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5ade
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bidder l E w YORK (AP) — A Los
ngdes boy who was infected
1/ I ’ith the AIDS virus at birth ap-
V ; turently fought off the infection
nding the spread of
Late
md is virus-free at age 5, aston-
shirR his doctors.
[3)1 Yvonne J. Bryson, a pedi-
itrician and AIDS specialist at
hef.UCLA School of Medicine in
xilAngeles, said she believes it
j , 1( „ (the first carefully documented
w jH ase of someone casting off all
pso.X >f infection.
, p , Tests proved conclusively
kat the boy was infected for at
>a|t a month during the first
aeklv- wlmonths of his life. Later ex-
15 p ruinations found no sign of the
entCrlrU' Bryson said,
i calll like a miracle to me and a
Kicle to his mother. It’s every
lother’s dream that their child
^ommjol’t be infected,” Bryson said,
ships: fryson said she and her col-
mee iBagues are studying the boy’s
a ride jmniune system for clues that
11 Tonfoqid be used to stop AIDS infec-
ons in others.
jit just opens up a lot of things
Rfl'O look at. Before now, there was
eting uch skepticism about the possi-
? St. Illy that this could occur,” said
moreiryson, whose findings appear
S46-5' ’hursday in the New England
mirnal of Medicine,
ners: The boy’s mother remains
Et runeafected but does not yet have
atGJynn ptoms of AIDS, Bryson
•matioDaid. The boy and his mother
'ere not identified.
Doctors cannot be certain
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ty ever,
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es are a
havTrj^s not paying much
camttention to cars on the
13.
sign of
five years
the virus isn’t hiding some
where in the boy’s body. But
his continuing good health is
additional evidence that the in
fection has disappeared.
Most children infected at
birth get sick during the first
three years of life, Bryson ex
plained. If the boy were still in
fected, he would almost certain
ly be sick by now, she said.
Bryson has since identified
another child who appears to
have accomplished the same im
probable feat. Studies are now
under way to confirm the second
case, she said.
Dr. Gene Shearer of the Na
tional Cancer Institute said he
has seen a few patients resist
AIDS infection when exposed to
the virus. But he said he hasn’t
seen patients recover after be
coming infected.
Bryson and her colleagues are
trying to discover whether the
boy’s immune system offered
him special protection against
infection. They might be able to
harness that knowledge to pro
tect others, Bryson said.
Bryson said the AIDS virus
was isolated from the infant at
19 days and 51 days, showing he
was infected on each occasion.
Further analysis of the genetic
material in the viruses showed
that both virus samples were
identical, meaning the results
were unlikely to be due to error.
The boy was later examined
using the technique known as
polymerase chain reaction, or
PCR, which can reveal minute
quantities of viral genetic mater
ial. The examination failed to
find any virus.
Revocation of licenses
receive mixed reviews
□ The practice of deny
ing permits to dead
beat dads' has had var
ied results throughout
the country.
WASHINGTON (AP)-Last
week’s bitter debate on Capitol
Hill over welfare reform found
one bit of common ground for
Republicans and Democrats: a
measure requiring states to re
voke the driver, professional and
sporting licenses of parents who
owe child support. Health and
Human Services Secretary Don
na Shalala estimated
it could recover as
much as $2.5 billion
in delinquent pay
ments over 10 years.
“Taking licenses
away from deadbeats
is one of the simplest,
most effective and
easy-to-understand
tools we have,” said
Rep. Marge Rouke-
ma, the New Jersey Republican
who sponsored the amendment.
While Maine got thousands
of parents to ante up, other
states rarely act on their regu
lations. The laws are so laden
with court hearings and ap
peals that officials loathe to en
force them.
Massachusetts sent out let
ters to 60,000 people, threaten
ing to lift their licenses. But of
ficials concede it’s an empty
threat. Just 2,000 people have
responded; only nine licenses
have been revoked.
“There are so many safe
guards that it’s nearly impossi
ble to yank someone’s license,”
said Brian Pedro, a spokesman
for the Massachusetts Depart
ment of Revenue.
Nineteen states tie licensing
restrictions to child-support pay
ments. They are: Arkansas, Ari
zona, California, Florida, Illinois,
Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine,
Massachusetts, Minnesota, Mon
tana, Nevada, Oklahoma, Ore
gon, Pennsylvania, South Dako
ta, Vermont and Virginia.
There have been successes.
California’s practice of denying
new commercial and occupa
tional licenses to child-support
delinquents netted $10 million.
South Dakota got promissory
notes from 2,500 people threat
ened with the loss of their dri
ver’s licenses.
But laws were enacted with
"There are so many safeguards
that it's nearly impossible to
yank someone's license."
— Brian Pedro,
Massachusetts Dept, of Revenue
limited plans for enforcement;
five states simply deny new or
renewed licenses, giving delin
quents an unofficial grace peri
od of years.
Proponents point to Maine
as an example of how stream
lined laws can work. Maine
state agencies have the power
to lift licenses in just 20 days.
The quick revocation of 40 li
censes got the attention of
nearly 13,000 child-support
delinquents who have paid
back more than $24 million.
Colburn Jackson, director of
the state Department of Hu
man Service’s enforcement divi
sion, said delinquents get two
warnings: an initial letter, then
“a real hateful notice.”
impson driver unsure of what he saw
1 Limo driver admits he
light of the murders.
; LOS ANGELES (AP) —Limou-
in^ driver Allan Park’s second
ay on the stand was preceded by
_nother heated legal debate out-
“ide the jury’s presence. Deputy
•isprict Attorney Christopher
>$rden drew sharp criticism from
le defense when he announced
■would have new evidence
[rsday regarding a small black
bag, which witnesses have said
Simpson insisted on handling
himself the night of the murders.
“We hope to present more evi
dence tomorrow relative to what
happened to the bag in which the
bloody clothes were carried in,”
Darden said. Police have found no
bloody clothes and no murder
weapon.
The limo driver was confused
about a golf bag, however, and
said a garment bag could not have
been the second “duffle bag” he
remembers putting in the limo
trunk.
Simpson’s lawyers have at
tacked the allegedly missing bag,
which they have suggested was
filled with golf balls and ultimate
ly tucked inside the golf bag
Simpson took to Chicago.
Park said under direct exami
nation Tuesday that he saw no
sign of a white Bronco parked in
front of Simpson’s estate when he
arrived at 10:22 p.m. June 12.
The prosecution claims the
Bronco was absent because Simp
son had driven it two miles to his
ex-wife’s condominium to commit
murder, then returned in time to
meet the limousine. Park testified
he saw a black person, about 6
feet tall and weighing 200
pounds, slip into Simpson’s house
just before 11 p.m. Less than a
minute later, Simpson answered
the buzzer, said he’d overslept
and would be right out.
The defense says Simpson was
at home all evening, and a neigh
bor’s maid has said she saw the
Bronco parked in the street that
night. Under Cochran’s cross-ex
amination, Park acknowledged
that he was focusing on finding
Simpson’s Rockingham Avenue
address that night and wasn’t
looking at cars.
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