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A total of 18,153 AIDS cases were diagnosed among gay men in 1998, the most recent year for which figures were available, 9,182 of them, or 51 percent of the cases, among black and Hispanic men, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said yesterday in a weekly report. This compares with 8,678 cases, or 48 percent, for white gay men. Black gay men made up one-third of the AIDS cases among gay men in 1998, Hispanic men 18 percent and Asian and Pacific Islanders 1 percent, the centers said. Since the AIDS epidemic began, most of the cases have occurred among gay men, and white gay men have made up the largest subgroup. But through the years the percentages have steadily risen for black and Hispanic gay men as those for white gay men decreased

For the first time since AIDS was discovered nearly 20 years ago, more black and Hispanic gay men were diagnosed with AIDS than white gay men over a year's period, federal health officials reported yesterday. A total of 18,153 AIDS cases were diagnosed among gay men in 1998, the most recent year available, and blacks and Hispanics represented 9,182, or 51 percent, of the cases, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in its weekly report. This compares with 8,678 cases, or 48 percent, for white gay men. Black gay men made up one- third of all AIDS cases among gays, Hispanics 18 percent and Asian and Pacific Islanders 1 percent of the cases in that year, the centers said. Since the AIDS epidemic began, most AIDS cases have been among gay men, and white gay men have made up the largest subgroup. But through the years, the percentages have steadily risen for black and Hispanic gay men as those for white gay men decreased

There were 18,153 AIDS cases diagnosed among gay men in 1998, the most recent year available, and blacks and Hispanics represented 9,182, or 51 percent, of the cases, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in its weekly report. This compares with 8,678 cases, or 48 percent, for white gay men. Black gay men made up one- third of all AIDS cases among gays, Hispanics 18 percent and Asian and Pacific Islanders 1 percent of the cases in that year, the centers said. Since the AIDS epidemic began, most AIDS cases have been among gay men, and white gay men have made up the largest subgroup. But through the years the percentages have steadily risen for black and Hispanic gay men as those for white gay men decreased

Dr. Paul M. Zoll, a Harvard cardiologist and pioneer in developing the heart monitors, pacemakers and defibrillators used by millions of people around the world, died on Tuesday at the Heathwood Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Chestnut Hill, Mass. He was 87 and had lived at the nursing center for three years. The advances that Dr. Zoll and other researchers began making in the 1950's were applied widely and quickly and made possible the development of coronary-care units. All that was vastly different when Dr. Zoll returned from military service in World War II to work at Beth Israel Hospital in Boston. At that time the standard treatment for cardiac arrest was crude: a doctor would cut into the chest and squeeze the heart with his hand to pump blood through the body

Reporting on the first comprehensive study of these diseases in prisons and jails, the lead author, Dr. Theodore Hammett, said the high prevalence of AIDS among prisoners reflects their widespread use of drugs before they were imprisoned. He presented the findings Tuesday at the National HIV Prevention Conference in Atlanta. Prisons are a critical setting for detecting and treating sexually transmitted diseases, Hammett said, but the quality of health care varies widely. About 90 percent of the prisons and jails say they make the newer combinations of anti-HIV drugs available, but not necessarily to all inmates, Hammett said

Reporting on the first comprehensive study of these diseases in prisons and jails, the study's lead author, Dr. Theodore Hammett, said the high prevalence of AIDS among prisoners reflected their widespread use of drugs before they were imprisoned. He presented the findings yesterday at the National H.I.V. Prevention Conference in Atlanta. Prisons are a critical setting for detecting and treating sexually transmitted diseases, Dr. Hammett said, but the quality of health care varies widely. About 90 percent of the prisons and jails say they make the newer combinations of anti-H.I.V. drugs available, but not necessarily to all inmates, Dr. Hammett said. In 1997, an estimated 8,900 inmates had AIDS, and 35,000 to 47,000 more were infected with H.I.V., said Dr. Hammett, who works for Abt Associates, a private research and consulting firm in Cambridge, Mass. Dr. Hammett conducted the study for the National Commission on Correctional Health Care, a private organization in Chicago that aims to improve health care in jails and prisons

Reporting on the first comprehensive study of these diseases in prisons and jails, the lead author, Dr. Theodore Hammett, said the high prevalence of AIDS among prisoners reflects their widespread use of drugs before they were imprisoned. He presented the findings yesterday at the National HIV Prevention Conference in Atlanta. Prisons are a critical setting for detecting and treating sexually transmitted diseases, Hammett said, but the quality of health care varies widely. About 90 percent of the prisons and jails say they make the newer combinations of anti-HIV drugs available, but not necessarily to all inmates, Hammett said. The high rates of sexually transmitted diseases such as syphilis, gonorrhea and chlamydia are particularly alarming, participants said, because they are adding fuel to the continuing epidemic of HIV, the AIDS virus. Syphilis, gonorrhea and chlamydia cause inflammation and sores that allow more HIV to concentrate in genital secretions and thus greatly increase the risk of acquiring and transmitting HIV

The prevalence of AIDS among prisoners in the United States is five times that of the general population, and the rates for some other sexually transmitted disease are even higher, scientists said Tuesday. Reporting on the first comprehensive study of these diseases in prisons and jails, the lead author, Dr. Theodore Hammett, said the high prevalence of AIDS among prisoners reflects their widespread use of drugs before they were imprisoned. He presented the findings Tuesday at the National HIV Prevention Conference in Atlanta. Prisons are a critical setting for detecting and treating sexually transmitted diseases, Hammett said, but the quality of health care varies widely. About 90 percent of the prisons and jails say they make the newer combinations of anti-HIV drugs available, but not necessarily to all inmates, Hammett said

Death rates from AIDS in the United States slowed again in 1998. But the rates are no longer falling as rapidly as they did from 1995 to 1997, after the introduction of combination drug therapy, health officials said Monday. And the rate of infection with HIV, the AIDS virus, is no longer declining and has stabilized, the officials said. About 40,000 Americans have been infected annually in recent years. Although these rates are much lower than they were at their peak in the 1980s, the slowing rate of decline shows that more aggressive prevention efforts are needed, officials said. At the same time, a new method of testing blood has been providing hitherto unavailable information about trends in new infections and fresh ways to detect hot spots of infections -- steps that are expected to help focus prevention efforts on groups in which the virus is being transmitted most rapidly. The incidence of new infections with HIV was 'dangerously high' in some areas among young gay men and heterosexual women, particularly blacks and members of other minorities, participants at a conference in Atlanta said

Death rates from AIDS in the United States slowed again in 1998. But the rates are no longer falling as rapidly as they did from 1995 to 1997, after the introduction of combination drug therapy, health officials said Monday at a meeting in Atlanta. And the rate of infection with HIV, the AIDS virus, is no longer declining and has stabilized, the officials said. About 40,000 Americans have been infected annually in recent years. Although these rates are much lower than they were at their peak in the 1980s, the slowing rate of decline shows that more aggressive prevention efforts are needed, officials said. At the same time, a new method of testing blood has been providing hitherto unavailable information about trends in new infections and fresh ways to detect hot spots of infections - steps that are expected to help focus prevention efforts on groups in which the virus is being transmitted most rapidly