Word: viruses
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...reformatory for convicted prostitutes in June, five men offered to bail her out. Today she is emaciated, weighing only 62 lbs., her hair is falling out, and she is showing unmistakable signs of mental derangement. The source of the woman's suffering: the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, or AIDS, virus. Doctors at the home want to delay her release, fearing that if she returns to prostitution, she will transmit the AIDS virus to her clients...
Despite the rapid spread of AIDS throughout the developing world, its appearance in India came as a shock to the country. The case of the young woman, as well as those of 18 other Indians known to have been infected with the virus (two of whom have died), is thought to be just the beginning. Poverty and a burgeoning population of more than 750 million make it difficult for Indian doctors to cope with even familiar diseases, such as tuberculosis, malaria and cholera. Now that the first AIDS cases have been detected, says Dr. V. Ramalingaswami, former director general...
...problems that AIDS poses for the business community are already substantial, and growing. Some 23,700 Americans have contracted the disease, and an estimated 20% to 30% of the 1.5 million U.S. citizens who have so far been exposed to the AIDS virus are expected to join them. Even though AIDS is spread almost always through intimate sexual relations or the sharing of hypodermic needles, many workers have strong objections to working in close quarters with carriers of the disease. Says Dana Ferrell, a director of the South Florida Health Action Coalition: "There's still a tremendous amount of ignorance...
Public health protection. Though the President spoke of improved prevention, treatment and testing, a White House official asked to elaborate on this goal simply noted that half the intravenous drug users in New York City are suspected carriers of the AIDS virus. Federal funds for drug prevention and treatment, which have declined during the Reagan Administration from $404 million in 1981 to $279 million this year, would presumably be boosted, but Reagan did not say by how much...
...greater percentage than in any other state. While 53% of the 1,385 AIDS victims identified were drug users, an additional 7% were children or sexual partners of drug addicts. Studies indicate that more than half the drug users in northern New Jersey have been exposed to the virus, so anyone sharing a needle even once has a better than 50% chance of being exposed as well...