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AIDS Daily Summary
Tuesday, October 1, 1996
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) National
AIDS Clearinghouse makes available the following information as a
public service only. Providing this information does not
constitute endorsement by the CDC, the CDC National AIDS
Clearinghouse, or any other organization. Reproduction of this
text is encouraged; however, copies may not be sold, and the CDC
National AIDS Clearinghouse should be cited as the source of this
information. Copyright 1996, Information, Inc., Bethesda, MD
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"Hormone May Raise HIV Risk in Women"
"Nationline: AIDS Controversy"
"Congress Finishes Major Legislation: The Budget"
"Day-Care Center Must Struggle in Controversy Over AIDS Funds"
"Inmates Are Vulnerable to Food-Borne Illnesses"
"D.C. Enlists Tenants to Keep an Eye on Neighbors' Health"
"HHS Announces Awards for Community AIDS Programs"
"Algeria Sets up Border Task-Force Against Diseases"
"TB Deaths Reach All-Time High"
"Less Cash From French AIDS Event"
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"Hormone May Raise HIV Risk in Women"
Washington Times (10/01/96) P. A9; Price, Joyce
Progesterone, a hormone commonly used in oral
contraceptives, has been found to increase vaginal transmission
of an AIDS-like virus in monkeys and boost concentrations of the
virus in their blood. Preston A. Marx of the Aaron Diamond AIDS
Research Center and colleagues report their findings in today's
issue of the journal Nature Medicine. The study suggests that
the more than 2.5 million U.S. women using progesterone
contraceptives may be at increased risk for HIV infection through
vaginal intercourse. The findings are not conclusive enough for
the authors to recommend that women change their contraceptive,
however. More research is needed to determine if the increased
risk in monkeys is also present for women.
"Nationline: AIDS Controversy"
USA Today (10/01/96) P. 3A
Health officials in South Florida are warning residents to
discount reports broadcast on a local radio station claiming that
AIDS is a myth. Medical professionals and radio hosts on a
WLQY-AM radio talk show popular among the area's Haitian
population have been telling listeners to stop taking their
medication and refuse treatment. The Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention notes that there have been 342,000 AIDS deaths in
the United States.
"Congress Finishes Major Legislation: The Budget"
Washington Post (10/01/96) P. A1; Pianin, Eric
President Clinton signed the budget bill Monday night after
it was approved by the Senate, avoiding another government
shutdown. The measure included many concessions from the
Republican-controlled Congress, but met the midnight deadline,
allowing members to adjourn and campaign back home. The House
ended its session Saturday with passage of immigration and
spending bills. The vote tallied 370 to 37, after Republican
leaders were forced to drop a provision that would have denied
immigrants federal funds for legal treatment of HIV and AIDS.
"Day-Care Center Must Struggle in Controversy Over AIDS Funds"
Houston Chronicle (09/30/96) P. 14A; Zuniga, Jo Ann
Loving Arms Day Care Center, one of the few facilities in
Houston that accepts children with HIV, was cut off from federal
funding by the Ryan White Planning Council this summer. The
center had been awarded about $184,000 from the council, nearly
half of its annual operating budget, but did not receive funding
July 31 because it submitted an insufficient 1995 audit. Last
year, the center served about 130 children, half of whom are
HIV-positive and some of whose parents are infected. Audrey
Gassama, director of Loving Arms, claims that the funding cut came
as a result of her public comments about the lack of Ryan White
funding to minority organizations. The center has hired an
accountant to provide a complete audit for 1995.
"Inmates Are Vulnerable to Food-Borne Illnesses"
Washington Post--Health (10/01/96) P. 5; Boodman, Sandra G.
Food poisoning is a serious problem in jails and prisons,
largely because it occurs in confined populations that include
inmates with comprised immunity weakened by HIV, federal
researchers report. Paul R. Cieslak and colleagues from the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention analyzed data from 88
outbreaks including more than 14,000 cases of illness between
January 1974 and January 1992 in 31 states and territories. The
researchers note that salmonella poisoning can be fatal to people
with immune systems compromised by HIV. "As this population
continues to grow," they conclude, "more diligent attention to
food safety measures will be needed to prevent needless illness
and inevitable death among incarcerated persons."
"D.C. Enlists Tenants to Keep an Eye on Neighbors' Health"
Washington Post (10/01/96) P. B1; Goldstein, Amy
Residents of Washington, D.C., public housing developments
are being trained to help their neighbors decrease their health
risks. City health administrators are teaching 25 men and women
about giving blood pressure tests, nutritional advice, and
reassurance to neighbors who do not trust doctors. The workers
will be paid $7 an hour to work weekday afternoons in health
centers in the public housing complexes. Among their varied
tasks, these assistants will take temperature readings, perform
cardiopulmonary resuscitation, and give advice about how to avoid
infection with HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases.
Washington, D.C., has among the highest rates in the country for
HIV infection, cancer deaths, and kidney disease, and health
problems tend to be concentrated in areas where the new community
health workers live. These areas are also physician-poor, with
only one doctor for every 3,700 residents.
"HHS Announces Awards for Community AIDS Programs"
Reuters (09/28/96)
The Department of Health and Human Services will provide
$7.1 million in awards to 19 innovative community-based AIDS
service programs, HHS Secretary Donna E. Shalala announced. The
awards are funded through the Special Projects of National
Significance Program, a part of the Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS
Resources Act. The programs will help homeless people, the
mentally ill, substance abusers, and others with HIV or AIDS.
"Algeria Sets up Border Task-Force Against Diseases"
Reuters (09/30/96)
In an effort to prevent the spread of diseases like AIDS and
meningitis into Algeria from African countries to the south, the
government is setting up border task forces. Health Minister
Yahia Guidoum announced Monday that a committee had been charged
with setting up the border patrol as well as an information
network to monitor diseases in the southern countries bordering
Algeria.
"TB Deaths Reach All-Time High"
Journal of the American Medical Association (09/25/96) Vol. 276,
No. 12, P. 936
A record number of people died from tuberculosis (TB) in
1995, according to a new report from the World Health
Organization. The number of cases in the United States dropped
for the third year in a row, however. Worldwide, nearly 3
million people died from TB last year, compared to the previous
record of 2.1 million deaths a year at the beginning of the
century. More than 30 million people could die of TB during the
next decade if current trends continue, WHO said. The group also
reported that more than 1 million women and 170,000 children die
of TB each year. Additionally, it noted that half of the world's
more than 23 million refugees are infected with TB and that about
one third of people with HIV die from TB. WHO reported that only
about 10 percent of the world's TB patients receive the necessary
treatment, directly observed therapy.
"Less Cash From French AIDS Event"
Nature (09/19/96) Vol. 383, No. 6597, P. 210
An annual fund-raising event held in Paris to benefit AIDS
services and research raised only 65 million French francs ($13
million) this year, compared to 300 million French francs in
1994. One reason for the decline is that the televised event,
which involves all national television channels, was disrupted
this year by activists from ACT UP. The poor returns are also
attributed to the fact that the event emphasized the need for
donations, rather than information about AIDS; as well as
declining interest in AIDS among the public in France.