burbank residents aware that AIDS can hit close to home--or even at home--begins Monday, said Steve Goldfarb, health and safety coordinator for the Burbank chapter of the American Red Cross. In the last 10 years, at least 202 Burbank residents have developed AIDS after contacting the HIV virus, and
Strides Made in Screening Transplant Organs Medicine: Even with safeguards, diseases have been introduced. Some experts call for complete autopsies, a move that would delay funerals and possibly discourage donations.: Los Angeles Times (LT) - MONDAY October 25, 1993 Edition: Home Edition Page: 12 Pt. A Col. 2 Story Type: Non Dup; Sidebar Word Count: 646; Mark I. Pinsky; Times Staff Writer; Over the past three decades, the selection and screening of organs for transplant has had an element of trial and error. In the 1960s, organs such as kidneys were routinely harvested from dying cancer patients, resulting in malignancies in nearly half the recipients, according to Dr. Israel Penn, professor of sur
COLUMN ONE Prognosis Slips From Joy to Grief A kidney transplant gave a woman new life, then led to the cancer that killed her. Her death, and those of others who received organs from one donor, offers a cautionary tale on hopes, risks of modern medicine.: Los Angeles Times (LT) - MONDAY October 25, 1993 Edition: Home Edition Page: 1 Pt. A Col. 1 Story Type: Non Dup; Main Story Word Count: 2,254; Mark I. Pinsky; Times Staff Writer; Ruth Glor s family was devastated, her doctor baffled. Just months after receiving a transplanted kidney that revitalized the life of the 57-year-old social worker, Glor was dying of metastatic melanoma, a particularly virulent form of skin cancer. Around the country, other transplant recipients--at first unknown to on
HIV Conference Spotlights Infected Women: Los Angeles Times (LT) - SUNDAY October 24, 1993 Edition: Orange County Edition Section: Metro Page: 3 Pt. B Col. 1 Word Count: 505; David Haldane; Times Staff Writer; IRVINE - Tamara Lindley-Brown contracted HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, from an old boyfriend. Patti Wetzel, a physician, got it from the accidental stick of an infected needle. And Susan Tibbetts condition was diagnosed as AIDS after an almost-forgotten sexual liaison of long ago. All three women have been living wi
Taking It to the Streets A Small Cadre of Community Workers and Nurses Struggles to contain an outbreak of TB--At a Time When Clinics Are in Danger of Closing.: Los Angeles Times (LT) - SUNDAY October 24, 1993 Edition: Home Edition Section: Los Angeles Times Magazine Page: 14 Story Type: Main Story; Infobox Word Count: 6,010; Sheryl Stolberg; Times Medical Writer; Travon Williams is in a hurry. Tuberculosis is outpacing him. He scurries about Skid Row in a gray minivan, peering down Crack Alley, trudging up five flights of stairs in a roach-infested hotel. In these dark and neglected corners of the city, the disease lurks silently. It is more communicable than AIDS and as ancien
Hearing Focuses on Spread of AIDS Among Latinos Health: Cases continue to rise sharply in the county. Speakers blame ignorance, shame and religious bias for the increase.: Los Angeles Times (LT) - THURSDAY October 21, 1993 Edition: Home Edition Section: Metro Page: 1 Pt. B Col. 5 Word Count: 666; Douglas P. Shuit; Times Staff Writer; Rosa, a Latina mother of six, is infected with the AIDS virus. Figuring AIDS was a gay male disease, she never thought to be tested until her husband was dying of AIDS. Even today, she does not know how her husband got AIDS. I ask him a lot of times why he has AIDS. He said, Don t ask me. You don t want to know, sai
Judge Orders Showdown on HIV Home-Test Kit Health: State must OK sales or explain why Costa Mesa firm has been waiting 2 years for license.: Los Angeles Times (LT) - WEDNESDAY October 20, 1993 Edition: Orange County Edition Section: Business Page: 8 Pt. D Col. 3 Word Count: 466; James M. Gomez; Times Staff Writer; SANTA ANA - An Orange County Superior Court judge Tuesday ordered state health officials to quickly approve sales of a controversial home health test for HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, or provide a detailed list of reasons why not. Stephan J. Coonan, president of Health Test Inc. of Costa Mesa, said that the court or
School Board Approves AIDS Program Curriculum: The information is aimed at Sulphur Springs elementary students. It will not take place during regular instruction.: Los Angeles Times (LT) - FRIDAY October 8, 1993 Edition: Valley Edition Section: Metro Page: 9 Pt. B Col. 1 Word Count: 481; Jonathan Gaw; Times Staff Writer; SANTA CLARITA - Facing only nominal opposition, the Sulphur Springs School District board unanimously approved an elementary school AIDS education program that had drawn sharp opposition from parents five months ago. Stressing that the program is optional, does not take place during regular instruction and allows prior
U.S. Alleges Bias to AIDS Patients by 2 Dental Offices Courts: Action is first of its kind. Reno says the civil rights suits are intended to send a message that such prejudice will not be tolerated.: Los Angeles Times (LT) - TUESDAY October 5, 1993 Edition: Home Edition Page: 21 Pt. A Col. 1 Word Count: 619; Ronald J. Ostrow; Marlene Cimons; Times Staff Writers; WASHINGTON - In the first action of its kind, the Justice Department on Monday filed civil rights lawsuits against two dental offices for refusing to treat patients infected with the AIDS virus. Atty. Gen. Janet Reno said the action is intended to send a strong signal to the medical community that the government will n
Clean Needle Programs Curb AIDS, Study Says: Los Angeles Times (LT) - FRIDAY October 1, 1993 Edition: Home Edition Page: 1 Pt. A Col. 3 Word Count: 714; Jenifer Warren; Times Staff Writer; SAN FRANCISCO - Programs that supply sterile needles to drug addicts protect them and their families from infection with the AIDS virus and should be part of a broad assault on the deadly disease, a team of researchers said in a federally funded study released here Thursday. The 18-month study offers the most comprehen
Irvine Co. Planner Don Cameron, 61, Dies Obituary: He designed much of central Orange County, including the original UCI campus.: Los Angeles Times (LT) - WEDNESDAY September 29, 1993 Edition: Orange County Edition Section: Metro Page: 5 Pt. B Col. 1 Story Type: Obituary Word Count: 520; Myrna Oliver; Times Staff Writer; MEMO: SEE PUBLISHED CORRECTION APPENDED Date: FRIDAY October 1, 1993 Edition: Orange County Edition Section: Metro Page: 2 Pt. B Col. 5 Story Type: Correction For the Record Cameron obituary--The Times stated Wednesday in the obituary of Donald Campbell Cameron, 61, a major planner for Orange County, that his family ha
National Agenda: Prostitution, Prejudice Fuel AIDS Epidemic in Honduras It has Latin America's highest case rate. But only a handful of volunteers are dedicated to helping victims.: Los Angeles Times (LT) - TUESDAY July 27, 1993 Edition: Home Edition Section: World Report Page: 1 Col. 2 Word Count: 1,321; Tracy Wilkinson; Times Staff Writer; SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras - The man had died around midnight, and 12 hours later, the hot tropical sun beating steadily, Helen O Connor was in a hurry to get to the cemetery. She loaded this latest victim of AIDS into a wooden coffin and onto the back of a pickup truck for delivery to the ever-after.
LOS ANGELES TIMES INTERVIEW: Randy Shilts - Fighting Against the Rules Restricting Gays in the Military: Los Angeles Times (LT) - SUNDAY July 25, 1993 Edition: Home Edition Section: Opinion Page: 3 Pt. M Col. 1 Story Type: Opinion; Interview Word Count: 2,100; Danica Kirka; Danica Kirka was an articles editor for Opinion. She interviewed Randy Shilts at the author's home.; GUERNEVILLE, CALIF. - Walking from the front door to his back yard can be an exhausting experience for author Randy Shilts. The jaunt makes him breathless. But even as he collapses into a lawn chair, Shilts thoughts and words seem to spill out at a pace out of sync with his frail form. Diagnosed as being HIV positive b
Dangerous Liaisons Young Gay Men Know All About AIDS and HIV, Yet They Persist In Having Unprotected Sex. Here, Some of Them Say Why.: Los Angeles Times (LT) - SUNDAY July 25, 1993 Edition: Home Edition Section: Los Angeles Times Magazine Page: 10 Word Count: 6,859; ROBERT A. JONES; Robert A. Jones is a Times columnist on leave to write a book on postwar Los Angeles and the invention of the modern world. His last article for this magazine was "California's Bitter Season," about the state budget crisis.; Gabe, at 18, represents a kind of mystery. Not that Gabe, if you met him, would seem particularly mysterious. He lives at home with his parents, makes medium grades in high school, earns gas money bagging groceries at Safeway. On the surface, Gabe appears almost too ordinary to contain any sort of mystery. But the ques
Judge Upholds Burroughs' Claim to AZT Patent Drugs: Ruling gives firm exclusive rights to AIDS medication; two others are prohibited from making a cheaper generic.: Los Angeles Times (LT) - FRIDAY July 23, 1993 Edition: Home Edition Section: Business Page: 1 Pt. D Col. 5 Word Count: 383; Marlene Cimons; Times Staff Writer; WASHINGTON - A federal judge ruled Thursday that scientists at Burroughs Wellcome Co. are the sole inventors of the AIDS drug AZT , meaning that two companies seeking to make and market a cheaper generic version will not be allowed to do so soon. The decision upholds Burroughs exclusive patent on AZT, the most widely
Sex Seen as Source of Most New AIDS Cases in Women Health: Prior to 1992, intravenous drug use was the leading cause, CDC says. The trend indicates spread of the disease away from primary risk groups.: Los Angeles Times (LT) - FRIDAY July 23, 1993 Edition: Home Edition Page: 23 Pt. A Col. 1 Story Type: Poll or Survey; Infobox; List Word Count: 802; Marlene Cimons; Times Staff Writer; WASHINGTON - For the first time since the start of the AIDS epidemic, more American women were infected with the human immunodeficiency virus through sexual contact than through intravenous drug use, federal health officials reported Thursday. Although not unexpected, the trend indicates the continuing spread of the di
Southern California VOICES Making a Difference One Hospital's Approach: Put Doctors in the Patients' Place: Los Angeles Times (LT) - MONDAY July 19, 1993 Edition: Home Edition Section: Metro Page: 4 Pt. B Col. 2 Story Type: Column Word Count: 750; Compiled by Times researcher CATHERINE GOTTLIEB; According to a recent American Medical Assn. survey, only 42% of patients thought that physicians explained things well to them. To help doctors improve their communication skills and develop patient empathy, Long Beach Memorial Medical Center has, since 1987, required each doctor in its family medicine residency progr
LOS ANGELES TIMES INTERVIEW: Donna Shalala - The Administration's Point Woman at Health and Human Services: Los Angeles Times (LT) - SUNDAY July 18, 1993 Edition: Home Edition Section: Opinion Page: 3 Pt. M Col. 1 Story Type: Column; Interview Word Count: 2,062; David Lauter; David Lauter covers the White House for The Times. He interviewed Donna Shalala in the secretary's office.; WASHINGTON - When President Bill Clinton announced last December his intention to name Donna Shalala to head the government s largest civilian bureaucracy--the Department of Health and Human Services--conservative activists chortled. Dubbing her the high priestess of political correctness and threatening to attack her
Alarmed Officials Misconstrue AIDS Death Statistics: Los Angeles Times (LT) - THURSDAY July 8, 1993 Edition: Home Edition Section: Glendale Page: 1 Pt. J Col. 5 Story Type: Infobox Word Count: 1,040; Renee Tawa; Times Staff Writer; GLENDALE - When Glendale Mayor Larry Zarian saw the list, the statistics jumped out at him. The list released by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ranked 11 large California cities in which AIDS was the leading cause of death for young men in 1990. Pasadena ranked No. 2 and Zarian s city ranked No. 7.
Prosecution of Domestic Violence to Be Scrutinized Crime: Women's advisory panel persuades council to investigate if city office is lax in dealing with such cases.: Los Angeles Times (LT) - THURSDAY July 8, 1993 Edition: Home Edition Section: Long Beach Page: 1 Pt. J Col. 5 Word Count: 1,009; Roxana Kopetman; Times Staff Writer; LONG BEACH - At the request of a women s advisory committee, the City Council agreed this week to determine whether the Long Beach prosecutor s office aggressively pursues domestic violence cases. The council agreed Tuesday to have its three-member Public Safety Committee look into the city s prosecution of domestic vi
Drug Companies Suing for Right to Market Generic AZT: Los Angeles Times (LT) - THURSDAY July 8, 1993 Edition: Home Edition Page: 5 Pt. A Col. 4 Word Count: 655; Marlene Cimons; Times Staff Writer; WASHINGTON - The outcome of a lawsuit unfolding in a North Carolina courtroom could determine whether AZT--the most widely prescribed anti-AIDS drug--can be marketed soon in a much cheaper generic version. Two drug companies are engaged in a battle with North Carolina-based Burroughs Wellcome Co., the drug s manufactur
Vans to Offer AIDS Testing at Centers: Los Angeles Times (LT) - SATURDAY July 3, 1993 Edition: Valley Edition Section: Metro Page: 1 Pt. B Col. 5 Word Count: 553; Tracey Kaplan; Times Staff Writer; Five specially equipped vans will offer free AIDS tests and counseling at drug and alcohol abuse centers throughout Los Angeles County this fall, but health experts say the program will fail to reach those who need it most--addicts and alcoholics not in treatment. Active substance abusers are twice as likely to be infe
PERSPECTIVE ON AIDS: A Woman-to-Woman Call to Arms Latinas account for 20% of female HIV cases. They need prevention methods that allow for cultural differences.: Los Angeles Times (LT) - TUESDAY June 29, 1993 Edition: Home Edition Section: Metro Page: 7 Pt. B Col. 2 Story Type: Opinion Word Count: 919; ANTONIA C. NOVELLO; Dr. Antonia C. Novello has been surgeon general of the Public Health Service since 1990.; As I complete my service as U.S. surgeon general--the first woman, and the first American of Hispanic descent to hold that office--one of my greatest hopes is that the Latinas of this country begin to envision the future from a more realistic, assertive and proactive stance--without straying too far from the cultural n
'We Can Do Better,' AIDS Commission Pleads in Its Final Report Disease: The panel urges Clinton to develop a national plan to confront the epidemic. It calls on Congress to fund the necessary research.: Los Angeles Times (LT) - TUESDAY June 29, 1993 Edition: Home Edition Page: 13 Pt. A Col. 1 Word Count: 598; Marlene Cimons; Times Staff Writer; WASHINGTON - In what it described as our final heartfelt public plea, the National Commission on AIDS issued its last report Monday, calling upon the President, Congress and the country to face squarely the human disaster created by the epidemic. As a nation, we can do vastly better in confronting this crisis than we h
LOCAL HERO / DOUG HEANEY Driven by Love for Animals: Los Angeles Times (LT) - MONDAY June 28, 1993 Edition: Home Edition Section: View Page: 3 Pt. E Col. 2 Story Type: Column; Profile Word Count: 592; Michael Quintanilla; Times Staff Writer; Found to have AIDS in 1985, Bill Enos doesn t get out much since his health began to slow him down this year. It s been a year in which he lost his job as a dishwasher and now stretches a Social Security check to its limits. He had to sell most of his belongings and move into a smaller place in Sun Valley. And then, hi
Ranking of AIDS Deaths Misconstrued by Officials Statistics: Numbers put Pasadena and Glendale near top. But study does not clarify that there are fewer homicides in those areas, inflating percentage of those dying with HIV.: Los Angeles Times (LT) - SUNDAY June 27, 1993 Edition: Home Edition Section: San Gabriel Valley Page: 1 Pt. J Col. 4 Story Type: Infobox Word Count: 1,208; Renee Tawa; Times Staff Writer; THE REGION - Alan La Sha, director of the Pasadena AIDS Resource Center, saw the list in his morning newspaper, and his heart jumped. The list ranked 11 large California cities in which AIDS was the leading cause of death for young men in 1990. Pasadena ranked second. He thought the ranking meant that Pasadena had a hi
Community News: Central New Downtown HIV Clinic Opens: Los Angeles Times (LT) - SUNDAY June 27, 1993 Edition: Home Edition Section: City Times Page: 9 Story Type: Column; Brief Word Count: 227; Iris Yokoi; Times Staff Writer; A new clinic is providing health care and support for patients at all levels of HIV infection, from those who are asymptomatic to those who have contracted AIDS. The AIDS Healthcare Foundation Clinics-Downtown, which opened June 11 at 1414 S. Grand Ave. on the campus of California Medical Center, offers a range of serv
Federal Panel Pushes New AIDS Drug Strategy: Los Angeles Times (LT) - SUNDAY June 27, 1993 Edition: Home Edition Page: 1 Pt. A Col. 4 Word Count: 787; Marlene Cimons; Times Staff Writer; WASHINGTON - Physicians who treat AIDS patients should no longer automatically prescribe the drug AZT to infected individuals whose immune systems have begun to deteriorate but who have not yet developed symptoms of the disease, a federal advisory panel has concluded. The recommendation represents a major departure
Guidelines on AZT Use May Face Revisions Research: New study questions whether AIDS drug prolongs life when taken early. But some experts insist it is an effective product.: Los Angeles Times (LT) - THURSDAY June 24, 1993 Edition: Home Edition Page: 10 Pt. A Col. 4 Word Count: 688; Marlene Cimons; Times Staff Writer; WASHINGTON - AIDS researchers grappled Wednesday with the difficult question of whether to change the guidelines that govern the use of the AIDS antiviral drug AZT in view of a major new study that casts doubt on whether the drug prolongs life when taken in the early stages of infection. A federal advisory panel co
Research Boon Seen in AIDS-Susceptible Mice Disease: Development of genetically altered rodents means inexpensive and rapid testing of new drugs and therapies. Studies to date have relied on costly primates.: Los Angeles Times (LT) - THURSDAY June 24, 1993 Edition: Home Edition Page: 3 Pt. A Col. 5 Word Count: 638; Sheryl Stolberg; Times Medical Writer; More than a decade into the search for a laboratory animal that develops AIDS in the same way humans do, two sets of California researchers say they have found one: a genetically altered mouse implanted with human immune cells. Their work, published today in separate articles in the journal Nature, means that scientist
Haitian Intercept Policy Backed by High Court Immigration: The ruling affirms the right of the President--not federal judges--to make the decisions.: Los Angeles Times (LT) - TUESDAY June 22, 1993 Edition: Home Edition Page: 1 Pt. A Col. 2 Word Count: 1,143; David G. Savage; Times Staff Writer; WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Monday upheld the White House policy of blocking boatloads of fleeing Haitians from reaching U.S. shores, ruling that the President has broad powers to keep out undesired immigrants. The 8-1 ruling marked the fifth time in two years that the justices have acted to nullify legal challen
The Comfort of Home Health care: Private, nonprofit residential shelters for AIDS patients represent an experiment in cost-effective alternatives to hospitalization. Their role is expected to increase.: Los Angeles Times (LT) - MONDAY June 21, 1993 Edition: Home Edition Section: Metro Page: 1 Pt. B Col. 2 Word Count: 1,274; Douglas P. Shuit; Times Staff Writer; After a life in which he suffered from abandonment, abuse and sexual exploitation, Michael Crable has found a home in Los Angeles County s often cold and impersonal public health care system. The satisfaction in Crable s life these days is all the more remarkable because he is intermittently disabled by AIDS and lives
Toxic Hope Widely Embraced, The AIDS Drug is Now Under Heavy Fire. The AZT Story: Los Angeles Times (LT) - SUNDAY June 20, 1993 Edition: Home Edition Section: Los Angeles Times Magazine Page: 14 Word Count: 5,577; Linda Marsa; Times Staff Writer; It was such a shocking incident that it seemed to unfold in slow motion. Researcher Peter Mansell, normally cerebral and brooding, was almost jovial as he reeled off figures from a nationwide test of ribavirin, a drug to combat AIDS. A ripple of excitement swept through the capacity crowd gathered in an unremarkable me
Prisoners of a Dilemma Penitentiaries: Officials are being asked to decide whether to grant compassionate releases to inmates dying of AIDS. Corrections system is also beefing up facilities to provide care.: Los Angeles Times (LT) - SUNDAY June 20, 1993 Edition: Home Edition Page: 3 Pt. A Col. 3 Word Count: 1,450; John Hurst; Times Staff Writer; SACRAMENTO - Freda Kubas wants nothing more than to take her son, who is dying of AIDS, home to the mountains so he can spend his last days in peace. Ordinarily, that wouldn t seem like much to ask. But Kubas son, Stanley Young Jr., is doing 14 years in state prison for robbery and burglary. Department of Corrections o
Police Warn Gays in London of Possible Serial Killer: Los Angeles Times (LT) - THURSDAY June 17, 1993 Edition: Home Edition Page: 10 Pt. A Col. 3 Word Count: 231; William Tuohy; Times Staff Writer; LONDON - Police warned the members of London s gay community Wednesday to be vigilant because a possible serial killer may be singling them out. Police say they believe that the murderer, who has taunted them with phone calls, may be seeking revenge at random after contracting the HIV virus from a homosexual encounter
AIDS No. 1 Cause of Death of Young Men in California: Los Angeles Times (LT) - WEDNESDAY June 16, 1993 Edition: Orange County Edition Page: 1 Pt. A Col. 5 Story Type: Full Run; Infobox Word Count: 1,164; Thomas H. Maugh II; Davan Maharaj; Times Staff Writers; AIDS has surpassed cancer, heart disease and accidents to become the leading cause of death among men ages 25 to 44 in California, accounting for 24% of all such deaths in 1990, according to the first systematic study of its kind by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. AIDS and related infections were a
Misdemeanor Filed in Alleged AIDS Spit Case: Los Angeles Times (LT) - TUESDAY June 15, 1993 Edition: Orange County Edition Section: Metro Page: 1 Pt. B Col. 5 Word Count: 489; Rene Lynch; Times Staff Writer; NEWPORT BEACH - Misdemeanor assault charges were filed Monday against a San Clemente man who claimed that he had AIDS when he allegedly spat in the eye of a 73-year-old woman protesting outside a rally for then-Gov. Bill Clinton. Prosecutors rejected a request by police that a felony charge of assault with intent to co
9,000 Take to Streets, Raise $625,000 to Combat AIDS: Los Angeles Times (LT) - MONDAY June 14, 1993 Edition: Orange County Edition Section: Metro Page: 1 Pt. B Col. 2 Word Count: 558; Alicia Di Rado; Times Staff Writer; IRVINE - Darrell Banniza used to be a regular. The 28-year-old Garden Grove man, like many of his friends, showed up every year to march in Orange County s AIDS Walk. But last year, he missed it when he was hospitalized for a fatal AIDS-related disease. Banniza was back on Sunday--symbolically--in the form of an AIDS q
AIDS Meeting Ends With Sobering Appraisals Health: Experts say that progress is slow in coming. The Berlin conference stressed prevention, not cure.: Los Angeles Times (LT) - SATURDAY June 12, 1993 Edition: Home Edition Page: 4 Pt. A Col. 1 Word Count: 900; Sheryl Stolberg; Times Medical Writer; BERLIN - Acknowledging that science is progressing at a snail s pace and that prevention is the only immediate hope for stemming the global AIDS epidemic, more than 14,000 medical researchers, doctors, community workers and patients bid adieu Friday to the Ninth International Conference on AIDS. It s best to be frank,
O.C. AIDS Giving Is Found Wanting Funding: Although some activists and officials express gratitude for money-raising projects and the support of local groups, others say the arts community lags in its approach.: Los Angeles Times (LT) - SATURDAY June 12, 1993 Edition: Orange County Edition Section: Calendar Page: 1 Pt. F Col. 2 Word Count: 2,338; Zan Dubin; Times Staff Writer; When participants in Sunday s AIDS Walk Orange County end their trek at the Irvine Marketplace, they will find themselves just a few feet away from an exhibition also meant to draw attention to the epidemic. AIDS activist and artist Mark Alan Smith planned it that way. Smith says art reaches people s hearts and minds l
Development of Live-Virus AIDS Vaccine Urged Science: U.N. agency recommends controversial step. But some experts say it is far too risky.: Los Angeles Times (LT) - FRIDAY June 11, 1993 Edition: Home Edition Page: 6 Pt. A Col. 1 Word Count: 801; Sheryl Stolberg; Times Medical Writer; BERLIN - Encouraged by the success of recent experiments with monkeys, the World Health Organization is taking the controversial step of recommending that scientists develop a vaccine to prevent AIDS that would employ a live, although weakened, form of the virus that causes the disease. Until now, most researchers
Appeal of Haitian Refugee Order Left to Justice Dept. Immigration: White House does not immediately challenge judge on HIV-infected residents of Cuba camp. Flights to U.S. planned.: Los Angeles Times (LT) - THURSDAY June 10, 1993 Edition: Home Edition Page: 12 Pt. A Col. 2 Word Count: 567; Robert L. Jackson; Times Staff Writer; WASHINGTON - The Clinton Administration said Wednesday that it would not immediately challenge a federal court ruling allowing entry into the United States of about 150 Haitian refugees infected with the AIDS virus who are currently detained at the U.S. Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
Salk Report on AIDS Vaccine Meets Skepticism at Convention Science: Other researchers fault tests of experimental product. But the polio pioneer shrugs off attacks.: Los Angeles Times (LT) - THURSDAY June 10, 1993 Edition: Home Edition Page: 7 Pt. A Col. 1 Word Count: 896; Sheryl Stolberg; Times Medical Writer; BERLIN - Releasing long-awaited test results, polio pioneer Jonas Salk announced Wednesday that his experimental AIDS vaccine appears to boost the immune systems of people infected with the human immunodeficiency virus. But his work met with immediate skepticism from other scientists gathered here at the Ninth Internat
COLUMN ONE: Power and Politics of Fasting Hunger strikes sometimes get results. At the least, they draw publicity. The dramatic and visceral threat of self-starvation can force both sides into a test of who blinks first.: Los Angeles Times (LT) - THURSDAY June 10, 1993 Edition: Home Edition Page: 1 Pt. A Col. 1 Story Type: Non Dup; Infobox Word Count: 2,087; Carla Hall; Times Staff Writer; As protests go, you can sit in, march, get arrested or leaflet but nothing works like not eating. It s dramatic, it s accessible and, technically, it s nonviolent. It can confer a certain heroism and provoke sympathy whether the strikers are underpaid farm workers or Irish Republican Army stalwarts. At its most innocuo
School AIDS Talk Angers Parents Education: 175 sign petition to Newport-Mesa board calling seminar 'pornography' and betrayal of trust. Board apologizes, promises preview next time.: Los Angeles Times (LT) - THURSDAY June 10, 1993 Edition: Orange County Edition Section: Metro Page: 1 Pt. B Col. 4 Word Count: 618; Jodi Wilgoren; Times Staff Writer; COSTA MESA - A group of irate parents this week blasted members of the Newport-Mesa Unified School District Board of Education for allowing explicit AIDS-prevention seminars to be given at Costa Mesa High School this spring without parents previewing the presentation. Saying that the district betrayed their trust, the
AIDS Study Casts Doubt on AZT as a 'Miracle Drug': Los Angeles Times (LT) - WEDNESDAY June 9, 1993 Edition: Home Edition Page: 1 Pt. A Col. 3 Word Count: 700; Sheryl Stolberg; Times Medical Writer; BERLIN - For Evan Wilder and thousands of others infected with the virus that causes AIDS, the introduction of the drug AZT six years ago was a godsend. AZT was a miraculous compound that, the U.S. government said, might extend their lives if they took it quickly, before they showed any signs of the disease. When
HIV-Positive Man Sues Over Being Dropped From Paramedic School: Los Angeles Times (LT) - TUESDAY June 8, 1993 Edition: Home Edition Section: Metro Page: 3 Pt. B Col. 1 Word Count: 421; Bettina Boxall; Times Staff Writer; More than halfway through his paramedic training at a Los Angeles vocational school, Robert M. Bender discovered that he was infected with the virus that causes AIDS. Within two months of telling his instructors, the Van Nuys man says he was dropped from the program and informed by school officials that he would not be
AIDS Cases Could Triple by 2000, Meeting Is Told Science: Speaker in Berlin urges that $2.5 billion more be spent each year to fight pandemic.: Los Angeles Times (LT) - TUESDAY June 8, 1993 Edition: Home Edition Page: 7 Pt. A Col. 1 Word Count: 756; Sheryl Stolberg; Times Medical Writer; BERLIN - A decade after the discovery that the human immunodeficiency virus causes AIDS, worldwide experts acknowledge that there are as many questions as answers about the disease and that efforts to prevent the global spread of the pandemic are, by and large, not working. As the Ninth International Conference on AIDS
Test Kit Maker Sells $3 Million Worth of Stock: Los Angeles Times (LT) - TUESDAY June 8, 1993 Edition: Orange County Edition Section: Business Page: 6 Pt. D Col. 5 Word Count: 237; Michael Flagg; Times Staff Writer; IRVINE - Disease Detection International Inc., a maker of pregnancy and AIDS testing kits, said Monday that it has sold $3 million worth of convertible preferred stock in a private placement--which should help get the company s common stock listed on the NASDAQ market for small corporations. The Irvine concern said it
Global AIDS Community Gathers for Conclave Science: Some say conference, now in its 9th year, is too unwieldy. Participants defend it as opportunity to interrelate.: Los Angeles Times (LT) - MONDAY June 7, 1993 Edition: Home Edition Page: 4 Pt. A Col. 1 Word Count: 959; Sheryl Stolberg; Times Medical Writer; BERLIN - They marched along the Kurfurstendamm on Sunday afternoon, hundreds of AIDS activists clogging this city s most elegant thoroughfare, chanting and whistling past wide-eyed tourists and street musicians and the famous Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church that stands as a bombed-out relic of World War II. Their presen
Girls Seen More at Risk as AIDS Hits Adolescents: Los Angeles Times (LT) - SUNDAY June 6, 1993 Edition: Home Edition Page: 8 Pt. A Col. 4 Word Count: 369; Sheryl Stolberg; Times Medical Writer; BERLIN - The new face of AIDS is going to be a young face--and girls will be more at risk than boys--as the disease spreads unnoticed among adolescents in the United States and worldwide, several experts warned Saturday. Adolescents are the leading edge of the next wave of this epidemic, said Dr. Karen Hein, director
Aim AIDS Prevention at Youth, National Panel Advises Health: Facts need to be explained to teen-agers, whose virus infections take a delayed toll, report says. Few employers have HIV programs, experts add.: Los Angeles Times (LT) - THURSDAY June 3, 1993 Edition: Home Edition Page: 9 Pt. A Col. 1 Word Count: 730; Marlene Cimons; Times Staff Writer; WASHINGTON - The National Commission on AIDS, warning that the epidemic threatens a new generation of Americans, called Wednesday for greatly expanded prevention programs for the nation s youth, saying that educational efforts must directly address issues of sexuality and abstinence, condom use and availability. We wi
Around The Valley How to Catch a Butterfly at a Ventura Boulevard Tattoo Shop: Los Angeles Times (LT) - THURSDAY June 3, 1993 Edition: Valley Edition Section: Metro Page: 5 Pt. B Col. 1 Story Type: Column Word Count: 926; Hugo Martin; Times Staff Writer; So you re feeling anonymous, a cog in the machine, a brick in the wall, a bit player in life s epic movie. You want to do something showing you are an individual, an original thinker, a wolf in a city of 3 million sheep. You want to get a tattoo. Well, before you get that skull, rose or bare-breasted woman forever stam
Community News: East EAST LOS ANGELES Health Clinic Takes Step to Sue County: Los Angeles Times (LT) - SUNDAY May 30, 1993 Edition: Home Edition Section: City Times Page: 11 Story Type: Column; Brief Word Count: 258; Mary Anne Perez; Times Staff Writer; Officials of the East Los Angeles Health Task Force last week filed a claim for damages against the county and Sheriff s Department stemming from a March 30 eviction attempt. Executive director Susan Arellano said the claim is the first step in filing a lawsuit against the county. In another development, the task force
AIDS Clinic at Harbor-UCLA Doubles in Size Medicine: Patients hail the $515,000 expansion at the facility, which now has 15 examining rooms. The staff has not grown, but one doctor says waiting times should decrease.: Los Angeles Times (LT) - FRIDAY May 28, 1993 Edition: South Bay Edition Section: Metro Page: 3 Pt. B Col. 4 Word Count: 586; Deborah Schoch; Times Staff Writer; A newly expanded AIDS clinic opened Thursday at Los Angeles County Harbor-UCLA Medical Center amid predictions it will significantly improve care for people suffering from AIDS and the virus that causes it. The $515,000 expansion has doubled the amount of space at the Harbor-UCLA clinic, which is already one of the bus
Avoid Risky Products, AIDS Drugs 'Buyers' Clubs' Told Health: FDA also warns groups to accept physician supervision and stay clear of fraud. Activists say they are concerned and want to operate under guidelines.: Los Angeles Times (LT) - WEDNESDAY May 26, 1993 Edition: Home Edition Page: 12 Pt. A Col. 1 Word Count: 648; Marlene Cimons; Times Staff Writer; WASHINGTON - The Food and Drug Administration Tuesday directed so-called AIDS drugs buyers clubs to conduct their activities under physician supervision and warned them against distributing potentially dangerous products. Also, the FDA warned the clubs not to engage in excessive promotion or commercialization of their
A New Shot at Life In defiance of the law, a tiny army is on the streets, getting drug users to swap dirty needles for clean ones. The goal: curbing the spread of AIDS.: Los Angeles Times (LT) - SUNDAY May 23, 1993 Edition: Home Edition Section: View Page: 1 Pt. E Col. 2 Story Type: Main Story Word Count: 1,895; Pamela Warrick; Times Staff Writer; Aman with a blood-filled hypodermic dangling from his arm is running down Burlington Street yelling, Wait! Wait! I m almost done. As he yanks the needle from the vein, his eyes roll back as he feels the rush. Ooooahhh, he moans and, with surprising precision, drops the hypodermic through the small opening of a red wast
AIDS Puts Vietnamese Community, Too, at Risk Health: Study says disease seems to be spreading among male homosexuals, indicating culture isn't enough to protect the population.: Los Angeles Times (LT) - SUNDAY May 16, 1993 Edition: Orange County Edition Section: Metro Page: 3 Pt. B Col. 6 Story Type: Poll or Survey Word Count: 801; Leslie Berkman; Times Staff Writer; WESTMINSTER - Vietnamese have as much chance of contracting AIDS as anybody else in Orange County, dashing hopes that they might be culturally protected from the deadly disease, researchers said Saturday in reporting the results of a two-year study. The study, which included confidential HIV blood testing and the first
Hand-in-Hand in the Shadow of AIDS Mother's Day: Woman and daughter are partners in fight against the disease.: Los Angeles Times (LT) - SUNDAY May 9, 1993 Edition: Home Edition Page: 1 Pt. A Col. 4 Story Type: Profile Word Count: 2,016; Melissa McCoy; Times Staff Writer; Jeaneen Lund will celebrate Mother s Day--and her 18th birthday--at a family barbecue today. They ll talk about old times and joke around. Several times during the day, Jeaneen will take her mother s hand as she always does, giving it a reassuring squeeze, an unspoken I love you. For Sharon Lund, those little assurance
AIDS Is Special Problem Within Latino Community Health: O.C.'s Uno Plus Uno, other groups work to overcome cultural barriers, halt spread of the disease.: Los Angeles Times (LT) - THURSDAY May 6, 1993 Edition: Orange County Edition Page: 1 Pt. A Col. 5 Story Type: Infobox Word Count: 1,806; David Reyes; Times Staff Writer; SANTA ANA - Mark Lambaren stood up at the meeting of Uno Plus Uno. It was his turn to speak. When my family found out I was gay, my father kicked me out of the house, Lambaren told the group. Formed as a support group for Latinos, Uno Plus Uno aims to help stop the spread of AIDS in Orange County s Latino community. Pa
A Failure to Communicate: Few Attend O.C. Forum on How the Arts Can Help in AIDS Crisis: Los Angeles Times (LT) - WEDNESDAY May 5, 1993 Edition: Orange County Edition Section: Calendar Page: 1 Pt. F Col. 2 Word Count: 1,132; Zan Dubin; Times Staff Writer; SANTA ANA - Paltry attendance at Monday s panel on AIDS and the arts strikingly exemplified a key challenge voiced by several speakers: How to arouse wider participation in addressing the epidemic. I m quite frankly shocked today at how few people are in the audience, said panelist Jane Bauman, an artist in residence a
COVER STORY: Hard Time Charges of Poor Medical Care for Inmates Have Plagued the County Jail System for Years. And Treating Prisoners With AIDS Could Further Tax a System That's Overburdened.: Los Angeles Times (LT) - SUNDAY April 25, 1993 Edition: Home Edition Section: City Times Page: 16 Story Type: Infobox Word Count: 2,588; Lucille Renwick; Times Staff Writer; THE THOUGHT OF MICHAEL Vignol hanging by a bedsheet in a Los Angeles County jail cell haunts his mother and his former case worker, both of whom wonder why someone so afraid to die would take his own life. Sharon Vignol believes that her son, who had AIDS, did not intend to kill himself, but was merely staging the desp
VOICES / ISSUE: Should the City Sponsor a Clean Needle-Exchange Program to Help Prevent the Spread of AIDS?: Los Angeles Times (LT) - SUNDAY April 18, 1993 Edition: Home Edition Section: City Times Page: 23 Story Type: Column; Opinion Word Count: 501; Compiled by Iris Yokoi, Times community correspondent; Vera Owens, chief operations officer, Minority AIDS Project It s illegal to have a needle-exchange program, but we think it would save more lives if they did have one. It is not promoting the use of drugs; it is saving lives. Drug users have interactions with people who don t use drugs too. You might have a woman invol
AIDS Crisis Hits Home in Canada Panic: Calls pour in after hospital says children who had transfusions in early '80s may have been exposed to HIV.: Los Angeles Times (LT) - SATURDAY April 17, 1993 Edition: Home Edition Page: 15 Pt. A Col. 1 Word Count: 847; Mary Williams Walsh; Times Staff Writer; TORONTO - As he does most mornings in the small Ontario town of Gravenhurst, retired truck driver Barry Jones went down to the local diner Friday morning to have a cup of coffee and shoot the breeze with friends. This time, though, he found a pall hanging over the restaurant. Three of the mothers were sitting there swe
COLUMN ONE 'Healers' Adjust to AIDS Era Millions of black South Africans take their health problems to traditional healers. Now a U.S.-sponsored program is explaining HIV infection to the sangomas, and they are changing their ways.: Los Angeles Times (LT) - TUESDAY April 13, 1993 Edition: Home Edition Page: 1 Pt. A Col. 1 Story Type: Non Dup Word Count: 1,792; Scott Kraft; Times Staff Writer; ALEXANDRA, South Africa - In a tiny square room deep in this township, Lucia Mofammere gave a throaty chant and called upon the wisdom of her ancestors. She pierced her patient s skin with a razor blade and pressed a secret black powder into the wound with a porcupine stiletto. But, this time, in a new twist on her an
Health Care Workers Discuss In-House AIDS Prevention: Los Angeles Times (LT) - WEDNESDAY April 7, 1993 Edition: Orange County Edition Section: Metro Page: 7 Pt. B Col. 1 Word Count: 416; Stacy Wong; Times Staff Writer; COSTA MESA - As hospitals and clinics grapple with AIDS, they are finding that trying to prevent their own employees from exposure to the disease is posing a complicated challenge, experts told an AIDS conference Tuesday. How can we take care of ourselves? asked Dr. Julie Gerberding, an expert on workplace exposure to
Senate Backs Ban on Immigrants With AIDS Virus: Los Angeles Times (LT) - FRIDAY February 19, 1993 Edition: Home Edition Page: 1 Pt. A Col. 3 Word Count: 1,137; Marlene Cimons; Times Staff Writer; WASHINGTON - In a politically embarrassing rebuff to President Clinton, the Senate Thursday approved a bill that includes a provision maintaining the controversial ban on AIDS-infected immigrants, thus presenting a major obstacle to Clinton s oft-stated intention to end it. The prohibition, which has been in effect sin
ELIZABETH GLASER: With a Song in Her Heart: Los Angeles Times (LT) - SUNDAY February 14, 1993 Edition: Orange County Edition Section: TV Times Page: 77 Story Type: Column; Interview Word Count: 983; Susan King; Times Staff Writer; On Tuesday, the Disney Channel will air For Our Children: The Concert, featuring such popular recording artists as Paula Abdul, Michael Bolton and Kris Kross performing classic Disney tunes. The concert was taped in September at the Universal Amphitheatre as a benefit for the Pediatric AIDS Foundation, a nonprofit orga
L.A. Settles Officers' Suit, Vows to Fight Anti-Gay Bias Police: Council to pay $770,000 in damages. New policy includes expansion of LAPD hiring practices.: Los Angeles Times (LT) - THURSDAY February 11, 1993 Edition: Home Edition Page: 1 Pt. A Col. 5 Word Count: 1,188; Bettina Boxall; Vicki Torres; Times Staff Writers; In a sweeping lawsuit settlement, Los Angeles city officials have agreed to far-reaching changes in hiring and personnel practices to ensure that gay and lesbian police officers and other city workers are not harassed or discriminated against. Approved Wednesday by the City Council in closed session, the settlement als
4 Studies Soothe Fears of New AIDS Virus - Health: Researchers find no evidence of single cause for mysterious AIDS-like illnesses. But UCI immunologist and others still aren't convinced there isn't one.: Los Angeles Times (LT) - THURSDAY February 11, 1993 Edition: Orange County Edition Page: 3 Pt. A Col. 2 Story Type: Full Run Word Count: 964; Marlene Cimons; Times Staff Writer; WASHINGTON - A puzzling flurry of cases of an AIDS-like illness that created an international sensation last summer are probably not the result of some mysterious new infectious agent but are probably due to a variety of causes, according to new research released Wednesday. The four studies, which appear in this week s
Crossing Cultures in the Fight Against Tuberculosis Public health: More than 400 new cases--mostly among Asian and Latino immigrants--were reported in Orange County last year. Officials are trying new tactics in treating the disease.: Los Angeles Times (LT) - MONDAY February 8, 1993 Edition: Home Edition Page: 3 Pt. A Col. 2 Story Type: Infobox Word Count: 977; Leslie Berkman; Times Staff Writer; COSTA MESA - When Orange County public health worker Minh Luyen asks Vietnamese tuberculosis patients why they are not taking their medicine, they often complain that it makes them feel too hot. Their culture, she notes, values a balance of cold and heat. Luyen does not argue but strongly recommends that they take thei
AIDS Report May Cause Suffering Where No More is Due: The Los Angeles Times, February 6, 1993; Dianne Klein; I d been thinking about the news when Randi Weber called. The news, about AIDS, was mixed. A report just issued by the National Research Council suggested that AIDS activists and researchers, and the media, have been crying wolf about this disease. It said that unless you re part of the underclass--or as the report cal
Disruption Rare as Gays Have Been Integrated: Los Angeles Times (LT) - SATURDAY January 30, 1993 Edition: Home Edition Page: 1 Pt. A Col. 5 Word Count: 1,640; Alan C. Miller; Times Staff Writer; WASHINGTON - For the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, allowing homosexuals to serve in the armed forces is certain to weaken America s military might--shattering morale, hastening the spread of AIDS among heterosexual troops, undercutting recruitment and forcing devoutly religious service members to resign. Military leaders
Issue Explodes Into an All-Out Lobbying War: Los Angeles Times (LT) - THURSDAY January 28, 1993 Edition: Home Edition Page: 1 Pt. A Col. 6 Story Type: Infobox Word Count: 1,326; Art Pine; Times Staff Writer; WASHINGTON - The video begins, as many do these days, with an ominous warning, in bold white letters on a plain black background: The following program contains sexually explicit material. Viewer discretion advised. But this film is different from the usual video store fare. A 15-minute video labeled The Gay Agenda, i
Priority Check: With the Clintons in Washington, this just might be the year of the family, however you define it. Everyone from single mothers to 'woopies' (well-off older people), teen parentsto time-stressed working couples is expecting big gains on the issues that hit home.: Los Angeles Times (LT) - SUNDAY January 3, 1993 Edition: Home Edition Section: View Page: 1 Pt. E Col. 2 Word Count: 2,003; Elizabeth Mehren; Times Staff Writer; For families, 1993 may finally be the year when talk translates to action. Not that legions of strategists are walking around empty-headed, clinging to the illusion that the Clinton Administration will magically cure the ills of the American family. These observers are realists. They know that if the mythical benevolen

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