The AIDS resources bill signed by President Bush over the weekend authorizes $882 million in emergency help to cities struggling with the AIDS epidemic. But AIDS activists it's too little, too late.
"Where was it five years ago," says AIDS patient Steve Walton, 43, of San Francisco. Walton wants more access to new drugs for AIDS patients. "Come on, let's get going," says Walton. "We're dying."
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Rural care for AIDS falls short
Aug. 22, 1990
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An "epidemic of fear and bigotry" has accompanied the rapid spread of AIDS to rural areas, a new report says.
The majority of AIDS cases still are in urban areas, but rural cases are increasing faster - 37% in a year as compared with 5% in urban areas, says Tuesday's report from the National Commission on AIDS.
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AIDS cases surge in non-urban areas
Sept. 13, 1990
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MACON, Ga. - AIDS, identified primarily as a big-city disease, is now growing toward crisis levels in rural areas that are ill-equipped to deal with it medically and socially.
The National AIDS Commission, created by Congress to oversee the crisis, reported last month that the nation's rural communities may soon be "blind-sided" by AIDS cases.
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HIV-infected doctors urged to stop surgery
Jan. 18, 1991
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Doctors and dentists infected with the AIDS virus should stop doing surgery or tell their patients about their condition, the American Medical Association and the American Dental Association said Thursday.
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Make feds cover AIDS, says journal
May 23, 1991
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The federal government could smooth the way for controversial AIDS testing policies by covering medical expenses of everyone infected with the AIDS virus, says the editor of a prestigious medical journal.
Such coverage - plus new anti-discrimination laws - would "give those at risk an incentive to be tested" so they could be treated and protect sexual partners, says Dr. Marcia Angell in The New England Journal of Medicine, out today.
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AMA rejects mandatory AIDS testing
June 27, 1991
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CHICAGO - Mandatory testing for the AIDS virus will not be the wave of the future, if the American Medical Association has its way.
But more doctors and patients are likely to take the test as a result of policies endorsed Wednesday by delegates to the AMA's annual meeting.
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Senate gets 'tough' on HIV disclosure
July 19, 1991
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The Senate, bowing to public fears about AIDS, voted Thursday to impose a 10-year prison sentence on HIV-positive health-care workers who perform high-risk procedures without informing patients of their infection.
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Routine AIDS tests sought
Sept. 20, 1991
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Hospitals would routinely offer and encourage their patients to have an AIDS antibody test under a federal proposal released Thursday.
The tests would be voluntary and results confidential.
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Powerful plea on AIDS; Congress urged to require testing
Sept. 27, 1991
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Kimberly Bergalis' big moment on Capitol Hill lasted less than a minute. But she hoped her halting words and haunting image convinced Congress and the public of a need for stronger safeguards against AIDS-infected health-care workers.
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Bush gets an earful on the AIDS epidemic
Dec. 10, 1991
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WASHINGTON - In his first major public appearance on AIDS since early 1990, President Bush told health officials Monday they're doing a good job fighting the epidemic.
Bush was briefed before reporters by his health secretary, Dr. Louis Sullivan, health agency heads and the National Commission on AIDS.
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A safer mouth-to-mouth; NYC orders facilities to have masks on hand
Jan. 8, 1992
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NEW YORK - Public facilities Tuesday were ordered to have on hand masks with one-way valves in one of the USA's most dramatic efforts yet to encourage people to give mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.
The New York City law - possibly the first of its kind - stems from a disturbing trend: Fear of AIDS, tuberculosis and hepatitis is keeping people trained in lifesaving procedures such as CPR from helping victims in critical minutes before emergency medical rescuers arrive.
