Word: lethality
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...prepared a report citing the Mexican states of Sonora, Durango, Sinaloa and Guerrero as the main source of the new drug form. So far, black tar (also known as tootsie roll and Mexican mud) is most prevalent in the Western U.S., where it has produced an alarming increase in lethal overdoses. In Phoenix, authorities say, black tar has led to a fivefold increase in overdoses since...
...most exciting feature of the new virus is that it appears to be harmless. In the lab, says Essex, it behaves much like the AIDS virus, infecting the same immunological cells (helper T cells) but without the "dramatic killing action" of its lethal cousin. None of more than 50 people infected with the virus have developed any symptoms of AIDS. Thirty have been followed for more than a year and have remained healthy, but, says one of Essex's collaborators, Francis Barin of the virology laboratory of Bretonneau Hospital in Tours, "we must wait for more time to pass...
...commonly infects African green monkeys, apparently causing them no harm. Essex's team identified the monkey virus last year and speculated that it had first spread to humans who ate monkey meat or were bitten by the animals. Somewhere along the line, Essex hypothesizes, the virus mutated into the lethal AIDS-causing form. His newly discovered strain might be one of several intermediate forms that arose as the virus mutated. Says Essex: "I predict there will be other viruses in the spectrum...
...Democratic-controlled House is scheduled to vote Thursday afternoon on Reagan's program, which includes $30 million for non-lethal items like medicine and clothing, and $70 million that could be used for military help. The current program of $27 million in nonlethal aid expires March...
Thus it should come as no surprise that despite years of covert aid and training from the CIA and $27 million of "non-lethal" U.S. aid this past year, the Contras have failed to hold a single piece of Nicaraguan territory. Their brutality has cost them what little popular support they may once have had. With the failure of their latest offensive most Contra units have retreated to bases in Honduras and Costa Rica...