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Curran estimates that for each of the 12,000 cases of AIDS reported so far in the U.S., there are at least five to ten cases of ARC. Sample studies based on blood tests suggest that an additional 500,000 to 1 million Americans are symptomless carriers of the virus. What will happen to this group is the object of much speculation and study. "That's the million-dollar question," says Dr. Michael Lange of St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital in New York City. The guess is that 5% to 10% of people who do not have symptoms...
...risk of acquiring the disease from sexual contact." The Burk family of Cresson, Pa., is a sad case in point. Patrick, 27, a hemophiliac, contracted AIDS from a contaminated batch of blood-clotting factor, which he requires to control his condition. His wife Lauren, 24, has since developed ARC and apparently passed the virus on to their 15-month-old son Dwight, most likely during her pregnancy. Daughter Nicole, 4, is the only one in the family left untouched by the disease...
...there are now, says Lange of New York City's St. Luke's-Roosevelt, and "I can already see the whole hospital system coming apart at the edges." Some doctors believe that special medical centers similar to cancer centers may have to be established to care for AIDS and ARC patients. Public health experts are calling for wide-reaching educational programs to teach Americans about the disease and how to avoid exposure...
...scarcely rains in West Texas. Dry lakes have been known to catch fire here. So precious is water that many people loathe lawns; others ostentatiously show their wealth by the look of their grassy places (still others, sensitive to criticism, sneakily install root-system watering devices, eliminating the telltale arc of an aboveground sprinkler). In any event, there were three feet of water standing in some streets of Midland and Odessa the day before the game...
Today, the Atomic Runners’ Collective (ARC), a group that organizes weekly runs on Saturdays and Sundays all year, has arranged for an 8:30 a.m. bus to deliver runners from both the College and the Business School to the starting location in rural Hopkinton, Mass. According to ARC Marathon Coordinator Eric T. Hoke ’06, the early departure will give the students plenty of time to rest and hydrate before the race begins at noon...