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AIDS Daily Summary
Thursday, October 3, 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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"African With HIV Is Granted Asylum"
"Life After Death: New AIDS Drug Brings Hope to Provincetown, But
Unexpected Woes"
"Across the USA: Minnesota"
"California Law Chief Takes Drug Fight to 'Doonesbury'"
"Letter Writer Finally Gets White House Attention"
"Protein May Aid HIV Treatment Without Side-Effects"
"Feature: Senegal--The Spectre of AIDS"
"Baltimore May Head AIDS Vaccine Panel"
"Adultery: A New Furor Over an Old Sin"
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"African With HIV Is Granted Asylum"
Washington Times (10/03/96) P. A1; Larson, Ruth
An African computer engineer was granted asylum by a New
York immigration judge on the grounds that he is HIV-positive and
fears that he would be alienated if he were forced to return home.
Earlier this year, the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV-AIDS
recommended the lifting of a 1993 ban on allowing people with
communicable diseases to immigrate to the United States. The
council suggested that people with HIV should not be deported and
that they should be granted asylum. The African engineer applied
for asylum based on his HIV status in 1991, after deportation
proceedings began against him. He said that he was unable to get
a job in his country, and that drugs to treat his illness were not
accessible there.
"Life After Death: New AIDS Drug Brings Hope to Provincetown, But
Unexpected Woes"
Wall Street Journal (10/03/96) P. A1; Carton, Barbara
Provincetown, Mass., a popular gay resort in the 1970s, has
seen its steady rate of deaths attributed to AIDS slow due to the
use of powerful new drugs. One of every 15 residents in the town
now has AIDS, and 393 have died of the disease. The new protease
inhibitors, combined with older AIDS drugs, are helping AIDS
patients to live longer, however, impacting both the town's
economy and atmosphere. This hope for survival has brought
elation to the residents of Provincetown, but, at the same time,
has generated anxiety about the unknown path ahead. Patients
wonder if they should return to work, and how they can pay for the
expensive drugs. With AIDS patients living longer, the town has
more difficulty meeting the demand for housing assistance. The
economy is not prepared to sustain full-time work for recovering
patients, and many say they do not want to return to their former
careers. The patients have also voiced concerns about losing aid
if they start new ones. The new optimism and energy in
Provincetown is evident in the social scene, but counselors worry
that people may become too hopeful and stop practicing safe sex.
"Across the USA: Minnesota"
USA Today (10/03/96) P. 10A
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has awarded a
$2.8 million grant to five AIDS research programs conducted by
the University of Minnesota and the state health department. The
projects will study the effectiveness of CDC prevention programs
at controlling the spread of AIDS.
"California Law Chief Takes Drug Fight to 'Doonesbury'"
New York Times (10/03/96) P. A14; Golden, Tim
California Attorney General Dan Lungren, who was identified
on Tuesday in a "Doonesbury" cartoon as the man who organized a
raid of San Francisco's Cannabis Buyers' Club, called a press
conference on Wednesday to criticize the strip. The club claimed
to provide marijuana only for medical relief, to people suffering
from illnesses like cancer and AIDS. A upcoming proposition on
the California ballot will ask voters to decide whether marijuana
should be legalized for medical use or not. The "Doonesbury"
strip, written by Gary Trudeau, has taken up the issue,
generating complaints from Lungren.
"Letter Writer Finally Gets White House Attention"
Washington Times (10/03/96) P. A6
Stephanie Honore, a 17-year-old from Columbus, Ohio,
threatened to blow up the White House after four letters she
wrote to the president were not answered. The letters concerned
AIDS, education, animal rights, and the environment. Her fifth
letter, which also wished President Clinton dead and directed an
obscenity at him, got Stephanie a visit by Secret Service agents,
but no charges will be filed since no criminal intent was
apparent, the Secret Service said.
"Protein May Aid HIV Treatment Without Side-Effects"
Reuters (10/02/96)
Scientists at the University of Bern, Switzerland, announced
Wednesday that they have found a protein that can help treat HIV.
Marco Baggiolini and colleagues wrote in a letter to the journal
Nature that they found that a modified form of a natural
chemokine known as RANTES blocks HIV's entry into certain white
blood cells without the side effect similar treatments cause.
Chemokines bind to cell-surface receptors, which HIV needs to
infect a cell.
"Feature: Senegal--The Spectre of AIDS"
PANA Wire Service (10/02/96); Ndiaye, Cheikh Tidiane
In the town of Ourossogui, Senegal, the number of HIV
infections is increasing--a trend attributed to men who travel
for long periods and bring the virus home with them. Among the
cases recorded for 1996, two-thirds of the carriers were men.
Prospective blood donors are often found to be infected,
including one man who was to give blood to his wife who was
giving birth. An education program has been launched, but is
ineffective due to a language barrier and a lack of teaching
materials.
"Baltimore May Head AIDS Vaccine Panel"
Science (09/20/96) Vol. 273, No. 5282, P. 1647
David Baltimore, of the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, may be named director of the new AIDS Vaccine
Research Committee, an organization being set up to take over the
U.S. government's AIDS vaccine research effort. The new group is
being created at the suggestion of a panel of scientists who
conducted a review last spring of AIDS research at the National
Institutes of Health. The panel recommended that the NIH's $125
million AIDS vaccine research engine be restructured and operated
by a committee directed by "a distinguished, non-government
scientist." Baltimore said he has been discussing the position
with government officials, but noted that he has not made a
decision yet and that he does not have a deadline.
"Adultery: A New Furor Over an Old Sin"
Newsweek (09/30/96) Vol. 128, No. 14, P. 54; Adler, Jerry
Americans' attitudes about adultery have changed over the
last two decades, as have their views of marriage and fidelity.
A 1974 survey found that, while a majority of every age group
said that adultery was "always wrong," the smallest percentage,
59 percent, was among those aged 18 to 29. Now in their 40s, 74
percent of this same group condemned adultery. People in their
20s now have the most conservative sexual values, the survey
found. Other results of a Newsweek poll indicated that half of
those surveyed said adultery was wrong because it is immoral, 25
percent disapproved because it can end a marriage, while 17
percent said it was wrong because of the risk of AIDS and other
diseases.