Teenage AIDS victim returns to school
Ryan White, a 14 year old with AIDS, returned to Western Middle School after a judge overturned a temporary ban. Parents pulled many students from class in protest and debated health risk while officials confirmed casual contact cannot spread AIDS.
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Ryan White
Clinton Circuit
Jack KR O'Neil
Ryan
Western Middle School
David Rosselot
O'Neill
Princip
Ron Colby
Hyat
Kokomo
Ind
Insurance firms test AIDS risk for individual coverage
AMA reports insurers including Prudential New York Life and Mutual of Omaha are testing applicants for AIDS exposure. Some reject policies for positive antibodies while others rely on underwriters, arguing risk management and possible higher costs. The article notes tests vary by firm and cites TransAmerica Occidental and Aetna figures on past AIDS-related payouts and rejections.
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Chicago
American Medical Association
Prudential Insurance Co
New York Life Insurance Co
Rewna Life and Casualty and
Mutual of
Omaha
AMA
American Medical News
Dumuseanais
Donald
Chambers
Lincoln National Life
American Council On Life Insurance
Ben Schatz
Schatz
TransAmerica Occidental
California
New Jersey
Washington, D.C
Florida
Texas
Illinois
Prudential
Mutual of Omaha
Mutual
Len Tondi
Neb
Aetna Life and Casualty
French births mark first frozen embryo use in nation
In Clamart France doctors Dr Jean Testard and Dr Rene Frydman reported two births via a frozen embryo technique adapted from an Australian method. Embryos are frozen one to two days after fertilization then thawed and implanted, often with multiple embryos implanted to increase pregnancy chances. The first French baby Sahara was born February 20 weighing 6.6 pounds. the second Guillaume was born last Sunday weighing 8.8 pounds.
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Clamart
France
Australia
Jean Testard
Rene Frydman
Antoine Beclerc Hospital
Sahara
Guillaume
School board backs student lie detector tests in Florida
A Polk County Florida school board voted unanimously to continue a five year program of subjecting consenting students to lie detector exams. About 60 000 students are in the district which has used polygraphs roughly 350 times in five years including 123 times this year. Tests address issues from drug use to alleged abuse and are administered only with student and parent consent. Critics from civil liberties groups urge an end and threaten court action.
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Bartow
Fla
Bill Duncan
Nancy Simmons
Polk County
John A. Stewart
Schon
Winter Haven
Steve Forester
Florida American Civil Liberties Union
No high AIDS risk for health workers
Federal health officials said healthcare workers do not have increased AIDS infection risk and routine screening is unnecessary. Two workers showed lab signs after contaminated needle incidents. precautions in surgery and delivery are advised. The CDC notes most transmission is via sexual contact or blood exposure.
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Atlanta
Federal
James Hughes
Centers For Insense Control
Hughes
CDC
Favero
Black mayors urged to form black common market at convention
Atlantic City reports Mayor Richard G. Hatcher of Gary Indiana urged the National Conference of Black Mayors to create a black common market and trade among black cities. He warned against begging Washington and noted black spending power could shift without reliance on white gatekeepers. He recalled his 1968 mayoral win and the power he sought then.
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Atlantic City
N.J
Richard G. Hatcher
Gary
Ind
National Conference of Black Mayors
Washington
Hatcher
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