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Plagued By Fear
Dr. Thomas Butler, a plague researcher who "had treated the Black Death's bloated victims in the Third World," was accused of stealing vials of the plague that disappeared from laboratories where he was doing research in the United States, setting off a federal investigation and a trial. Mangels tells Butler's story in seven parts, detailing lax lab security, the trial and Butler's attempt to rebuild his life.
Tags: Yersinia pestis; Black Plague; Thomas Butler; polygraph; lie detector; Texas tech University; research lab security
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Will the Black Death return
Discover examines the chances for a new plague epidemic, pointing to isolated cases of the disease in recent decades. The article tells the history of the "black death's" dissemination and cites scientific studies on plague epidemics in Europe, China and India. The story reveals that Russian bioweapon scientists have developed an antibiotic-resistant plague, and warns against the risk of using plague or anthrax as formidable weapons in bioterrorism wars. Plague can never be eradicated, because it hides in animal reservoirs, finds Discover.
Tags: terrorism; plague; cholera; hygiene; Middle Ages; death; mortality; genetic engineering; weapons; antibiotics; rodents; rats; DNA; anthrax; epidemics
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AIDS at 20
"The plague that's killed 22 million isn't done with us yet. While we hunt for a vaccine, people continue to die-from AIDS or the drugs intended to treat it." Newsweek Magazine provides a series of articles reporting on the recent discoveries in the AIDS epidemic. Reports include the increase of AIDS cases worldwide-especially in Africa, and in the U.S. black population. Additional articles also discuss the struggle for a vaccine, describing money and research costs, and the story of Larry Kramer-a 65 year-old AIDS activist and his fight for a liver transplant.
Tags: AIDS; death; immune system; vaccine; doctors; HIV; diseases; International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Historically broke colleges and universities
Emerge investigates the plight of several historically black college universities. Plagued by mismanagement and waning support, they struggle to survive.
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The Unfashionable
In the year of "Dances with Wolves," everybody wanted to be on the Senate Indian Affairs Committee. Nearly a decade later, it can hardly get a quorum. Reporter Peter Carlson looks at the problems still plaguing America's Indian reservations, from extreme poverty to an inefficient bureaucracy at the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
Tags: Indians; BIA; treaties; Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell; gaming; poverty; Black Hills
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Village Voice (New York) determines that AIDS is becoming less the gay plague and more the scourge of low-income black and Hispanic men and women, March 10, 1987.
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