AIDS

  • Jun 17, 2003

    AIDS Could Follow African Pipeline

    Part three of a three part series investigating environmental, corruption, and health concerns related to the $3.7 billion oil pipeline under construction in Chad and Cameroon. The pipeline, built by an international consortium, including the World Bank, ExxonMobil, and ChevronTexaco, is expected to begin pumping oil for the U.S. market by the end of 2003.

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  • Jan 25, 1993

    AIDS Scam Con the Unwary

    Many people who are infected with HIV are willing to try unproven treatments, some of which appear effective in maintaining health. But many discover that they have simply been duped or led astray by unscrupulous marketers. Reporter Sarah Henry explores the issue through the lens of Viroxan, an underground treatment that failed to provide the miracle cure it promised.

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  • Dec 31, 1991

    AIDS Treatment Fraud

    AIDS scams have become one of the most common kinds in the health care industry. Reporter Sarah Henry explores some of the unorthodox treatments that unscrupulous marketers peddle to desperate patients.

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  • Dec 26, 1991

    Quack Attack

    A North Hollywood doctor, accused of AIDS quackery, has been stripped of his medical license for his role in administering a homemade AIDS treatment linked by state authorities to four deaths and two more serious injuries.

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  • Nov 11, 1991

    AIDS and Insurance Cutoffs

    An investigation into a growing trend by insurance companies and businesses to limit coverage for people with AIDS, Reporter Sarah Henry reveals that limited coverage is prompting sufferers of other terminal and chronic diseases to question the reliability of their health benefits.

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  • Nov 10, 1991

    Redlining People with AIDS

    An investigation into a growing trend by insurance companies and businesses to limit coverage for people with AIDS, Reporter Sarah Henry reveals that limited coverage is prompting sufferers of other terminal and chronic diseases to question the reliability of their health benefits. This CIR story was reprinted in the Metro Times and the Washington Post Health section.

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  • Oct 31, 1991

    Companies Redline People with AIDS

    An investigation into a growing trend by insurance companies and businesses to limit coverage for people with AIDS, Reporter Sarah Henry reveals that limited coverage is prompting sufferers of other terminal and chronic diseases to question the reliability of their health benefits. This CIR story was adapted from an article that appeared in The Nation.

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