Description: AIDS activists demand information on AZT experimental drug from Burroughs-Wellcome & other manufacturers."Trade Secrets" bill. AIDS drug research lab. Pills counted. Patients in hospital beds.
Description: Ray Vadnais who has AIDS must stay in a hospital to be eligible for Medicaid. Nursing homes will not accept him and he is not ready for a hospice. Blood pressure being taken.
Description: AIDS patient says presidential candidates have no idea how important fighting his disease is and show no compassion for the issue in debate and speeches.
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.