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...health providers and hospitals have been asked to focus on high-risk individuals.” said University Health Services (UHS) Director David S. Rosenthal ’59 at the time...
Most video games are action movies. Where are the romantic comedies? And the dramatic weepies? "We're not gonna get so everybody in the family loves this thing just with sports and shooters and racers," Gates admits. "We're gonna have to fund, both internally and externally, some high-risk genres and see if those can stick. We can't just stay with the tried and true...
...Privacy issues notwithstanding, with all that data government will, ostensibly, be able to better deal with congestion and plan new roads. Companies could eventually cash in too, says Michael R. Nelson, director of Internet technology and strategy at IBM. With this sort of network, insurers could spot high-risk drivers (and raise their rates), and hotels and restaurants could pipe ads into cars when they're nearby. Says Nelson: "There's real money to be made providing services to all those drivers in all those cars...
...volunteer groups have also taken a leading role in educating the public and, especially, high-risk populations about AIDS and how to avoid it. They have issued a blizzard of pamphlets on "safe sex," advising gays to refrain from anonymous contacts and to avoid the exchange of body fluids. On the West Coast, AIDS Project Los Angeles has published a comprehensive guide to the disease titled "Living with AIDS." The project has also launched a billboard campaign and distributed posters with gentle reminders to "Play Safely...
...contain the social cost of AIDS are increasingly widespread. Earlier this month the Defense Department announced it will screen all 2.1 million active-duty military personnel for exposure to the AIDS virus. Last week Transamerica Occidental Life Insurance Co. began requiring AIDS tests for large-policy applicants in five "high-risk" states: California, Florida, Illinois, New Jersey and Texas, as well as in Washington, D.C. The company explained that $2.5 million of its life-insurance claims this year have involved AIDS victims...