New AIDS drugs seen as key, simpler alternatives
Geneva doctors described two new medicines Sustiva and Ziagen as effective as breakthrough protease inhibitor therapies, potentially reducing daily pill burden by about two thirds. The drugs, efavirenz and abacavir, could broaden access to life saving treatment, pending FDA approval after data presented at the World AIDS Conference.
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Geneva
DuPont Pharmaceuticals
Sustiva
Glaxo Wellcome
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Schlomo Staszewski
Goethe University
Frankfurt
Germany
Switzerland
Asia
Africa
Europe
Global effort aims to cut newborn HIV cases with cheap AZT
Health experts report a landmark Thailand study showing a low dose AZT regimen costing about 50 dollars a year can halve mother to child HIV transmission. The approach faces funding and practical hurdles to reach developing regions where infant infection rates are highest. Researchers caution that delivery systems, education, and follow up are essential to translate results into action at World AIDS Conference.
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Geneva
Thailand
Nathan Shaffer
U.S
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
Lynne M. Morenson
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Bethesda
Serb defendant hangs self in cell at tribunal
Slavko Dokmanovic, a Serb indicted for aiding a 1991 massacre, hanged himself in his detention cell while awaiting a verdict. The Yugoslav war crimes tribunal said he was found by guards after complaints of illness, potentially using an electric razor to short circuit power. The case, involving a former mayor of Vukovar, ends with a posthumous verdict and no immediate security changes planned.
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Tri Hagar
Netherlands
U.N
Slavko Dokmanovic
Dokmanovic
Christian Chartier
Chartier
Yugoslavia
Vukova
Gore tours fire stricken area in Florida visit
Vice President Al Gore toured a burned subdivision between Jacksonville and Daytona Beach, meeting residents like Bob March who lost his Seminole Woods home. Firefighters protected Daytona Beach, while FEMA has spent 35 million dollars and plans another 35 million as fires char nearly 237000 acres across Florida since Memorial Day.
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Palm Coast
Fla
al Gore
Florida
Bob March
March
Seminole Woods
Jacksonville
Daytona Beach
Gore
Lawton Chiles
Justo
Josephina Urquiza
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Mimi Davis
Davises
Enquirer staff subpoenaed in Chiquita probe
A special prosecutor subpoenaed Cincinnati Enquirer staff as part of an inquiry into whether property was stolen from Chiquita Brands International. The paper, which paid over 10 million dollars to settle legal claims, also fired lead reporter Mike Gallagher for stealing taped messages used in the Chiquita series.
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Cincinnati
Cincinnati Enquirer
Chiquita Banana Company
The
Enquirer
Chiquita Brands International Inc
Banana Company
Chiquita
Mike Gallagher
Harry M. Whipple
Whipple
Perry L. Ancona
Perry Ancona
Ancona
Hamilton County
Colombia
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