European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 2, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday april 22007 stars and stripes pages in the states us to track his patient names by end of 07 by Carla k Johnson the associated press Chicago the names of people infected with his will be tracked in All 50 states by the end of 2007 marking a Victory for Federal health officials and a quiet de feat for aids advocates who wanted to keep patients names out of state databases Vermont Maryland and Hawaii the last states not tracking the names of Hippo is Tive people Are quickly moving toward adopting name based surveillance eight other states and Washington do began collecting the names of his patients last year and Massachusetts switched in Janu Ary the states Are bowing to Federal pres sure so they will not lose Money for medications and health services for patients this is the first year Federal funding has been tied to name based surveillance of his More than billion in Federal Money will be distributed this fiscal year based on new formulas that include num Bers of people with his counted by states using names in some states millions of dollars Are at stake that is Why advocates say they have quit fighting although they still worry that collecting names will deter some people from getting tested and seeking treatment and about the possibility of names being re leased due to Security breaches i have patients who Are very High pro file individuals physicians in practice people who Are politicians who dont want their real names reported said or Dan Berger medical director of Northstar healthcare in Chicago Lincoln Park in a 2005 Security breach in Palm Beach county Fla the names of 6500 his and aids patients were mistakenly emailed to 800 county health workers other Security breaches have occurred in California and Kentucky some worry that name based reporting could have the greatest effect on whether minorities and the poor get tested and treated because they May be less Likely to Trust the government to keep their names secret in a Low income Chicago neighbourhood 10 Miles from bergers office patients now Are told they must release their names to the state to get medications Bruce Jack son director of the gift House which of fers hts testing and counselling in South West Chicago said some clients Are apprehensive fearing their families or friends will find out there infected there Are an estimated 40000 new his infections annually in the United states Academy midshipmen immature not criminal on cruise by Brian Witte the associated press Annapolis my a naval Academy probe into allegations of lewd behaviour and heavy drink ing on a Caribbean cruise found that up to 10 midshipmen acted immature but committed no crimes the findings were announced Friday the investigation began after a passenger alleged that she and other women were groped on the carnival cruise ship glory during the Academy March 1018 Spring break some of the midshipmen also were accused of offering alcohol to teenage girls the investigation determined there were 37 midshipmen on the ship the naval Academy holds our midshipmen to extremely High standards and this Type of inappropriate conduct is not tolerated the Academy said any mid Shipmen who acted inappropriately will be held accountable and appropriate disciplinary action will retaken the investigation came As the naval Academy has been trying to Stop alcohol abuse and sexual impropriety following two sexual misconduct cases allegedly involving Academy football players Deborah Goode an Academy spokeswoman said the investigation would continue the preliminary review was based on statements from the mid Shipmen and other people on the cruise the Academy said one woman on the cruise wrote an email to the Academy saying she and other women were groped i was Felt up by one of the very drunk men and i was Given the misfortune of watching them grab and disrespect every woman they could get close to As Well As seeing them offer underage 15 and 17 year old girls at our table alcohol she wrote in the email which was obtained by the Balti More Sun which first reported the Story tuesday