The Board of Estimate yesterday approved a $1.2 million contract with the American Red Cross to provide home care for about 200 victims of AIDS, acquired immune deficiency syndrome. The Red Cross will recruit and train attendants, and each of the patients who require the more intensive home care will be under the super
Cases of acquired immune deficiency syndrome, or AIDS, in New York State have been reported in lower numbers during the past three months, the State Health Commissioner said yesterday. The Commissioner, Dr. David Axelrod, said the decline may have been caused by male homosexuals limiting their number of sex partners.
The plight of the victims of acquired immune deficiency syndrome and the call for increased research into AIDS were addressed by vigils and marches in cities across the country yesterday. A vigil in New York coincided with the second annual convention of the Federation of Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays, which
United Press International - Sunday, September 25, 1983
ATLANTA - Researchers say they have found further evidence linking leukemia viruses to Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. Scientists are trying to find the cause -- and from that a cure -- for AIDS, which kills almost half its victims by stripping them of their immunity against common diseases. Dr. Bruce Evatt of the
Traces of a cancer virus detected in AIDS victims have been found in hemophiliacs, researchers reported yesterday. Doctors from the Harvard School of Public Health reported 12 percent of 172 hemophiliacs without AIDS showed antibodies against the virus, an indication they were infected with the virus at one point. Only
United Press International - Saturday, August 27, 1983
CHICAGO - French researchers have discovered a second virus linked to AIDS and say it appears to break down the immune system -- but only after repeated exposure, the Journal of the American Medical Association said Friday. Their favorite hypothesis is that AIDS is caused by a retrovirus that, with repeated exposure,
The number of cases of acquired immune deficiency syndrome that are reported weekly has more than doubled in the last six months, Federal health officials said today. The national Centers for Disease Control said the number of cases of the disease, known as AIDS, increased to a weekly average of 53 in July, as against
San Francisco General Hospital will open a special care unit Tuesday for patients with acquired immune deficiency syndrome. Hospital officials said it would be the first separate hospital ward in the country for victims of AIDS, a mysterious fatal malady that breaks down the body s immune system. They said the ward wou
Fears that acquired immune deficiency syndrome, or AIDS, could be transmitted by needles used to collect blood have eased, alleviating the concerns of health officials about blood shortages. Several major cities reported problems with blood collection last month but blood donations have picked up, according to two orga
Four cases of acquired immune deficiency syndrome have turned up among health-care personnel, although there is no evidence that they contracted AIDS through casual contact with patients, Federal officials said today. The Centers for Disease Control said the four cases provided no new information regarding occupational
The State Health Department issued a 60-day emergency rule yesterday requiring that it receive reports of all cases of acquired immune deficiency syndrome, or AIDS. Previously, reporting of such cases had been voluntary, according to a spokesman for the department, Fran-ces Tarlton. She said that reports had been filed
Health officials from 11 cities called on President Reagan today to provide more funds to combat acquired immune deficiency syndrome, or AIDS, an incurable disease claiming an increasing number of victims and causing public anxiety. There have been 1,737 cases of AIDS diagnosed since 1979, and 678 of the victims have d
A special task force at the U.S. Conference of Mayors called on the Federal Government today to commit itself to finding a cure for acquired immune deficiency syndrome. The Mayors are scheduled to vote Wednesday on the task force s recommendation, one of 35 proposals made today. Dr. Jeffrey Kopland of the Centers for D
United Press International - Wednesday, May 25, 1983
SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Researchers say they have established the first link between cancer and a virus, and say the discovery could be of enormous help in finding a cure for some types of leukemia and the cause of AIDS. The researchers said their findings, which were presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of
United Press International - Monday, March 7, 1983
WASHINGTON - The American Red Cross says it will inform homosexual males, Haitian immigrants, drug users and others considered at high risk of carrying a dangerous disease, acquired immune deficiency syndrome, that they should not donate blood. The organization acted in response to Public Health Service recommendations
United Press International - Friday, February 11, 1983
CHICAGO - A new hepatitis B vaccine made from blood plasma, which it is feared may contain an agent of the often-deadly acquired immune deficiency syndrome, or AIDS, is safe and highly effective, two physicians from the Food and Drug Administration say. Some health-care workers have refused to be vaccinated because som
United Press International - Friday, February 11, 1983
WASHINGTON - A human virus linked to a relatively rare blood cancer is more widespread than previously believed, National Cancer Institute scientists reported Thursday. They said the virus has been isolated recently from white blood cells of four patients in the United States , one in I
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