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...microbiologist credited with developing some 40 vaccines and saving more lives than any other 20th century scientist; in Philadelphia. After being persuaded to go to college by his brother, who thought he could do better than his job as a clerk at a local J.C. Penney, the Montana farm boy eventually took what turned out to be a three-decade-long job at pharmaceutical giant Merck & Co. He developed 8 of the 14 vaccines currently recommended for children, including shots for measles, mumps, hepatitis A and B, chickenpox and meningitis...
After months of battling AIDS-related illness, Ryan White, the Kokomo school boy with hemophilia, was eager to get back to Western Middle School and his friends this fall. Unfortunately, school officials do not want the seventh-grader in class. Though doctors believe that AIDS is not communicated through casual contact, School Superintendent J.O. Smith fears that Ryan poses too much of a risk to other students. He points to warnings from the Indiana board of health about the risks of exposure to AIDS-infected saliva and body fluids. "What are you going to do about someone chewing pencils...
...York, undertakers have refused to embalm the remains of patients. In Los Angeles, a funeral parlor was asked to handle the body of three-year-old Sammy Kushnick, who had died from AIDS contracted through a blood transfusion. Until a rabbi intervened, they refused to dress the boy in the clothes and prayer shawl his parents had selected for his burial...
...grandmother. If the measure passes, young Zimmerman will be out of a job because Texas law requires the mayor of an incorporated town to be at least 18. Many residents think the measure will increase taxes and result in no real benefits. "Brian Zimmerman seems like a nice boy," says Diana Critelli, "but it's no longer cute when he begins to affect you at home." For his part, Zimmerman coolly predicts victory and is busy knocking on doors and posting reminders to vote. What will he do if he wins, that is to say, loses...
...played a psychologist so memorably. Did people ever assume you could dispense advice? I did get a letter from a woman who said her son was having problems. They went to the boy and said, "We think we should go to therapy." And he said, "Will he be like that man on television?" So that's when I felt we were having a positive impact...