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The report is one more in a small number documenting unusually large numbers of asthmatic cases after thunderstorms. One such episode was reported in 1983 in Birmingham, England, and others in Melbourne, Australia, in 1984, 1987 and 1989. In Australia, asthma attacks after thunderstorms have been reported as a recurrent seasonal phenomenon, usually in late spring. Also, he said, doctors and hospital officials were not prepared to respond to an asthma outbreak as an emergency. Disaster drills generally focus on summoning surgeons and anesthesiologists, but not asthma and other specialists. One explanation comes from research by Dr. R. Bruce Knox, a professor of botany at the University of Melbourne, and other Australian scientists. In 1992 and 1993, they reported in two medical journals, The Lancet and Clinical and Experimental Allergy, finding a mechanism through which rye grass pollen can expel asthma-triggering starch particles

The severe thunderstorm occurred on a Friday night in London in June 1994, and during that weekend, 640 asthmatics swamped 12 emergency rooms. The British Medical Journal has published two reports of the epidemic and an editorial in its March 9 issue. The report is one more in a small number documenting unusually large numbers of asthmatic cases after thunderstorms. One such episode was reported in 1983 in Birmingham, England, and others in Melbourne, Australia, in 1984, 1987 and 1989. In Australia, asthma attacks after thunderstorms have been reported as a recurrent seasonal phenomenon, usually in late spring. The new reports in The British Medical Journal suggest that people with thunderstorm-related asthma might differ from other patients with asthma in sensitivity to different environmental stimuli. The findings challenge public health workers to determine who is at risk from such episodes

The government's $1.4 billion AIDS research program lacks focus, is uncoordinated and needs a major overhaul to attract new scientific talent and spur novel and imaginative ideas, a government-appointed panel said in a report issued Wednesday. But the panel of 114 leading scientists and representatives of academia, drug companies, community organizations and AIDS advocates rejected the idea of an institute devoted specifically to AIDS. The panel urged development of a better information system to track the entire portfolio of money that the National Institutes of Health, the government's chief research center, spends on AIDS research at its headquarters in Bethesda, Md., and elsewhere. The United States pays for 85 percent of all public sector AIDS research in the world, and the driving force is the NIH

The government's $1.4 billion AIDS research program lacks focus, is uncoordinated and needs a major overhaul to attract new scientific talent and spur novel and imaginative ideas, a government-appointed panel reported Wednesday. But the panel of 114 leading scientists and representatives of academia, drug companies, community organizations and AIDS advocates rejected the idea of an institute devoted specifically to AIDS. The panel urged development of a better information system to track the entire portfolio of money that the National Institutes of Health, the government's chief research center, spends on AIDS research at its headquarters in Bethesda, Md. and elsewhere. The United States pays for 85 percent of all public sector AIDS research in the world, and the driving force is the NIH

'The report has the potential, if implemented appropriately, to make a real difference in AIDS research,' Dr. Paul said in an interview. He said he would work with the 24 directors of the health agency's constituent institutes to put the thrust of the panel's recommendations into place as quickly as possible because 'we're facing a medical emergency' in AIDS. The panel has worked with the support of Dr. Paul. 'I credit Bill Paul tremendously for having sponsored this study and having opened up the whole program to a careful look,' said Dr. David Baltimore of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dr. Baltimore, a member of the panel, charactrized the report as 'a mid-course correction' of the kind required in 'any program that has ramped up rapidly.' Dr. Paul said the report in no way was directed as criticism of Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, the N.I.H. institute most directly involved in AIDS research, and who has been a world leader in AIDS research since the disease was discovered in 1981. The field is now maturing, the report is a blueprint for restructuring N.I.H.'s AIDS research program, and 'it is time to move forward,' he said.

The overnment's $1.4 billion AIDS research program lacks focus, is uncoordinated and needs a major overhaul to attract new scientific talent and spur novel and imaginative ideas, a government-appointed panel said in a report issued Wednesday. But the panel of 114 leading scientists and representatives of academia, drug companies, community organizations and AIDS advocates rejected the idea of an institute devoted specifically to AIDS. Although 15 years of AIDS research have brought impressive gains, the program needs more on-going scientific oversight and review by nongovernment scientists, the panel said

Dr. [Julian Webb]'s team and one headed by Dr. Jane Fothergill of St. Mary's Hospital concluded from investigating the epidemic that high counts of grass pollen and thunderstorm conditions combined to affect allergy-prone people

The government's $1.4 billion AIDS research program lacks focus, is uncoordinated and needs a major overhaul to attract new scientific talent and spur novel and imaginative ideas, a government-appointed panel said in a report issued Wednesday. But the panel of 114 leading scientists and representatives of academia, drug companies, community organizations and AIDS advocates rejected the idea of an institute devoted specifically to AIDS. The panel urged development of a better information system to track the entire portfolio of money that the National Institutes of Health, the government's chief research center, spends on AIDS research at its headquarters in Bethesda, Md., and elsewhere. The United States pays for 85 percent of all public-sector AIDS research in the world, and the driving force is the NIH

The government's $1.4 billion AIDS research program lacks focus, is uncoordinated and needs a major overhaul to attract new scientific talent and spur novel and imaginative ideas, a government-appointed panel said in a report issued Wednesday. But the panel of 114 leading scientists and representatives of academia, drug companies, community organizations and AIDS advocates rejected the idea of an institute devoted specifically to AIDS. The panel urged development of a better information system to track the money that the National Institutes of Health, the government's chief research center, spends on AIDS research at its headquarters in Bethesda, Md. and elsewhere. The United States pays for 85 percent of all public sector AIDS research in the world, and the driving force is the NIH

Following a severe thunderstorm in London in June 1994, 640 asthmatics swamped 12 emergency rooms. Two reports of the epidemic, published in the Mar 9, 1996 issue of the British Medical Journal, add to a small number documenting unusually large numbers of asthmatic cases after thunderstorms. The relationship between weather and asthma is discussed