United Press International - Friday, December 7, 1990
ORLANDO - The American Medical Association has called for mandatory reporting of positive AIDS test results, saying policies that ban such reporting in states like Florida are hampering monitoring of the disease. Guidelines approved Wednesday by the AMA s House of Delegates recommend reporting of positive test results
United Press International - Thursday, December 6, 1990
BRADENTON - A prostitution suspect charged with attempted murder because her name was on a secret list of people suspected of having AIDS tested negative for the deadly virus in June, a sheriff s spokesman said. Bradenton police charged the woman with attempted murder last week, claiming she offered to perform oral sex
United Press International - Tuesday, August 7, 1990
TAMPA - Patients in the Tampa area who test positive for the AIDS virus are having a tough time finding health care workers to treat them, and specialists who treat infectious diseases say they can t handle the growing numbers. Unfortunately, we re overwhelmed, said Dr. John Toney, a specialist at the University of Sou
United Press International - Monday, June 18, 1990
BOSTON - Most Americans believe the government should do more to combat the spread of AIDS with such steps as greater tax support for drug treatment centers and early classroom education for children, a survey showed Sunday. In the nationwide survey conducted for The Boston Sunday Globe, 61 percent of 1,000 adults poll
United Press International - Tuesday, May 15, 1990
WASHINGTON - Conservatives and liberals urged Senate passage of financial aid to major cities ravaged by the AIDS epidemic, including Miami, but Sen. Jesse Helms, R-N.C., said the way to stop the disease is to tell homosexuals to stop having sex. I ve never heard once somebody in this chamber say to the homosexuals, S
United Press International - Saturday, May 12, 1990
DALLAS - The first extensive AIDS-virus field study indicates the deadly virus may be far less common than previously estimated in some communities, federal health officials reported Friday. We have a much clearer picture of AIDS, said Dr. Jacob Gayle, special assistant to the HIV survey programs with the Centers for D
United Press International - Friday, April 13, 1990
ORLANDO - The Central Florida Blood Bank plans to begin releasing to the local health department the names of all donors who test positive for the AIDS virus, but because of legal questions, health officials said Thursday they would refuse to accept them. Pat Hunter, blood bank spokesman, said the move was intended to
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