Almost 80 percent of U.S. public schools now offer AIDS education, but gaps still remain in senior high school ranks, a new survey says.
The National School Boards Association survey of 332 school districts finds AIDS education reaches 85 percent of seventh-graders, but trails off at higher grades, reaching only 58 percent of 12th-graders.
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Danger signs point to new spread of AIDS
June 21, 1990
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SAN FRANCISCO - AIDS is spreading among teen-agers, women and crack users - groups previously thought at low risk, says a new report.
The National Research Council report also urges that prevention efforts be stepped up to stem the tide.
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College AIDS rate steady
Oct. 23, 1990
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Two of every 1,000 students tested at 35 U.S. college campuses are infected with the AIDS virus - the same as in a survey 18 months ago, a federal scientist reported Monday.
"It's reassuring to know the proportion of HIV-positive students does not appear to be rising," says Dr. Brian Edlin, Centers for Disease Control.
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Women are awakening to the trauma of AIDS
Nov. 27, 1990
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Nurse practitioner Risa Denenberg heard about a woman who'd been coming to Bronx Lebanon Hospital in New York for two years to interpret for her Spanish-speaking husband with AIDS.
Denenberg, new to the staff, asked the woman if she'd considered getting tested for the AIDS virus herself.
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AIDS; Guarding the Innocent; Disclosure 'a two-way street'
May 17, 1991
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PALM CITY, Fla. - Barbara Webb chose a simple, succinct inscription for her new gold bracelet: HIV positive.
The jewelry seems starkly out of place on the 65-year-old grandmother and high school English teacher. But Webb wears it as a "badge of honor" not a "scarlet A."
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Red Cross to shut, revamp blood banks
May 20, 1991
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The American Red Cross is shutting down 53 regional blood centers as part of a sweeping overhaul to protect the nation's blood supply against AIDS, the agency says.
Red Cross president Elizabeth Dole is expected to unveil a plan today that will address "the safety and supply of blood nationwide," the agency says.
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Is the blood supply safe enough? 'Window' of risk can't be totally closed
May 21, 1991
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The beleaguered American Red Cross is making sweeping changes in an effort to come to terms with the age of AIDS.
But whether the shake-up of the system that supplies half the USA's blood - announced Monday - will calm persistent public fears about the safety of the blood supply remains to be seen.
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AIDS; 10 years of horror; 'Denial was present from the start'
June 4, 1991
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Alvin Friedman-Kien, a New York dermatologist, knew something was wrong when he saw one, then two, then 20 cases of a rare skin cancer - all in gay men.
Michael Gottlieb, a Los Angeles immunologist, became alarmed by a simultaneous outbreak of a rare pneumonia among gay men in his city.
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Magic's disclosure hits home
Nov. 15, 1991
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LANSING, Mich. - Years ago, Magic Johnson taught Robert Haynes something about basketball at a camp the NBA star set up for kids in his hometown. Now Johnson is teaching Haynes something new: How to avoid AIDS.
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'Absolutely positive'; Zooming in on life after HIV infection
June 18, 1991
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Imagine yourself exactly as you are except for one thing: You are infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.
You might have the same job, the same family, the same sense of humor, but nothing would be quite the same.
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AIDS' unrelenting march across the globe
June 18, 1991
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FLORENCE, Italy - The AIDS epidemic is heading toward a peak in the USA, gaining steam in Asia and Latin America and devastating Africa, a new world update shows.
A decade ago, AIDS appeared to involve mainly gays and IV drug users; it now affects mostly Third World heterosexuals, says James Chin, World Health Organization. His projections, presented at the world AIDS conference: The 1 million or so HIV infections in the USA will lead to more AIDS through the mid-'90s, then slowly decline, unless the virus gains new footholds.
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AMA rejects mandatory AIDS testing
June 27, 1991
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CHICAGO - Mandatory testing for the AIDS virus will not be the wave of the future, if the American Medical Association has its way.
But more doctors and patients are likely to take the test as a result of policies endorsed Wednesday by delegates to the AMA's annual meeting.
