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...disease will become more common and take an even greater toll as the U.S. population continues to age. On July 1, the U.S. reached a milestone: for the first time there are more Americans over 65 (27.4 million) than teen-agers (26.5 million). In March, Health and Human Resources Secretary Margaret Heckler created a special AD task force and proposed to increase federal funds for AD research to $25 million in 1984, up from $17 million in 1981. Says Heckler: "Every breakthrough we achieve is a step toward the reuniting of families and friends, the lifting of the veil...
...have serious consequences. One man died only hours after the understaffed Ashkelon Hospital sent him home, advising him to consult a doctor not on strike. Meanwhile, all but some 15% of the doctors at Haifa's Rambam Hospital were fasting. If the walkout continues, it could take its toll not only in public patience but also in human lives...
...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 of researchers; next week it will start operating a toll-free hotline (800-342-AIDS) to answer questions about the syndrome...
...only one sign of the way many Israelis felt as the death toll from last year's war in Lebanon and the subsequent occupation reached 500. Protesters continued a seven-week vigil outside the residence of Prime Minister Menachem Begin. The opposition Labor Party called for an official inquiry into the Begin government's handling of the war. It was joined, ironically, by former Defense Minister (and now Minister Without Portfolio) Ariel Sharon, who is said to have told the Cabinet, "I'm not prepared to wear the mark of Cain or have people wave 'murderer...
...Farmers can be seen working the fields with wooden plows; young men mix straw and mud to patch bomb holes. One sagging roof is propped up by an unexploded Soviet bomb. But in villages like Jakdalag, 30 miles east of Kabul, the relentless assault upon civilians has taken its toll on the guerrillas. The deserted settlement is pockmarked with bomb craters and littered with spent shells, some measuring 10 ft. in length. Since bombs first began tearing the community apart three years ago, all its farmers and all but one of its 400 families have left. Rebels now sleep...