Word: viruses
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...virus that causes AIDS can be directly responsible for many severe nervous disorders and diseases like meningitis, a brain inflammation, Harvard-affiliated doctors reported yesterday...
...Minneapolis, researchers said yesterday that an experimental new drug stops the AIDS virus from reproducing and attacking blood cells in the laboratory, and initial tests show it can be given safely to AIDS victims, the Associated Press reported...
...think this is very promising. This is one of the most potent drugs" against the AIDS virus, said Dr. Hiroaki Mitsuya of the National Cancer Institute...
Other new research indicates that more prostitutes are carriers of the AIDS virus than previously thought. In studies reported by the Centers for Disease Control, five of 92 prostitutes tested for the AIDS virus in Seattle and ten of 25 in Miami showed positive results. The rate of infection in both cases was far higher than that for the general population, estimated to be only 1 in 300 to 400 (most of whom will never show AIDS symptoms themselves but could give the disease to others). Many prostitutes are also intravenous drug users, the group at second-highest risk...
...brighter side, said acting U.S. Assistant Secretary of Health Dr. James Mason, recent studies show declines in the rate of syphilis and gonorrhea, indicating that some Americans have already become less promiscuous, possibly out of fear of AIDS or herpes. As a result, the spread of the AIDS virus may be slowing. "This disease is controllable now," said Mason. Despite some of the frightening evidence to the contrary, he insisted, "the feeling of helplessness that many Americans feel is absolutely unnecessary and counterproductive...