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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Still, most doctors insist that the shots are worth the risks. Martin Smith, president of the American Academy of Pediatrics, calculates that the chances of suffering serious damage from whooping cough are ten times greater than having damaging side effects from the vaccine. Says Dr. Peter Patriarca of the CDC's immunization division: "There is no question that the vaccine has more side effects than any other vaccine. But it's a matter of risk vs. benefits...
...Mandatory testing will have to involve all the population. I mean, who's gay? Will everybody in the audience who's gay please raise their hands?" said James W. Curran, director of the AIDS program at the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) in Atlanta...
...AIDS test currently in use screens blood for the presence of antibodies to the AIDS virus. About 18,800 cases of AIDS have been reported to the CDC, but doctors estimate that 500,000 to 2 million people are carrying the virus and the antibodies...
Conference Co-Chairman James W. Curran, who directs the AIDS program at the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) in Atlanta, said he is particularly concerned about intravenous drug users with AIDS spreading the disease...
...CDC reported last month that 17 percent of all AIDS patients used intravenous drugs. Fifty-three percent of all female AIDS patients were intravenous drug users, the report said...