New AIDS strains may resist key drugs, untreatable
At the Geneva conference doctors warned new AIDS virus strains may be resistant to protease inhibitors and older medicines like AZT. A San Francisco patient infected in 1997 shows resistance to four protease inhibitors plus AZT and 3TC, highlighting treatment challenges and adherence risks. The Swiss team reported several similar cases, underscoring emerging limits of therapy.
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Anthony Fauci
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
San Francisco
Frederick Hecht
University of California
New England Journal of Medicine
Hecht
Sabine Yerly
University Hospital
Birth rate for unmarried black women hits record low in 1996
A National Center for Health Statistics report shows the birth rate for single black women fell to a record low in 1996, the lowest since 1969, while more women used effective birth control. The study covers 3.9 million birth certificates from 1996 and notes ongoing declines in smoking during pregnancy and rising early prenatal care across groups.
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Lion
Kristen Moore
Child Trends
National
Center For Health Statistics
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
Medicare expands benefits for osteoporosis and diabetes care
Medicare adds coverage for bone density screenings every two years and diabetes management tools. The changes, agreed in last year’s budget deal, apply to elderly and disabled beneficiaries who pay deductibles and co payments. About half of women over 50 have osteoporosis or low bone mass. Mens bone disease costs Medicare about 3 percent of its 200 billion dollar budget.
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Congress
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Medicare
Food and Drug Administration
James wins Alabama GOP runoff in defiant style
Gov. Fob James defeats Winton Blount 56 to 44 percent with 250,580 votes to 199,921 after a bitter campaign. He vows more defiance in November against Democrat Don Siegelman, mocks critics and presses school prayer, Ten Commandments displays, and rights controversies.
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Ala
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James
Alabama
Winton Blount
Blount
Don Siegelman
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