AGENCIES MOVE TO CALM FEARS OF WATTS HIV STUDY.Byline: Lee Condon Daily News Staff Writer A Watts-based county study of the effectiveness of a new HIV test HIV test Various tests have been used to detect HIV and production of antibodies thereto; some HTs shown below are no longer actively used, but are listed for completeness and context. See HIV, Immunoblot. is not ``Phase 1'' of a federal program to round up volunteers to participate in vaccine trials, county and federal health officials said Wednesday. However, county Department of Health Services Department of Health Services may refer to:
On Tuesday, the L.A. County Board of Supervisors The examples and perspective in this article or section may represent an unduly geographically limited view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. The Board of Supervisors is the body governing counties in the U.S. halted the HIV tests in Watts in response to fears that the program was designed to recruit people for a National Institute of Health vaccination study known as HIVNET. ``In looking at the evidence I see no direct link,'' John Schunhoff, chief of public health for DHS DHS Department of Homeland Security (USA) DHS Department of Human Services DHS Department of Health Services DHS Demographic and Health Surveys DHS Dirhams (Morocco national currency) , said Wednesday. ``I see a superficial overlay.'' The HIVNET organizers are attempting to find 800 Los Angeles volunteers from the African-American, Latino and Asian communities. Watts residents were concerned there was a link to the HIV testing because both programs are being run by Dr. Peter Kerndt, the county's top epidemiologist. Also, the top subcontractors on both projects are Charles R. Drew Dr. Charles Richard Drew (June 3, 1904 – April 1, 1950) was an African-American physician and medical researcher. He researched in the field of blood transfusions, developing improved techniques for blood storage, and applied his expert knowledge in developing large-scale University and the Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Center. Kerndt could not be reached for comment and calls were referred to Schunhoff. |
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