A federal judge has ordered marshals to shutter a cannabis buyers club in Oakland on Friday, two months after the Oakland City Council took the controversial step of making the medical marijuana distributor an official government agency. In his Tuesday night ruling, U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer rejected arguments
Abbott Laboratories investigators still can t find the source of a mysterious manufacturing line problem that is about to dry up the supply of the capsule form of Norvir , the company s well-regarded anti-AIDS drug. Supplies of capsulized Norvir will run out within the next month, unless the producti
ATLANTA, GEORGIA -- Young, poor women are being infected with the AIDS virus at a higher rate than their male counterparts, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Thursday. The finding comes from a seven-year study that looked at HIV tests for 350,000 youths in the federal Jobs Corps program, which pro
SPRINGFIELD - The number of new AIDS cases reported in Illinois declined significantly last year, making 1997 s total the lowest in seven years, state public health officials reported Thursday. Reports of new cases dropped 15 percent in 1997 from the previous year, according to statistics released by the Illinois Depar
A Chicago-based physicians group spearheading the drive to test a controversial AIDS vaccine in humans is lining up contingency plans in the event that trial participants contract the lethal disease. In its first public acknowledgment that it must plan for the worst-case scenario, the International Association of Physi
Chicago Tribune (CT) - THURSDAY, January 15, 1998 Edition: NORTH SPORTS FINAL Section: METRO CHICAGO Page: 1 Word Count: 818
Sue Ellen Christian, Tribune Staff Writer.
For the first time since the AIDS epidemic began, the number of women in Chicago dying from illnesses linked to the virus has declined, while the number of deaths of African-Americans dropped precipitously, according to public health statistics released Wednesday. It s spectacular, we re ecstatic, said Dr. Steven Whitm
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