AIDS Weekly articles from December 1991

AIDS Weekly archives from December 1991

New AIDS-associated mycoplasma discovered. (U.S. Armed Forces Institute of Pathology)
December 30, 1991... U.S. Armed Forces Institute of Pathology A previously unknown, potentially dangerous mycoplasma has been isolated from six people with HIV infection (see also Department Periodicals, this issue). Shyh-Ching Lo, the Armed Forces...

HIV transmitted in birth canal. (England)
December 30, 1991... England When a woman with AIDS has twins, she is more likely to pass it along to her first born than second born, suggesting that infection occurs in the birth canal rather than in the womb, researchers have found. The findings -...

Study finds no HIV in sweat samples. (New York Medical College)
December 30, 1991... New York Medical College Workout enthusiasts, athletes, EMS and other public safety professionals need not fear contracting AIDS from the sweat of an infected individual, according to a noted physician and researcher. Gary P....

Concerns over transplant safety in wake of Virginia case. (U.S. Public Health Service)
December 30, 1991... U.S. Public Health Service A U.S. government proposal to keep recent transfusion recipients, gonorrhea patients and others from donating organs has drawn criticism from doctors in the transplant business. The U.S. Public Health...

New Social Security rules speed payments to AIDS patients. (Washington, D.C.)
December 30, 1991... Washington, D.C. New Social Security rules taking effect will speed payment of disability benefits to people infected with HIV, but they are not expected to add new recipients to the program, officials say. The revised rules mean...

Insurance company seeks to ease financial concerns of HIV-positive insured physicians. (Medical Inter-Insurance Exchange) (New Jersey)
December 30, 1991... New Jersey The New Jersey Department of Insurance has given permission to a New Jersey professional liability insurance company to provide income protection to its insureds by offering a $500,000 benefit to eligible doctors who become...

New antiviral compound reported. (Lidak Pharmaceuticals)
December 30, 1991... Lidak Pharmaceuticals In an article published in the December 1, 1991 issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, scientists at Lidak Pharmaceuticals, La Jolla, California, reported a new chemical inhibitor that is...

Pharmaceutical company plans to slow testing of AIDS drug. (Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Inc., Connecticut)
December 30, 1991... Connecticut Testing will be curtailed on an antiviral compound that a company hoped could keep HIV from reproducing without the toxic effects of other AIDS drugs. Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Inc. said that in human...

Vaccine predicted by the end of the century. (World Health Organization)
December 30, 1991... WHO In a recent interview, Dr. Michael Merson was asked to summarize the current state of AIDS research and progress toward a cure. He predicted the development of a useable vaccine by the end of the century. Dr. Merson is director...

AIDS strikes down Africa's elite. (South Africa)
December 30, 1991... South Africa The AIDS epidemic sweeping Africa is thinning the already sparse ranks of the continent's elite - the skilled, educated people who keep countries running. Scientists say the disease could kill 20 percent of Africa's...

Study indicates most drug abusers' partners don't protect themselves. (U.S. Centers for Disease Control)
December 30, 1991... U.S. CDC Most sex partners of needle-drug abusers - who are at high risk of HIV infection - don't protect themselves with condoms, a U.S. government study shows. A survey of 6,104 sex partners of intravenous drug users found that...

Eased controls on AIDS education materials are urged. (Washington, D.C.)
December 30, 1991... Washington, D.C. The federal government moved to ease restrictions on the sexual content of federally-funded AIDS education materials. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) announced plans to eliminate 1990 restrictions...

State officials urge schools to adopt comprehensive AIDS education. (California)
December 30, 1991... California A public health official told a statewide conference of school board members that it is essential to discuss and distribute condoms at all levels of society, not just the schools. "Condoms should be the equivalent of...

Agency announces funds available for non-profit organizations. (U.S. Centers for Disease Control)
December 30, 1991... U.S. CDC The U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has announced the availability of $10 million for "Cooperative Agreements for Minority and Other Community-Based HIV Prevention Projects" to fund approximately 50 minority and other...

Study finds therapists hold bias against AIDS patients. (Illinois)
December 30, 1991... Illinois Some therapists are uneasy about working with people with AIDS, even though their only contact is through words, a new study indicates. "The psychologists and social workers sampled in this study consistently held...

HIV/AIDS patients trained to help each other. (New Mexico)
December 30, 1991... New Mexico A new program in New Mexico is training people with AIDS or HIV to help others with the disease. State Health Department Secretary Michael Burkhart said that the program is a step in the right direction because health...

Poll favors condom availability in schools. (Massachusetts)
December 30, 1991... Massachusetts A new poll found that two-thirds of city residents with children in Boston public schools believe condoms should be made available in high schools. "People are paying attention and getting set to demand that...

Committee rules AIDS play can go on. (Florida)
December 30, 1991... Florida The show will go on at Bradford County High School in Florida, even though a play about AIDS has caused a tempest in this small community about what subjects can be addressed in the classroom. The school system's...

Physician loses license over AIDS treatment. (California)
December 30, 1991... California A physician who treated AIDS patients with a home brewed chemical mixed in a kitchen sink has lost his license to practice medicine. Administrative Law Judge M. Gayle Askren revoked the physician's license, apparently the...

Woman who got AIDS from transfusion hopes her case will change law. (Minnesota)
December 30, 1991... Minnesota Minnesota's two-year time limit on medical malpractice claims has prevented a woman from pursuing legal action after contracting HIV from a blood transfusion. But the Minnesota Supreme Court's agreement to hear the case has...

InCoMed seeks clearance to begin marketing barrier integrity monitor. (U.S. Food and Drug Administration)
December 30, 1991... U.S. FDA Alco International Group Inc. has filed a 510(k) with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) seeking clearance to begin marketing the Barrier Integrity Monitor (BIM), an electronic device that detects blood contact...

Company to acquire 60 percent of SyStemix common stock. (Sandoz Ltd.)
December 30, 1991... Sandoz Ltd. Sandoz Ltd. and SyStemix Inc. jointly announced that they have entered into an agreement under the terms of which Sandoz will acquire 60 percent of SyStemix's common stock for approximately $392 million. The...

Diarrhea in AIDS: etiology, clinical patterns, risk factors and prognosis. (Research Report)
December 30, 1991... AUTHORS: G. Sanchez, S. Ponce de Leon and G. Ruiz-Palacios. Instituto Nacional de la Nutrition, Mexico. According to an abstract submitted by the authors to the 31st Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy,...

Value of endoscopy in HIV diarrhea. (Research Report)
December 30, 1991... AUTHORS: B. Lambl and C.A. Wanke. New England Deaconess Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. According to an abstract submitted by the authors to the 31st Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and...

Etiology of diarrheal disease in HIV-infected patients. (Research Report)
December 30, 1991... AUTHORS: C.D. Berry, M.J. Blaser, M.A. Johnson, M.T. Levin, P. Echeverria and R.T. Ellison III. DVAMC and University of Colorado, Denver, Colorado; AFRIMS, Bangkok, Thailand; Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee. According to...

Direct HIV enteropathy: enteric parasitic infections and gastrointestinal histopathological changes in HIV seropositive homosexual/bisexual men. (Research Report)
December 30, 1991... AUTHORS: D.L. Church, L.R. Sutherland, M.J. Gill, W.S. Hwang, J.K. Kelly and the GI/HIV Study Group. University of Calgary and Foothills Hospital, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. According to an abstract submitted by the authors to the 31st...

Newly discovered mycoplasma isolated from patients infected with HIV. (Periodical Report)
December 30, 1991... SOURCE: The Lancet, December 7, 1991;338(8780):1415-1418. A completely new mycoplasma has been identified in urine samples from HIV-infected individuals, U.S. researchers report. U.S. Armed Forces Institute of Pathology researcher...

Human immunodeficiency virus-related lymphoma - prognostic factors predictive of survival. (Periodical Report)
December 30, 1991... SOURCE: Cancer, December 1, 1991;68(11):2466-2472. HIV-related lymphoma patients with a good performance status, no diagnosis of AIDS prior to lymphoma diagnosis, and no bone marrow involvement have the best prognosis, University of...

Seroprevalence of the human immunodeficiency virus in Zaire - analysis of 1,404 subjects (observed at the hospital of Goma in Northern Kivu). (Periodical Report)
December 30, 1991... SOURCE: Presse Medicale, November 2, 1991;20(35):1717-1719. HIV-1 tests of 1,404 patients at a hospital in Goma, Zaire, revealed a seroprevalence rate of 21 percent in women and of 10 percent in men, an Italian/Zairian research team...

Effects of zidovudine therapy in minority and other subpopulations with early HIV infection; and, Racial and ethnic differences in outcome in zidovudine-treated patients with advanced HIV disease. (Periodical Report)
December 30, 1991... SOURCE: The Journal of the American Medical Association, November 20, 1991;266(19):2709-2712 and 2713-2718. Contrary to earlier preliminary reports, early treatment with AZT is beneficial to black and Hispanic people with HIV...

Characteristics of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-associated mortality in a pediatric center. (Research Report)
December 30, 1991... AUTHORS: M.W. Kline, B. Bohannon, H.M. Rosenblatt and W.T. Shearer. Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas. According to an abstract submitted by the authors to the 31st Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and...

A highly divergent simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV/STM) recovered from stored stump-tailed macaque tissues. (Periodical Report)
December 30, 1991... SOURCE: Journal of Virology, December 1991;65(12):7061-7065. A simian immunodeficiency virus more closely related to HIV-2 than any other SIV has been isolated from the stored tissues of an Asian stump-tailed macaque that died in the...

Cutaneous Pneumocystis carinii infection in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. (Periodical Report)
December 30, 1991... SOURCE: Archives of Dermatology, November 1991;127(11):1699-1701. Clinicians should be aware that extrapulmonary Pneumocystis carinii may present as an apparently innocuous skin eruption in AIDS patients. University of Texas...

Health Department adds three drugs to payment list. (ddI, foscarnet and intravenous immune globulin) (New York)
December 23, 1991... New York The New York state Health Department has added three medications to the list of drugs provided for free to poor people with AIDS or HIV-related illness. The drugs added are ddI, foscarnet and intravenous immune globulin,...

State lab to implement PCR technique to detect HIV. (polymerase chain reaction) (Wisconsin)
December 23, 1991... Wisconsin The state Laboratory of Hygiene plans to implement a new technique, used in only one other state, to detect HIV in its early stages, the lab's medical director said. The new technique, the polymerase chain reaction...

Hospital sued by HIV-positive patient. (Victory Memorial Hospital) (Illinois)
December 23, 1991... Illinois A hospital has been sued by a man who alleges he was held a virtual prisoner in his hospital room after testing positive for HIV. The lawsuit was filed December 5, 1991, against Victory Memorial Hospital and a physician by the...

Stockholder approvals to merge the two companies received. (Chiron/Cetus)
December 23, 1991... Chiron/Cetus Chiron Corp., and Cetus Corp., both of Emeryville, California, announced that each company has received the approvals of their respective stockholders for transactions that will enable the two companies to merge. At...

GSH rescue by N-acetylcysteine. (glutathione) (Periodical Report)
December 23, 1991... SOURCE: Klinische Wochenschrift, November 15, 1991;69:(18):857-862. N-acetylcysteine, or NAC, should be recognized as a treatment for diseases - including AIDS - characterized by depletion of glutathione, German researchers argue. ...

Metabolism and DNA interaction of 2',3'-didehydro-2',3'-dideoxythmydine in human bone marrow cells. (Periodical Report)
December 23, 1991... SOURCE: Molecular Pharmacology, November 1991;40(5):838-845. The anti-HIV nucleoside analog D4T, in its active triphosphate form (D4T-TP), is readily incorporated into bone marrow cells but levels of the drug incorporated into cellular...

Activity of acyclic 6-(phenylselenenyl) pyrimidine nucleosides against human immunodeficiency viruses in primary lymphocytes. (Periodical Report)
December 23, 1991... SOURCE: Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, November 1991;34(11):3305-3309. Selenium-substituted acyclouridine derivatives have anti-HIV-1 activity as potent as that seen with the related HEPT derivatives, but unlike HEPT the...

Did monkey-to-human blood transfers start AIDS epidemic? (Kenya)
December 23, 1991... Kenya Attempts to immunize humans against malaria may have been the origin of the AIDS epidemic, a British scientist proposes. Charles Gilks of John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, England, puts forward the hypothesis that simian...

Despite low CD4 counts, patients may live longer than thought. (Milton S. Hershey Medical Center)
December 23, 1991... Milton S. Hershey Medical Center For an AIDS patient with an extremely low CD4 cell count of 50 or less, the prognosis is poor. Without an adequate supply of these infection-fighting white blood cells, the patient is likely to succumb...

Vestar's Daunoxome phase I/II data presented. (American Society of Hematology)
December 23, 1991... American Society of Hematology Clinical results presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Hematology held in Denver, Colorado, indicate that the drug Daunoxome may have significant capability as an effective and...

New treatment for bacterial infections discussed at meeting. (American Society of Hematology)
December 23, 1991... American Society of Hematology A powerful natural antibiotic may hold the key to treating many serious bacterial infections, scientists from New York University (NYU) Medical Center reported at the Annual Meeting of the American Society...

Researchers developing designer drugs and tests. (State University of New York, Stony Brook)
December 23, 1991... State University of New York, Stony Brook Researchers at State University of New York at Stony Brook, New York, are developing designer drugs and tests that may one day carry the Stony Brook label. Dr. Benjamin Luft of Stony...

Scientists synthesize virus in laboratory. (State University of New York, Stony Brook)
December 23, 1991... State University of New York, Stony Brook Researchers say they have created a virus in a test tube, an advance that could help in the search for new treatments for the common cold and for other little-understood viruses. A team at...

Blocked ricin technology increases potency of cancer therapeutics 1,000-fold. (Dana-Farber Cancer Institute)
December 23, 1991... Dana-Farber Cancer Institute In the December 1, 1991 issue of Cancer Research, researchers from Immunogen, Inc. report success in the development of a highly potent, therapeutic immunotoxin derived from ricin, a powerful plant toxin....

AIDS cases predicted to increase tenfold by the year 2000. (World Health Organization)
December 23, 1991... World Health Organization The World Health Organization (WHO) has predicted that the AIDS challenge will grow dramatically in the years ahead. "The number of people infected with the virus that causes AIDS is still rising...

Nation begins AIDS campaign. (Nigeria)
December 23, 1991... Nigeria On television, after the seven o'clock news, a young man announced that he had chosen to be a responsible father and space the births of his children. "I have also chosen Right Time condoms," he said, "because the Right Time...

New study says fear and knowledge affect policy decisions about AIDS. (George Washington University)
December 23, 1991... George Washington University Seventy-three percent of the respondents in a recent survey said that food handlers, like waiters and cooks, should be given blood tests to screen for HIV. Stephanie Larson of George Washington University...

Carriers of HIV face intolerance and persecution. (Russia)
December 23, 1991... Russia When a Russian man tested positive for HIV, articles appeared in his hometown newspapers warning that he was a danger to society. Not long after, he was in jail, dumped in a cell without mattress or pillow. His alleged crime:...

$1.3 million to establish coordinating center for AIDS research. (U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
December 23, 1991... U.S. NIAID The U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) of the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded $1.3 million to the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), School of Medicine to...

Physician-scientists receive awards to investigate molecular and genetic secrets of cancer and AIDS. (James S. McDonnell Foundation)
December 23, 1991... James S. McDonnell Foundation Four young physician-scientists, whose work is helping to unlock the molecular and genetic secrets of cancer and AIDS, were named to receive three-year, $412,500 fellowships from the James S. McDonnell...

State income tax 'voluntary checkoff' raises $347,423 for AIDS research and prevention. (Massachusetts)
December 23, 1991... Massachusetts Massachusetts taxpayers contributed $347,423 for AIDS research, education and prevention through a voluntary checkoff on the state income tax form, the Weld administration reports. Lt. Gov. Paul Cellucci was joined...

Suit claims dentist knew he had HIV. (Delaware)
December 23, 1991... Delaware A dentist infected with HIV knew he had AIDS for two years but continued working with patients until shortly before his death, according to documents filed in a lawsuit. Patients of the deceased dentist have filed suit to...

Research agreement signed. (Genelabs Technologies/Enzon)
December 23, 1991... Genelabs Technologies / Enzon Genelabs Technologies Inc., Redwood City, California, announced it has entered into a research alliance with Enzon Inc., South Plainfield, New Jersey, to evaluate the application of Enzon's proprietary drug...

Development of AIDS vaccine agreement reached. (Cambridge Biotech Corp./Genentech)
December 23, 1991... Cambridge Biotech Corp./Genetech Cambridge Biotech Corp., Worcester, Massachusetts, announced it has granted a sublicense for gp120, a key envelope protein of HIV-1, to Genentech, Inc. Cambridge is the exclusive licensee of a Harvard...

Efficacy of aerosolized pentamidine and co-trimoxazole in the prophylaxis of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) and concurrent incidence of bacterial pneumonias in HIV disease. (Research Report)
December 23, 1991... AUTHORS: S.S. Bassi, R.M. Novak, D.L. Pitrak, A.K. Pau and M.M. Al-Sayyad. University of Illinois and VA West Side Medical Centers, Chicago, Ilinois. According to an abstract submitted by the authors to the 31st Interscience...

Monitoring of trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole serum concentrations during high dose therapy of pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in HIV-infected patients. (Weekly Research Report)
December 23, 1991... AUTHORS: B. Joos, J. Blaser, J.P. Chave, M. Opravil and R. Luthy. University Hospital Zurich, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois Lausanne, Switzerland. According to an abstract submitted by the authors to the 31st Interscience...

Iron chelation suppresses the growth of Pneumocystis carinii (Pc) in vitro. (Research Report)
December 23, 1991... AUTHORS: G.A. Weinberg and M.M Shaw. Departments of Pediatrics and Pathology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana. According to an abstract submitted by the authors to the 31st Interscience Conference on...

In vitro activity of clarithromycin (CLARI) and 14-hydroxy-clarithromycin against the Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) alone and in combination with other agents. (Research Report)
December 23, 1991... AUTHORS: C.B. Inderlied, F.G. Sandoval and L.S. Young. Childrens Hospital Los Angeles and Kuzell Institute, San Francisco. According to an abstract submitted by the authors to the 31st Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents...

Molecular cloning and analysis of genes encoding surface antigens and Pneumocystis carinii. (Research Report)
December 23, 1991... AUTHORS: (1 )J.A. Fishman, (1 )J.A. Samia, (2 )E. Ullu and (2 )F. Richards. (1 )Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, and (2 )Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut. According to an abstract...

Activity of 566C80 against tissue of Toxoplasma gondii (Tg). (Research Report)
December 23, 1991... AUTHORS: F.G Araujo, J. Mark and J.S. Remington. Palo Alto Medical Foundation and Stanford University Medical School, Palo Alto, California. According to an abstract submitted by the authors to the 31st Interscience Conference on...

A large array of human monoclonal antibodies to type 1 human immunodeficiency virus from combinatorial libraries of asymptomatic seropositive individuals. (Periodical Report)
December 23, 1991... SOURCE: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, November 15, 1991;88(22):10134-10137. It is feasible to generate human monoclonal antibodies in sufficient quantity and variety for use in clinical trials of passive...

The use of medicinal herbs by human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients. (Periodical Report)
December 23, 1991... SOURCE: Archives of Internal Medicine, November 1991;151:(11):2281-2288. Physicians treating HIV disease - and researchers conducting clinical trials - should be aware that many people with HIV infection take a variety of medicinal...

Results of extended peptide-T administration in AIDS and ARC patients. (Periodical Report)
December 23, 1991... SOURCE: Psychopharmacology Bulletin, 1991;27(3):237-245. Indications that peptide T may improve neuropsychological function in AIDS and ARC patients provide a rationale for Phase 2 trials of the drug, a NIMH research team suggests. ...

AIDS panel members, encouraged by Bush's words, now want action. (National Commission on AIDS) (Washington, D.C.)
December 16, 1991... Washington, D.C. President Bush scored some points by expressing his concern about AIDS. Now, those he has encouraged in a White House meeting will be looking for follow-up action. "Some meetings are more important because they...

Delay in expansion of AIDS definition requested. (National Commission on AIDS)
December 16, 1991... National Commission on AIDS The National Commission on AIDS asked federal officials to delay changing the definition of AIDS to provide more time to work out potential problems it could cause. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control...

Scientists identify protein that could be used to treat AIDS. (protein that allows white blood cells to destroy bacteria) (Scripps Research Institute)
December 16, 1991... Scripps Research Institute Scientists at the Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, California, have identified a protein in white blood cells that might open the door to new treatments for some arthritic and respiratory conditions....

Muscle cells employed in successful gene therapy. (Stanford University and University of Michigan)
December 16, 1991... Stanford University and University of Michigan Muscle cells may become the newest tool for gene therapy, according to two independent studies reported December 5, 1991, by scientists at Stanford University School of Medicine and the...

Rise in number of tuberculosis cases needs government control. (U.S. Centers for Disease Control)
December 16, 1991... U.S. CDC U.S. government health officials in Atlanta, Georgia, traveled to Washington, D.C., to brief congressional staffers on an alarming increase in the number of U.S. tuberculosis cases, especially a drug-resistant strain. Dixie...

Kimberly Bergalis dies at age 23. (woman who contracted AIDS from her dentist) (Florida)
December 16, 1991... Florida Kimberly Bergalis, who challenged doctors' groups and Congress to require widespread AIDS testing after a dental visit left her infected with the disease, died December 8, 1991. She was 23. Miss Bergalis, who got the...

Group aims for consensus on fractious AIDS issues. (American Medical Association)
December 16, 1991... American Medical Association The rights of doctors who are infected with HIV and the risks they may pose to patients were up for debate at the American Medical Association's (AMA) semiannual meeting, held December 8-13, 1991, in Las...

State considering new guidelines on AIDS reporting. (Connecticut)
December 16, 1991... Connecticut AIDS activists are upset by a plan that would require laboratories to report the names of individuals who test positive for HIV and have a low count of infection fighting cells. The activists are worried that the plan,...

Advocate for AIDS group says proposed rule could discourage testing. (identifying HIV-positive people to their sex partners) (Alabama)
December 16, 1991... Alabama An Alabama state proposal that would allow health officials to identify people who test positive for HIV to their sex partners could discourage testing, a spokeswoman for Birmingham AIDS Outreach said. "Our primary concern is...

New safeguards instituted for Knox E-911 HIV reporting. (Knox County, Tennessee's emergency 911 system)
December 16, 1991... Tennessee Knox County, Tennessee's Emergency 911, system will install new measures to enhance privacy of suspected HIV -infected households, but will continue to collect and disseminate the information to emergency workers, officials...

AIDS' effect on world population growth called 'minimal.' (Africa)
December 16, 1991... Africa In a recent interview, Dr. Michael Merson, director of the WHO (World Health Organization) Global Programme on AIDS, was asked about the effects of the AIDS epidemic on world population trends. In response, Merson said,...

Global program director offers forecast, focus on the AIDS epidemic. (Dr. Michael Merson) (World Health Organization)
December 16, 1991... WHO In a recent interview, Dr. Michael Merson, director of the WHO (World Health Organization) Global Programme on AIDS estimated "conservatively" that by the year 2000 there will be 30-40 million men, women and children infected with...

Conference on AIDS and teens emphasizes four levels of prevention outreach. (Pennsylvania)
December 16, 1991... Pennsylvania A one-day conference titled "AIDS and Adolescents: Preserving Our Future" was held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on December 9, 1991. The conference was jointly sponsored by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control...

AIDS institute established. (University of Florida)
December 16, 1991... University of Florida The University of Florida (UF) has set up an institute to help fight AIDS with plans to not only conduct research on the deadly disease but also provide educational programs. More than 300 faculty and staff...

AIDS testing up 60 percent after Magic Jackson's announcement. (error in title: should be Magic Johnson) (New York)
December 16, 1991... New York The number of people being tested for HIV has climbed by almost 60 percent in New York City since basketball superstar Magic Johnson announced he was infected, health officials say. Those who want to be tested for HIV must...

Students petition to change law on parental consent for AIDS testing. (Connecticut)
December 16, 1991... Connecticut When students at Stamford High School in Connecticut heard that basketball superstar Magic Johnson was infected with HIV, some realized for the first time that it could happen to them, too. But then they learned they...

National Cooperative Drug Discovery Groups for the Treatment of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection. (request for application amendments) (Research Report)
December 16, 1991... AUTHORS: RFA: AI-91-13. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. The National Cooperative Drug Discovery Groups for the Treatment of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection (NCDDG-HIV) Request for Applications (RFA)...

Measles infection and immunoprophylaxis failure in HIV-1 infected children. (Research Report)
December 16, 1991... AUTHORS: S. Chandwani, A. Kaul, D. Dijohn, H. Pollack, E. Leibovitz, R. Lawrence, W. Borkowsky and K. Krasinski. NYU Medical Center, New York, New York. According to an abstract submitted by the authors to the 31st Interscience...