Oral history interview with James E. D'Eramo, 2000.

Biographical Note

Medical writer and editor.

Scope and Contents

Childhood: Born Youngstown, Ohio; extended Italian family; Education: Cardinal Mooney High School; John Carroll University, B.S., 1970; Youngstown State University, Microbiology, M.S., 1972; Univ. of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, School of Public Health, Medical Ecology/Infectious Diseases, PhD, 1980; AIDS journalist for gay newspaper The New York Native, 1982-1984; organizer of 800 Men Project for Gay Men's Health Crisis; writer for Christopher Street; work at the New York City Health Department, explanation of resignation; overall discussion of outbreak of AIDS epidemic in New York City; role of gay press in dissemination of knowledge and development of safer sex guidelines; colleague reminiscences.

Subjects

• AIDS (Disease)--New York (State)--New York--History.
• AIDS (Disease)--Press coverage.
• Christopher Street.
• Communication in medicine.
• D'Eramo, James E.--Interviews.
• Gay Men's Health Crisis, Inc.
• Gay press.
• Interviews.
• Journalism, Medical.
• New York native.
• Oral histories (literary works)
• Safe sex in AIDS prevention.
• White, Timothy R., interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr

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