From server@aspensys.com Mon Nov 18 08:25:42 1996 Received: from casti.com (vector.casti.com [199.181.80.100]) by qrd.rdrop.com (8.6.9/8.6.9) with ESMTP id IAA12775 for ; Mon, 18 Nov 1996 08:25:41 -0800 Received: from aspen3.aspensys.com by casti.com (8.6.9/NX3.0M) id LAA06270; Mon, 18 Nov 1996 11:21:07 -0500 Received: by aspen3.aspensys.com (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id LAA15570; Mon, 18 Nov 1996 11:25:21 -0500 Date: Mon, 18 Nov 1996 11:25:21 -0500 Message-Id: <9610188483.AA848342783@smtpinet.aspensys.com> Errors-To: shelly_olim_at_aspenpo@smtpinet.aspensys.com Reply-To: aidsnews@cdcnac.aspensys.com Originator: aidsnews@cdcnac.aspensys.com Sender: aidsnews@cdcnac.aspensys.com Precedence: bulk From: "Flynn Mclean" To: qrd@vector.casti.com Subject: CDC AIDS Daily Summary 11/18/96 X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Comment: CDC National AIDS Clearinghouse AIDS Daily Summary 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 ****************************************************** "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" ****************************************************** "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.