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Maryland governor beefs
up AIDS drug funding
Responding to a request for emergency fund­
ing by Maryland’s Department of Health and
Mental Hygiene, Gov. Parris Glendening, whose
brother died from AIDS-related complications,
announced a $1 million increase in state funding
for Maryland’s AIDS Drug Assistance Program,
according to a report in The Washington Blade.
The allocation covers a funding shortfall caused
when the Food and Drug Administration ap­
proved several new and expensive AIDS treat­
ments. A waiting list for the treatments formed as
MADAP’s clients began seeking funds to pay for
them. MADAP serves clients who earn too much
money to qualify for Medicaid, but cannot afford
adequate health insurance. The emergency fund­
ing eliminated the waiting list.
This marks the first time that Maryland will
use state funds to directly purchase AIDS treat­
ments. Previously, the state’s funding only cov­
ered administrative costs. MADAP also receives
federal Ryan White CARE Act funds.
Bay area youth
meet at HIV summit
On May 10, 700 young people from the San
Francisco Bay area met in San Francisco for a day
of AIDS/HIV education and empowerment and
the opportunity to tell local public policy-makers
how AIDS and HIV have affected their lives.
Representatives from the San Francisco Mayor’s
Office, the Board of Supervisors and California
state government met with the youth.
HIV infection of young people continues to
accelerate in the United States. It is estimated that
in San Francisco alone, 4,000 young people are
HIV positive.
Crixivan users
can get discount
Cash-paying clients who find it difficult to pay
for the newly approved AIDS protease inhibitor
Crixivan may get some financial relief if they
participate in a dis­
count drug card pro-
gram offered by
C om m unity P re­
scription Service.
An $ 18 annual pay­
ment for the card
allows participants
to purchase medi­
cations at a discount
from over 30,000
participating phar­
macies, including
Stadtlanders Phar­
macy. Card users
will save approxi­
mately 20 percent
on purchases of Crixivan from Stadtlanders.
Stadtlanders will assist its cash-paying clients
by taking the application for the CPS card at the
pharmacy. Individuals can apply for the card
directly by calling CPS at 1-800-842-0502.
Stadtlanders also will retroactively credit the
accounts of individuals who paidcash forCrixivan
prior to April 29, if clients provide Stadtlanders
with their CPS card number by May 29.
Olympic Games will include
a gay and lesbian visitor
center
Gay and lesbian visitors to this summer’s
Olympic Games in Atlanta, Ga., will find a friendly
place waiting to greet them. A
gay and lesbian Visifor’s Cen­
ter will be open June to Sep­
tember to welcome gay and les­
bian tourists to Atlanta. In addi­
tion to the Olympics, the center
will greet Atlanta visitors dur­
ing the Paralympics, the Na­
tional Black Arts Festival, At­
lanta Pride, Hotlanta River
Expo and Black Gay Pride.
The center, the first of its
kind in an Olympic host city, will serve as a
resource and communications hub. It will offer
hospitality services; informational and educa­
tional exhibits and programming; and music, dance
and theatrical performances.
Portland at high risk for
Cryptosporidium outbreak
The National Association of People with AIDS
released a report May 2 on testing and reporting
practices for Cryptosporidium among 31 of the
country’s metropolitan water districts. A micro­
scopic parasite, Cryptosporidium can cause se­
vere health problems, especially among people
with compromised immune systems. The report
found that over 30 million people in 28 cities are
at risk for health prob­
lems resulting from an
outbreak of the parasite
in their drinking water.
During an April 1993
outbreak in Milwaukee,
Wis., more than 400,000
residents became ill, ap­
proximately 4,500 were
hospitalized, and 110 people died from drinking
the water.
Six of the 31 cities surveyed by NAPWA are
at extremely high risk of a major health crisis from
a Cryptosporidium outbreak: those cities are At­
lanta; Dallas; Minneapolis; Newark, N.J.; St. Pe­
tersburg, Fla.; and Washington, D.C. Residents of
those cities who have weakened immune systems
should follow the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention’s Guidelines on Cryptosporidium.
Those guidelines recommend boiling tap water,
drinking bottled water, and/or using specified
National Sanitation Foundation-approved under-
the-sink or direct-faucet filters.
Cities found to be at high risk are: Baltimore;
Boston; Chicago; Cleveland; Denver; Detroit;
Houston; Kansas City, Mo.; Los Angeles; Miami;
New Haven, Conn.; New Orleans; New York;
Philadelphia; Phoenix; Portland, Ore.; Raleigh,
N.C.; Sacramento; San Diego; San Francisco; St.
Louis; and West Palm Beach, Fla.
People at particular risk are those with AIDS
or HIV, the elderly, infants, transplant recipients
and individuals undergoing chemotherapy.
CDC issues lesbian HIV
report
The first federal government report on lesbian
HIV issues was released in April by the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention. The report,
titled Report on Lesbian HIV Issues Meeting,
reflects current knowledge of the impact of HIV
on women who have sex with women, and pro­
vides direction to the CDC on developing re­
search and prevention initiatives.
The report, which stems from a policy meeting
held at the CDC in April 1995, is divided into
sections on surveillance, communications/publi-
cations, research, and further meetings, and in­
cludes 25 recommendations.
A copy can be ordered by calling the CDC
National AIDS Clearinghouse at 1 -800-458-5231.
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