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Subject: CDC Summary 8/12/92
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                         AIDS Daily Summary
                           August 12, 1992 
 The Centers for Disease Control (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 
Clearinghouse, or any other organization.  Reproduction of this text is 
encouraged; however, copies may not be sold.  Copyright 1992, 
Information, Inc., Washington, DC 
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 "Hanks Gets Serious For AIDS Movie" USA Today (08/12/92), P. 2D  
(Thomas, Karen)
     The next project for "Silence of the Lambs" director Jonathan  
Demme will be a movie called "People Like Us."  Tom Hanks is set  to 
star as an AIDS-stricken attorney, along with Denzel  Washington as the 
homophobic lawyer who must represent him in  court.  This is just one in 
a host of upcoming films that will  feature gay- or AIDS-related themes, 
including a biography on  gay-rights pioneer, Harvey Milk. 

"The Empty Office of Tom Kahn" Washington Post (08/12/92), P. C1  
(Kastor, Elizabeth)
     Life-long civil rights and labor activist Tom Kahn died of AIDS  on 
March 27,1992, but his memory lives on in the hearts of the  people he 
worked with.  Kahn was employed at the International  Affairs Office of 
the AFL-CIO.  Anne Nipper was especially  affected by Kahn's illness and 
death, as Kahn had picked her to  be his assistant before he died.  She 
was to keep the office  operating properly when he would be too sick to 
make it in.   "Because I knew that," she recalled, "my job had a totally  
different function, a social function and a human function."   Among 
Kahn's many accomplishments, some of the most noteworthy  include 
helping Bayard Rustin organize the 1963 March on  Washington for civil 
rights, speechwriting stints for the Hubert  Humphrey and Henry Jackson 
presidential campaigns, being named  special assistant to two AFL-CIO 
presidents, and receiving the  appointment of director of the 
International Affairs Department  in 1986.  Kahn retired just weeks 
before his death. 

"MCAD Breaks Ground On AIDS" Boston Globe (08/11/92), P. 25  (Wong, 
Doris Sue)
     The Boston Harbor Hotel has been found guilty of discrimination  
for mistreating an employee solely because his supervisors  assumed the 
employee had AIDS.  As a result, the hotel is to pay  Douglas McKinley's 
estate $30,000 in damages due to emotional  distress.  McKinley, who was 
a waiter at the hotel, died last  October of AIDS-related complications.  
McKinley's complaint was  the first to receive a hearing in front of the 
Massachusetts  Commission Against Discrimination and to get a ruling.  
The  hearing officer, Michael T. Duffy, concluded that not only those  
with HIV are protected against discrimination, but also those who are 
perceived to be infected with HIV.  McKinley was repeatedly  given the 
least desired work-stations, assigned fewer tables, was treated poorly 
by his managers, and was the subject of unusually  intense scrutiny 
until he had no other choice but to resign.   McKinley personally filed 
the MCAD complaint two months later.   In addition to the $30,000 
payment, the hotel must pay McKinley's legal fees, stop discriminating 
against people with AIDS, and  hold an AIDS and civil rights awareness 
training program for  supervisory personnel. 

"Magic: Returning to the Lakers?" United Press International (08/10/92)
     Los Angeles--Sources have told the Los Angeles Times that  
basketball superstar Magic Johnson, who has AIDS, will be  returning to 
the Los Angeles Lakers if tests show that his  condition has not 
deteriorated.  The news comes after Johnson led the United States 
basketball team to a gold medal victory in the  Barcelona Summer 
Olympics.  Johnson will be meeting this week  with his physician, Dr. 
David Ho, who had at first advised the  former NBA point guard to give 
up basketball. 

"Ad Infinitum: Anti-AIDS Ad Campaign Targets Students Who 'Get Stupid'" 
Washington Times (08/12/92), P. C3  (Rabin, Phil and Myles, Carolyn)
     The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will launch a  new 
anti-AIDS advertising campaign tomorrow, spreading the  message to young 
adults that the use of drugs and alcohol affects good judgement about 
sexual behavior.  The public-service ad  campaign, titled "Get High, Get 
Stupid, Get AIDS," is  unprecedented in that it uses animation to 
present its AIDS  prevention message, said Eva Kasten, senior vice 
president and  director of the Advertising Council.  Kasten added that 
the  campaign is "carefully crafted for the target audience and that  is 
what will make it effective."  The educational effort will be  produced 
in English and Spanish and will use television, radio,  and print ads. 

"FDA Tries to Quicken Drug Approval" USA Today (08/12/92), P. 7B  
(Walker, Blair S.)
     A plan to significantly reduce the amount of time it takes to  
approve new drugs is being developed by the pharmaceuticals  industry 
and the government.  Under the plan, drug manufacturers  would be 
required to pay the Food and Drug Administration  drug-approval fees of 
$150,000 per product, along with a $50,000  annual fee and $5,000 a year 
for each existing product.  The  additional funds would allow the FDA to 
hire 600 more drug  approval examiners, cutting in half the typical 
three-year  waiting period for new drug approval.  The drug industry,  
previously opposed to user fees, spends an average 12 years and  $231 
million to introduce a new drug to the public.  "If the FDA  does not 
get the money it needs to conduct an efficient  drug-approval review, 
that would hurt the [drug] industry," said  Jeff Warren, spokesman for 
the American Pharmaceuticals  Manufacturers Association.  The plan 
awaits approval by Congress  and could be put into effect as soon as 
October.

"Wellcome Worries" Forbes (08/03/92) Vol. 150, No. 3, P. 51  (Fuhrman, 
Peter)
     At least 45 percent of British pharmaceutical Wellcome Plc.'s  
current sales come from manufacturing the world's top antiviral  drugs 
Zovirax and AZT.  AZT sales should increase worldwide by 30 percent this 
year, to approximately $400 million.  However,  Wellcome is about to 
become involved in two serious legal matters dealing with AZT.  In 
Canada, a preliminary ruling in May gave  approval to Apotex, an 
affiliate of U.S. generic pharmaceutical  firm Barr Laboratories, to 
start selling its generic version of  AZT at $1.10 a capsule in Canada, 
33 percent lower than  Wellcome's price.  Though the court proceedings 
will probably  continue for at least another two years, during this time 
Apotex  can sell its version of AZT.  Apotex is also selling AZT to a  
Bahamian company that sells it in the U.S. by mail order, even  though 
this process may be ruled illegal.  In addition, Barr  Laboratories has 
also asked U.S. courts to rule that Wellcome's  AZT patents are invalid.  
The National Institutes of Health has  argued that its researchers 
originally invented the drug, and  that Wellcome hid this fact from U.S. 
patent officials.  Wellcome is suing to prevent Barr from selling its 
generic form of AZT. 

"TeenAIDS: The Latest HIV Fib" New Republic (08/10/92) Vol. 207, No. 7, 
P. 17  (Fumento, Michael)
     Claims spread by the media that the AIDS epidemic will soon  affect 
large numbers of young heterosexuals are outright  fallacies, writes 
Michael Fumento, author of a book called The  Myth of Heterosexual AIDS.  
U.S. News + World Report cautioned in its May 4 issue that, "the AIDS 
epidemic has taken an ominous  turn toward America's youth."  The New 
York Times has reported,  "As schools and public health officials 
increasingly realize,  teenagers are a high-risk group."  Fumento 
asserts that although  these claims of teenage AIDS are only useful 
politically, for  promoting sex education and the school-based teaching 
of condom  use.  The Centers for Disease Control's actual figures show 
that  in 1990 there were 170 teen AIDS cases reported in the U.S., and  
that last year the number decreased to 160.  The CDC also  reported that 
among those aged 20-24, the numbers dropped from  1,626 in 1990 to 1,485 
in 1991.  Teenagers comprise less than 1  percent of all AIDS cases, and 
20-24 year-olds account for only 4 percent of the total.  Young AIDS 
patients are overwhelmingly  male and disproportionately black and 
Hispanic.  Male cases among 13-24 year olds outnumber female cases nine-
to-one.  Moreover,  only 21 AIDS cases were reported last year in which 
teenagers claimed  heterosexual contact as their risk factor, down from 
37 the  previous year. 

"OSHA Develops Pilot TB Control Guidelines" American Medical News 
(08/03/92) Vol 35, No. 29, P. 3  (Voelker, Rebecca)
     The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration  recently 
implemented new tuberculosis control guidelines for the  Region II 
office, which includes New York, New Jersey, Puerto  Rico, and the 
Virgin Islands.  The new regulations require all  health-care workers 
who treat TB patients to wear a dust, mist,  and fume respirator.  
However, many health-care workers disagree  with the use of the 
respirator.  They say the guidelines seem to  be a "knee-jerk" reaction 
to the disease's reappearance in the  area.  Dr. Beth Raucher, an 
epidemiologist at New York City's  Beth Israel Medical Center, said that 
she and others believe the  OSHA directives interfere with patient care, 
are not based on  science, and contradict existing recommendations from 
the Centers for Disease Control.  The dust, mist, and fume respirator is 
made with more filtration material than a particulate respirator and  
features a valve to aid exhalation.  Consequently, physicians and nurses 
say, it impedes communication, breathing, and patient  relationships.  
They stress that the CDC's December 1990  recommendations for TB control 
suggest the use of particulate  respirators that are easier to wear, 
less cumbersome to fit  properly, and do not mandate pulmonary function 
tests for the wearer. 

"Prison Population Overwhelming Health Care System" American Medical 
News (08/03/92) Vol. 35, No. 29, P. 22
     The growing inmate population is overwhelming the nation's  
correctional health care system, according a statement by three  medical 
organizations in the July 1 issue of the Annals of  Internal Medicine.  
The American College of Physicians, the  American Correctional Health 
Services Assn., and the National  Commission on Correctional Health 
Care, the groups, said that the American inmate population has doubled 
its size in the last ten  years, severely overcrowding jails and 
prisons.  The majority of  inmates are substance abusers who are more 
inclined to contract  communicable diseases such as AIDS, hepatitis, and 
tuberculosis.  Moreover, about 10 million inmates, possibly infected 
with  diseases, are released back into the community every year.    
Prisoners, said the three groups, must receive health care that  meets 
the currently accepted guidelines of care in the community, and 
sufficient resources must be devoted to provide that care.   The 
organizations suggest an evaluation of the nation's drug  control 
strategy and recommend putting more concentration on  prevention.  They 
also recommend increasing funding to provide  extensive services to 
treat substance abuse and IV-drug-related  illness, and advise changing 
the current correctional health  system from one that is reactive to one 
that is proactive. 

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