                     AIDS Daily Summary 
                      November 4, 1994

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"David Feinberg, 37, an Author Who Wrote of Life with AIDS"
"Leukemia Drug May Help Combat AIDS"
"Philadelphia AIDS Discrimination Settlement Benefits Both Sides"
"Health Ministry Calls Manila an HIV Hot Spot"
"Surgimetrics Signs Letter of Intent with China's People's 
Liberation Army (PLA) to Begin Clinical Trials of Its HIV (AIDS) 
Screening Test Kits for Use by PLA"
"Targeted Genetics Reports Third Quarter Financial Results"
"Burke Waits for Death"
"Quilts Comfort Stricken Babies Around the World"
"AIDS, HIV, and Mental Health"
"Only a Phone Call Away: Educating Health Care Professionals 
About HIV/AIDS"
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"David Feinberg, 37, an Author Who Wrote of Life with AIDS"
New York Times (11/04/94) P. A33;  Dunlap, David W.
     Author and ACT UP member David B. Feinberg died of AIDS on 
Wednesday at the age of 37.  Two of his books, "Eighty-Sixed" and
"Spontaneous Combustion,"--both fictional--followed the 
devestation caused by AIDS of gay life in New York.  "Queer and 
Loathing: Rants and Raves of a Raging AIDS Clone" will be 
published in three weeks.  As a member of ACT UP, Mr. Feinberg 
was arrested multiple times at demonstrations protesting official
indifference or hostility, including the disruption of the Mass 
at St. Patrick's Cathedral in December 1989.  Most recently, 
however, he criticized that ACT UP "wastes precious time 
bickering" and "indulging its obsession with the Catholic Church"
at a time when he wanted "every argument and action to help save 
my life."
      
"Leukemia Drug May Help Combat AIDS"
Reuters (11/03/94);  Kenen, Joanne
     Researchers have found that hydroxyurea--a drug used to treat 
leukemia--has blocked HIV from reproducing in several kinds of 
cells in laboratory tests.  While excited about the potential for
the drug, the scientists warn that tests that offer promise in 
the lab sometimes prove disappointing in humans.  Hydroxyurea is 
not a cure for AIDS, but it does control HIV when used in 
conjunction with other drugs such as AZT or ddI.  Researcher 
Franco Lori anticipates clinical trials in humans to start soon 
because the drug has been in use for more than 30 years and its 
side effects are known.
      
"Philadelphia AIDS Discrimination Settlement Benefits Both Sides"
Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News (11/03/94)
     The Scott Doe AIDS discrimination case was settled out of court 
to prevent what could have been for both sides a completely 
unpredictable jury verdict.  The settlement provides Doe with 
quick cash, which Kohn, Nast & Graf's insurance company will pay,
say legal sources.  The law firm's insurance policy states that 
the firm must agree to any settlement of a claim, but if it 
rejects a proposed settlement by the insurance company, the firm 
could be responsible for any payment as the result of a jury 
verdict.  Sources also say that Doe benefits because the case 
ended before his professional reputation was damaged and because 
the trial record was dominated with Doe's testimony as to his own
professional excellence.  Kohn Nast benefits from the settlement 
by getting the case off of Court TV, the national cable network 
that broadcast the trial.  The firm admits no wrongdoing, and is 
spared the expense of paying for the settlement or large legal 
fees.
      
"Health Ministry Calls Manila an HIV Hot Spot"
Reuters (11/03/94)
     The Philippines' Health Ministry's most recent HIV survey has 
declared Manila and its suburbs an HIV "hot spot".  The survey 
showed that one in 302 of the capital's registered female sex 
workers were HIV-infected.  "This is an alert that says we have a
problem," said Health Secretary Juan Flavier.  More than 500 
Filipinos are known to have been infected since 1984, and more 
than 80 Filipinos have died from AIDS.
      
"Surgimetrics Signs Letter of Intent with China's People's 
Liberation Army (PLA) to Begin Clinical Trials of Its HIV (AIDS) 
Screening Test Kits for Use by PLA"
Business Wire (11/03/94)
     Surgimetrics International Ltd. announced Thursday that it has 
signed a letter of intent with the PLA of China and its Central 
Military Hospital to begin clinical trials of its HIV screening 
test kits.  The 2 million members of the PLA are annually tested 
for HIV and other diseases.  The Surgimetrics HIV 1-2 screening 
test is an inexpensive test that uses whole blood, serum, or 
plasma and provides 99.2 percent accurate results within six 
minutes.  "Early detection of AIDS is critically important in the
world's effort to control this disease.  We are proud to play a 
role in that effort," said Hugh Cooper, President and Chief 
Executive Officer of Surgimetrics.
      
"Targeted Genetics Reports Third Quarter Financial Results"
PR Newswire (11/03/94)
     Targeted Genetics Corporation reported Thursday a net loss of 
$2,225,000 for the third quarter ending Sept. 30, 1994.  
Increased investment in gene therapy product development and 
clinical trial programs are cited as reasons for the loss.  The 
expense of holding Phase I trials studying a CTL-based 
immunotherapy for HIV and for preparing regulatory filings for 
additional trials also contributed to the company's increased 
expenses.  Targeted Genetics currently has two Phase I clinical 
trials underway at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center for
potential HIV treatments.
      
"Burke Waits for Death"
Richmond Times-Dispatch (11/02/94) P. E1;  Wilstein, Steve
     Glenn Burke, once an outfielder for the Los Angeles Dodgers and 
the Oakland Athletics, is thinking about suicide lately.  The 
41-year-old former major leaguer discovered last January that he 
has AIDS and, today, is virtually bedridden because his feet are 
filled with tumors.  "I kinda figured somewhere along the line I 
would get it," he said.  "It's a plague."
      
"Quilts Comfort Stricken Babies Around the World"
Reuters (11/03/94);  Gardner, Christine
     For six years now, volunteers for At-Risk Babies Crib (ABC) 
Quilts, of New Hampshire, have been sending quilts to babies that
are dying from AIDS, fetal alcohol syndrome, or complications 
from crack cocaine.  Over 160,000 quilts have been sent to 
babies--including 1,700 to Romania, 400 to Bosnia, and 152 to 
Russia in 1991.  The quilts are sent to the Episcopal mission 
that serves as the ABC Quilts base from across the United States,
as well as England, Germany, Japan, and Australia.  The project 
was originally created to help babies with AIDS, but expanded 
when the founder, Ellen Ahlgren, learned of babies with other 
afflictions.  ABC considers itself an AIDS education project and 
has distributed 12,000 copies of a children's quiltmaking book 
with a section on AIDS.
      
"AIDS, HIV, and Mental Health"
New England Journal of Medicine (10/20/94) Vol. 331, No. 16, P. 
1100;  Ponton, Lynn E.
     Michael B. King's book--written for the Psychiatry and Medicine 
series--leads the reader personally through the world of HIV, 
AIDS, and mental health.  Subjects that are discussed include 
fear of infection, psychological disorder, sexual behavior, and 
family members.  King clarifies the real clinical risks of 
psychiatric illness and AIDS and HIV, such as the risk of suicide
and when to be concerned about it.
      
"Only a Phone Call Away: Educating Health Care Professionals 
About HIV/AIDS"
Journal of the American Medical Association (10/26/94) Vol. 272, 
No. 16, P. 1242;  Sumaya, Ciro V.;  Macher, Abe M.;  Bowen, 
Stephen G. et al
     The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) is now 
educating and updating health care providers in the clinical 
management of HIV and AIDS through two telephone services.  
Established in 1992, the International State-of-the-Art HIV 
Clinical Conference Call Series lets health care workers from 
around the world discuss HIV care issues with panels of 
internationally known clinical experts.  Topics and questions to 
be addressed during the quarterly conference calls are determined
by surveying thousands of primary care providers.  Evaluations 
show that the participants find the programs informative and the 
topics timely.  Also, the National HIV Telephone Consulting 
Service--sponsored by organizations such as the Western AIDS 
Education and Training Center and the National Institutes of 
Health's Office of AIDS Research--is an on-line consulting 
service for health care providers.   Primary care providers with 
HIV-related clinical management questions can call the 800 number
and speak to expert consultants.  As of February 1994, the 
program--based out of San Francisco General Hospital--had 
received more than 4,100 phone calls and 4,600 questions covering
all aspects of HIV.
      
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