L.A. County tops statistics for gang-related crimes

Article Abstract:

The Oct 4, 1995 edition of the Journal of the American Medical Assn cites Los Angeles County, California as the leader in gang-related homicide. In the years 1979 to 1994, gang-related homicides increased by 25% for a total of 7,288 murders, representing 26.7% of all homicides. However, the rate of gang-related homicides is increasing, up from 18.1% of total homicides in 1979 to 43% of all homicides in 1994. Forty percent of homicide victims are adolescents and children.

Reports, Statistics, Public health, Crime, Murder, Los Angeles County, California, JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association (Periodical)

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Drugs offer hope - at a price: financial squeeze on AIDS programs threatens access

Article Abstract:

Four new antiretroviral drugs have been approved for the treatment of AIDS, including Saquinavir, which is one of three approved protease inhibitors. However, medication costs have skyrocketed, leaving over 50% of those with AIDS depending on drug industry programs or public health programs. AIDS therapy can run as high as $18,000 wholesale, while a year's worth of a protease inhibitor costs approximately $5,560.

Drugs and Druggists' Sundries Wholesalers, Drugs, proprietaries, and sundries, Drugs Wholesale, Care and treatment, Pharmaceutical industry, Product introduction, Protease inhibitors, Antiviral agents, Drug wholesalers

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No place on Earth untouched: 'HIV is not over'; AIDS pandemic spreading throughout developing world

Article Abstract:

The HIV/AIDS epidemic continues to spread throughout the world despite advances in medicine; developing countries are hardest hit by the epidemic. According to a report issued on World AIDS Day, Dec 1, 1996, AIDS cases are being reported in every country, including previously unaffected areas of the world such as Vietnam, China and countries in Central and Eastern Europe.

International aspects, Epidemics

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