NBC NIGHTLY NEWS WITH TOM BROKAW {EXCERPT}: COVERAGE OF THE AIDS EPIDEMIC BY ROBERT BAZELL, NO. 1 (TV)
Summary
In this excerpt, science correspondent Robert Bazell reports on a mysterious, newly discovered disease which mostly affects gay men. Tom Brokaw introduces the piece by linking the lifestyle of some male homosexuals to the outbreak of an epidemic of a rare form of cancer, according to scientists at the National Centers for Disease Control. Bazell avers that the illness (later to be identified as AIDS or Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome), which severely weakens the body's ability to fight disease, has been contracted by 413 people in the last year; none have been cured. Two men suffering from the disease -- Bobby Campbell of San Francisco and Billy Walker of New York -- discuss their struggles in battling a disease that is still an enigma to scientists. Bazell reports that the illness is probably a new deadly sexually transmitted disease. The report concludes with an interview with Dr. James Curran of the Centers for Disease Control, who addresses the epidemic potential of the disease.
Cataloging of this program was made possible by Blake Byrne.
Details
- NETWORK: NBC
- DATE: June 17, 1982 7:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:01:54
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T88:0083
- GENRE: News
- SUBJECT HEADING: AIDS (Disease); Cancer; Diseases; Epidemics; Gays; Public health
- SERIES RUN: NBC - TV series, 1970-
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Tom Brokaw … Anchor
- Robert Bazell … Reporter, Science Reporter
- James Curran
- Bobby Campbell
- Billy Walker
- National Centers for Disease Control