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Nevertheless, Heckler stressed to the patients that "AIDS is our No. 1 health concern and the epidemic is our No. 1 priority." Her department, which includes CDC and NIH, is spending $14 million on AIDS research this year and requesting $12 million more. Some gay activists have charged that the Reagan Administration is neglecting AIDS because it primarily affects homosexuals. (In fact, the money allocated to AIDS research so far is greater than the $20 million spent over eight years on toxic shock syndrome and Legionnaire's disease.) Heckler's department also publishes a biweekly bulletin reporting the findings...
...nonfatal disease. In addition, an estimated 1 million new cases of gonorrhea and 100,000 of syphillis are reported each year. "What may be different these days is the number of persons who can be exposed in a short period," says Dr. William Foege, 47, director of the CDC. "The average AIDS victim has had 60 different sexual partners in the past twelve months...
...Others can be found among the nation's state and local public health officers. Researchers at the NIH supply scientific support. Coordinating this network, and indeed serving as the FBI of disease detection and the Interpol for medical sleuths around the globe, are the 4,030 workers at the CDC. The vanguard of this organization is the center's Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS), which sends out its corps of 120 young, bright and determined investigators around the U.S. and the world. "We see the CDC people as our sort of big brother," says Nevada Health Official Dr. Otto Ravenholt...
...CDC complex near Atlanta belies its importance. Its headquarters are located in a squat suburban brick building, graced in front by a bust of Hygeia, the Greek goddess of health. Some sections are housed in wooden barracks around a former Army hospital. The agency, then known as Malaria Control in War Areas (MCWA), was created in 1942 to find ways to protect U.S. soldiers against malaria. The organization has since taken part in the successful campaign against polio (by pioneering the use of the Salk vaccine), and lessened the threat of rabies (by showing it could be carried by bats...
...successes, the CDC has had to fight for funds?including money to set up EIS in 1951?by stressing the national security benefits of the center. In 1981, the White House considered cutting the CDC budget by 23%; Richard Schweiker, who was then HHS Secretary, successfully fought to protect its funds. With the current concern about AIDS, the CDC seems secure for the present; its 1983 budget is $261 million, less than 1% of the amount spent for Medicare and Medicaid...