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AIDS Research. Reagan proposes rescinding $51 million of the $244 million that Congress had appropriated for AIDS research this fiscal year. A budget increase in 1987 would bring appropriations back only to $213 million, which would have to be stretched over many types of research. The Administration contends that money...
Third, it is necessary to increase dramatically the funds for research on AIDS. This should include learning more about which cofactors might cause an asymptotic carrier suddenly to come down with AIDS, treatments for people who have the illness, and the possibilities of developing an effective and safe vaccine.
Since the number of AIDS cases is now doubling almost annually, and since we have now and will have in the near future neither vaccine, nor cure, nor treatment for AIDS, our only weapon at the present time is prevention. The way to maximize prevention is a rational campaign to...
Most AIDS research searches for a vaccine for the disease but ignores the need to discover the proper way to treat the victims, said Allan Brandt, an assistant professor at the Harvard Medical School.
During the American Civil War, more soldiers died of typhoid than died in battle. The epidemic of Spanish influenza in 1918-19 killed more than 500,000 Americans. Before the Salk vaccine, nearly 600,000 Americans were infected by poliomyelitis, and 10% of them died. The polio epidemic caused memorable...