Description: 39 children have died of AIDS in state; 38 more have the disease now; more carry the virus not yet with symptoms. Pediatrician says survival is about six years. Babies in incubator at BCH. Infant heart monitor.
Description: Boston conference on AIDS looks at spread of the disease in New England. Transmission now more common among needle users than gays. Mass. lauded for testing & education. Protesters at Dukakis' house.
Description: Man with AIDS undergoes experimental treatment (CD4) at Mass. General Hospital. Thus far, he suffers no poor side effects. Nurse puts blood pressure cuff on patient. Clinical trial.
Description: Press conference at Mass. General Hospital with Dr. Gallo on AIDS and HTLV3. Talks about nature of the virus, homosexual transmission, and likely origin in central western Africa, probably Zaire, then through Haiti. People in MGH lab working with specimens in vials under protective hoods. Reel 1 of 2
Description: AIDS projections for Boston exceed capacity of health facilities. Experimental drug for pneumonia AP (aerosolized pentamidine) withheld at Mass General. Protesters lie on sidewalk. Fenway Community Health Center.
Description: AIDS quilt, result of The Names Project, is displayed in Boston. Sections made by friends and relatives to commemorate people who died of AIDS.