BETA: Clinical Report on Eye Complications

The November 1990 issue of the Bulletin of Experimental
Treatments for AIDS (BETA) offers a thorough overview of HIV
complications in the eye, by Robert Neger, M. D. The article
describes symptoms and treatments for eye involvement with CMV,
herpes simplex, herpes zoster, molluscum contagiosum,
Pneumocystis and Toxoplasma infections, as well as optic neuritis
and KS lesions. Dr. Neger practices ophthalmology in San
Francisco, and shares a number of points and precautions
accumulated from his clinical experience.

The same issue of BETA also includes an interview with one
of the developers of ddI, Dr. Robert Yarchoan of the National
Cancer Institute. For information about subscribing to BETA,
interested persons can call the San Francisco AIDS Foundation,
863-AIDS from within San Francisco and 800/327-9893 from
elsewhere in the U. S. (From other countries, call 415/863-
2437.)



***** Pediatric AIDS: New Date for National Conference

The Sixth Annual National Pediatric AIDS Conference, first
slated for last October but then canceled, has been rescheduled
for February 9-12, 1991. As planned before, the Conference will
be held in Washington, D. C., and is sponsored by the respective
maternal and child health agencies of The U. S. Department of
Health and Human Services and the District of Columbia Commission
of Public Health. Registration fees and airline tickets
purchased for the October dates can be applied to the February
event, or will be refunded on request.

A keynote speaker will be U. S. Surgeon General Antonia C.
Novello, M. D., M. P. H. Dr. Novello is a pediatrician, and
brought to her position personal experience with treating HIV-
infected children.

The Conference's advance programming appears to focus
primarily on epidemiology, social programs, and the developing
network of family and community care-givers. For information
about registration forms for the Conference, which should be
mailed by January 8 to qualify for a reduced registration fee,
interested persons should call Amy Mattingly or Elena Widder at
301/718-0581. Their fax number is 301/986-4553.