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AIDS Daily Summary
Monday, November 18, 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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"HIV Co-Discoverer Opens Research Center"
"Unconventional Wisdom: AIDS and Tolerance"
"In Irish Jail, Jets and Sharks Rumble Again"
"Votes on Marijuana Are Stirring Debate"
"World Is Less Crowded Than Expected, the U.N. Reports"
"AIDS Groups Receive Grants"
"An AIDS Memorial in Stanley Park"
"Ottawa Denies Krever Key Data"
"Full Japanese Hospital List Announced"
"Document Management Keeps CDC's Data Flow Healthy"
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"HIV Co-Discoverer Opens Research Center"
Washington Times--Metropolitan Times (11/18/96) P. C7
The Institute of Human Virology, to be operated by AIDS
researcher Robert Gallo, opens today in Baltimore. The
dedication will include two days of lectures by scientific
leaders, including four Nobel laureates. Maryland Gov. Parris
Glendening and Baltimore Mayor Kurt Schmoke have promised the
center, part of the University of Maryland system, $12 million
over the next three years.
"Unconventional Wisdom: AIDS and Tolerance"
Washington Post (11/17/96) P. C5; Morin, Richard
Despite fears that AIDS would increase discrimination
against homosexuals, surveys have shown that Americans have
become significantly more tolerant of homosexuality, partly
because of the disease. According to Stuart Michaels, director
of the National Health and Social Life Survey at the University
of Chicago, "AIDS brought homosexuality more and more into the
public eye and provided people with a multiplicity of views on
gay life and gay people." Whereas in 1991, 76 percent of
Americans surveyed said homosexual relations are "always wrong,"
only 61 percent felt the same way in 1996.
"In Irish Jail, Jets and Sharks Rumble Again"
New York Times (11/18/96) P. A8; Clarity, James F.
Among the inmates participating in a performance of "West
Side Story" in a Dublin jail is John O' Hanlon, who plays a
violent member of the Jets. He relates that he was a heroin
addict, and lost six of his friends to AIDS. Three others, he
says, are dying, but he appears not to be infected.
"Votes on Marijuana Are Stirring Debate"
New York Times (11/17/96) P. 16; Wren, Christopher S.
The approval of proposals to allow the medical use of
marijuana in Arizona and California has sparked a wider debate
across the country as advocates seek to pass similar initiatives
in other states. While supporters say the initiative allows
patients with AIDS, cancer, and other serious illnesses to obtain
pain relief, opponents contend that the measures will open the
door to wider use of marijuana. Members of Community Anti-Drug
Coalitions of America met with their representatives in Congress
on Thursday while prosecutors and law enforcement officials from
California and Arizona met with the nation's drug chief, Barry R.
McCaffrey. Ethan Nadelmann, an advocate of more tolerant drug
policies, said further changes in policy to be sought will
include making hypodermic needles available to stop the spread of
HIV among drug users.
"World Is Less Crowded Than Expected, the U.N. Reports"
New York Times (11/17/96) P. 3; Crossette, Barbara
The world's population is growing at a slower rate than was
expected just a few years ago, the United Nations reports, adding
that the number of children being born each year has begun to
fall sooner than expected. Analysts credit family planning and
other programs implemented in the 1960s and 1970s to give people
more reproductive control. Higher death rates in some areas also
contributed to the population declines. AIDS and wars have
lowered life expectancy in Africa, and life expectancy has also
decreased in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union.
"AIDS Groups Receive Grants"
Miami Herald (11/15/96) P. 2B
Two Miami AIDS organizations have received grants from the
Levi Strauss Foundation. The Food for Life Network, which
delivers meals to 417 homebound AIDS patients in Dade County,
received $25,000. In addition, the University of Miami
Department of Pediatrics' Project Cradle, which cares for mothers
and children with AIDS, received a $20,000 grant.
"An AIDS Memorial in Stanley Park"
Toronto Globe and Mail (11/15/96) P. A23; Cernetig, Miro
A decision by the Vancouver Parks Board to erect an AIDS
memorial in Stanley Park has sparked public outrage. In a
Toronto Globe and Mail commentary, Globe and Mail Vancouver
bureau chief Miro Cernetig describes what others have written
about the opposition. One columnist, for example, said the
arguments against the memorial were attributed in part to
homophobia and in part to reluctance to put up monuments to
disease. Meanwhile, another writer, who supported the memorial,
said the objections to it "are awash in senseless homophobia,
even though AIDS is hardly a gay disease."
"Ottawa Denies Krever Key Data"
Toronto Globe and Mail (11/15/96) P. A1; Grange, Michael
On the final day of evidence in the three-year-old federal
inquiry into Canada's tainted-blood tragedy, a federal official
announced that the government would not release 30 key documents
about the incident. The documents concern draft legislation that
the federal government had considered to better protect the blood
supply. A letter was presented to the inquiry last fall
suggesting that the federal government had such plans as early as
1984. The Canadian Red Cross did not begin testing its blood
supply for HIV until November 1985, while blood suppliers in the
United States and Australia began testing in April of that year.
"Full Japanese Hospital List Announced"
Lancet (11/02/96) Vol. 348, No. 9036, P. 1235; Gutierrez, Ed
Japan's Council on Public Health has decided to publish a
list of 2,413 hospitals where HIV-tainted blood may have been
used in the 1970s and 1980s. Hiroshima officials were the first
to respond, contributing 54 facilities to the list. The Health
and Welfare Ministry had initially released the names of seven of
the 344 hospitals that may have used non-heat-treated blood
products. However, the Council on Public Health--an advisory
body to the Health ministry--resolved in October to publish the
complete list, because questions had been raised about the
accuracy of reports from other hospitals.
"Document Management Keeps CDC's Data Flow Healthy"
Government Computer News (11/04/96) Vol. 15, No. 28, P. 15;
Jackson, William
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently
began using an electronic document management system as part of a
two-year plan to integrate document management, correspondence
control, and workflow management at the agency. The Basis
document management system, from Information Dimensions of Ohio,
has been used by the CDC to manage library holdings for about 10
years. The system combines a text retrieval engine with a
proprietary relational database that handles documents. The CDC
will use the system to access electronically generated documents,
including publications and internal administrative documents.