A news release from Burrough Wellcome Co. announcing that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration released Retrovir (AZT) for therapy to prevent the transmission of HIV from infected mothers to their babies.
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A news release from Burrough Wellcome Co. announcing that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration released Retrovir (AZT) for therapy to prevent the transmission of HIV from infected mothers to their babies.
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Dennis Vercher Collection (The Dallas Way) (AR0789), University of North Texas Special Collections
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LGBT Collections
Publications pertaining to issues relevant to the LGBT community. The collection includes The Dallas Voice, a weekly newspaper for the gay community in North Texas that has been published since 1984.
Named for journalist and activist Dennis Vercher. These materials, which include correspondence, newspaper clippings, financial documentation and press releases, relate to LGBT activism, legislation and HIV/AIDS.
Burrough Wellcome Co.[News Release: Retrovir Indicated to Prevent Transmission of HIV from Pregnant Women to Their Babies],
text,
August 9, 1994;
(https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc825007/:
accessed June 6, 2024),
University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu;
crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.