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Profiles the lives and deaths of 11 victims of the collapsed Nimitz freeway in California's Bay Area, following a powerful earthquake.

Reports on the increase of people, mostly homeless men and cabdrivers, urinating in public in New York. Increase blamed on lack of public facilities, laziness, and an increase in homelessness. Enforcement by Department of Sanitation and Transit Authority; Vandalized facilities.

Discusses the plight of children who have lost a parent to AIDS but are not themselves infected with the virus that causes the disease. Their struggle with the rage, shame and isolation that the disease has left behind; The conflicting emotions of feeling sorry for the parent and of blaming them for their illness; Effect on school work; Example of a teenager who managed to cope well despite the stigma and uncertainty.

Discusses the comeback that tuberculosis has made, especially among homeless people and those infected with the HIV virus that causes AIDS. The problem of people who do not complete treatment and can develop drug-resistant strains of the disease and infect others with it.

Discusses the issue of funding for AIDS organizations. AIDS groups are fighting each other for funds from the Department of Health's AIDS Institute, whose tentative budget for the next fiscal year falls far short of what is needed. The issue of what services are offered to those infected with HIV, and who gets help.

Reports that the current tuberculosis epidemic in the United States is having a particular impact on people with HIV, the AIDS virus, because their damaged immune systems make them more susceptible to falling sick once they are infected with it.About 200 cases of TB resistant to up to seven drugs have been identified in New York and Florida hospitals in the last two years; 90 percent of those case have afflicted AIDS patients; More.

Discusses the unprecedented patient interest in AIDS drug trials. With few treatments at their disposal to fight an unpredictable but fatal disease, they find the threat of AIDS and its rising death toll far scarier than taking drugs that have not been fully tested.

States that AIDS patients who are scattered across suburban enclaves and rural areas in the New York City region find it difficult to find a pharmacist who carries DDI, a drug commonly used by AIDS patients, or a doctor who specializes in HIV-related illnesses--and even fewer who accept Medicaid patients. Why this is so; Idiosyncrasies of coping with AIDS.

Presents an obituary of Les Trautmann, who was the editor of the Staten Island `Advance' for 27 years. He died of a heart attack yesterday at his home on Staten Island. He was 73 years old.

Presents an obituary of Dr. Hacib Aoun, a doctor who championed the rights of health-care workers after becoming infected with HIV on the job. He died from complications from AIDS on February 16 at his home in Glen Arm, Md., at age 36.

States that the Centers for Disease Control and the Social Security Administration are proposing to change the definition of AIDS and the criteria for AIDS-related disability benefits but are being hampered by widespread criticism of their plans and the complexity of defining a disease that has no symptoms of its own.

Presents an obituary of Daniel Parker, a leader in business and government and the founder of one of the largest helicopter maintenance companies in the country. He died of complications during bone surgery on January 28 at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston. He was 66 years old and lived in Wadmalaw Island, S.C.

Discusses the likelihood of prisoners in New York City's crowded and poorly ventilated jail cells becoming infected with tuberculosis. The situation also heightens the risk for the general community and for those who work in the criminal-justice system.

States that New York State officials said that they were aware of misconduct charges against Dr. Abu Hayat for more than two years--including a botched abortion that led to the death of Sophie McCoy last year--but took no action against him because they did not believe they could prove he posed an `imminent danger' to public health.

Comments on how black churches and mosques across the US are beginning to turn their influence to the fight against AIDS. Blacks, along with Hispanic people, account for an alarming proportion of the new cases being diagnosed, and black clergymen and women are speaking out in sermons, starting counseling and support groups, and sponsoring housing for homeless people with AIDS.

Presents a special report on treating AIDS, focusing on Kings County Hospital Center in Brooklyn, New York City's largest municipal hospital. Procedures for helping patients and workers; Fear among resident doctors that AIDS will monopolize theirtraining; Stress; Depression; Patients' attitudes.

Discusses needle swap programs. There is growing acceptance of them, and this week New York Mayor David N. Dinkins, who eliminated a city-run needle-exchange operation shortly after taking office, will receive a recommendation to revive such a program in New York City.

States that, in a reversal of health policy, the Dinkins Administration is moving to re-establish a needle-exchange program for intravenous drug users to help slow the spread of AIDS. Dinkins had scrapped a similar program shortly after taking office last year, fearing it would encourage drug use.

Says that many people who are infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, are striving for companionship, sexual intimacy and even marriage. How they can obtain this; Examples.

Says that Administration officials delayed giving New York City Mayor David N. Dinkins the results of an internal investigation of emergency room procedures at the Kings County Hospital Center. Dinkins had requested the report after accusations that the stabbing death of Yankel Rosenbaum, a Hasidic man in Crown Heights last month, was the result of inadequate treatment at the hospital. The report was completed on September 5 but was not given to Dinkins until September 24.

Presents an occasional look at the races for New York's new City Council. Focuses on the neighborhood politics in Jackson Heights, Corona, Elmhurst and East Elmhurst, where Hispanic leaders have begun courting people who cannot vote in this election because they are not American citizens. Many of the leaders have written off a Hispanic victory in this year's primary, but they hope to get recent immigrants to become US citizens and are setting their sights on 1993.

Reports that New York State will more than double, and in some cases triple, the Medicaid fees paid to private doctors for AIDS-related services to encourage more of them to treat patients infected with the AIDS virus. This program of Medicaid reimbursement to primary care and specialty doctors was developed by the New York Health Department's AIDS Institute and the State Social Services Department. Referrals to experts; New rates needed.

Comments on the climate of fear of HIV infection among people who are choosing doctors and dentists. The questions they ask; Concern over clean gloves and sterilization of equipment; Requests for tours of offices; How doctors and dentists react.

Presents the results of a study by Yale University researchers, showing that a program in New Haven to give intravenous drug users new needles for old ones is helping to curb the spread of the AIDS virus. The project's novel method of measuring new infections.

Comments on the heartwrenching choice that must be made by pregnant women infected with the HIV virus, which causes AIDS. Beyond the immediate risk, having a child poses other difficult questions: Who would care for the child if the mother falls ill or dies? Could the mother cope if the child gets sick or dies? Would the pregnancy make the mother sicker or shorten her life?

States that a growing number of HIV-positive women and drug users around the country are caught in a bind created by the unusual nature of AIDS--a disease that manifests itself through many other diseases. Officials of the Federal Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta are revising their definition of AIDS in order to make benefits available to more AIDS victims.

Discusses how homelessness in New York City can severely hamper efforts to fight the effects of AIDS. Surviving with AIDS hinges not only on getting medical care but on avoiding exposure to diseases like tuberculosis, which are rampant on the streets and in shelters.

Comments on the behind-the-scenes (some call it unengaged) management style of New York City Health Commissioner Dr. Woodrow A. Myers Jr., and how it is perceived by some to have undermined his effectiveness in an office whose greatest asset is the power to shape public opinion. Possibility of his leaving the office after only one year because of an illness in his family.

Discusses the way in which people with AIDS are, in many cases, leading normal and productive lives, some with relatively few bouts with sickness. Few expect to beat the disease, but they are determined to do what they can to stay alive and they savor each moment. Examples.

Discusses the rise in new cases of tuberculosis in New York City last year--almost four times the rate of increase of the previous year. Highest rate found in Harlem; Public health threat nationwide; Link to AIDS virus.

States that, ten years into the AIDS epidemic, many of those who have long cared for or been advocates for people with the disease are overwhelmed by despair or struggling to cope. Some have recognized signs of burnout and left the field; others stay on, their commitment fueled with anger or hope or the fear that if they quit nobody else will take their place.

Discusses the criticism of Brooklyn's proposed Ujamaa Institute, a public high school that would address problems that disproportionately affect black and Hispanic boys and young men. Racial segregation; New York Civil Liberties Union's view; How students feel about it.

Says that many women still do not perceive themselves as being vulnerable to AIDS--and even when they do, many find it difficult to change the practices that put them at risk. How do you convince a married woman that she may be at risk?

Tells about the growing number of foster parents who are raising young children with AIDS. Why they volunteer; Emotional challenge of a sickly child; Their hopes.

Tells about the painting of St. Irene in the St. Irene Chrysovalantou Greek Orthodox Church in Astoria, Queens. After a service for peace in the Persian Gulf, the saint is said to have started to weep.

Notes that a year after Hurricane Hugo devastated the Virgin Islands, residents are struggling to rebuild the vacation site's reputation that was damaged by lawlessness and looting that followed the storm.

Says that while Puerto Ricans have traveled to New York for economic reasons for decades, those who are HIV-positive have been coming more recently to fight a killer disease and, when faced with defeat, return home to die. Now, responding to the strains such flow has created for AIDS services and families, officials in New York and Puerto Rico will for the first time try to measure the size of this migrant group and its needs. What is being planned.

Reports that the Dinkins Administration will permit drug addicts in New York City to receive clean hypodermic needles under an ambitious research effort designed to measure whether such an approach will slow the spread of AIDS. This will be the first program done in a large inner-city area with one of the highest rates of infection among drug users.

States that New York City officials said that the Census Bureau may have missed 200,000 housing units in its count of the city for the 1990 census. How the city is making its own count.

Explains the reason why preliminary Census Bureau figures show that New York City shrank during the 1980s. Several census workers readily conceded that they missed many people in poor and wealthy neighborhoods alike. Nervous householders; Obstinate doormen; Misinformation from neighbors and managing agents.

Reveals preliminary 1990 census figures which show New York City with a population of 7,033,179, significantly smaller than the Census Bureau estimated in 1988. Debate over accuracy of the 1990 count; Effect on Congressional seats for the State;Effect on federal aid.

States that throughout the US, black and Hispanic organizations that have relied on money from alcohol and tobacco companies are wrestling with the issue of pitting their financial viability against what protesters say is the health of the communities they serve. What is being done.

Comments on the growing awareness and fear among children in New York City of what guns are and what they can do. In less than two weeks, four children have been killed in the city by bullets meant for someone else.

Says that in New York, the flower industry--and competition for sales--is growing as immigrant businesses challenge established florists.

Tells of the after effects that are being experienced by some of the 85 survivors of Avianca Airlines Flight 52 which crashed into a hillside in Cove Neck on January 25, killing 73 passengers.

Tells of the poor response the census counters are getting in their efforts to elicit information from households, in New York City and throughout the nation, that failed to return questionnaires by last month's deadline.

Says that the bodies of the 48 people who died in the fire at the Happy Land Social Club are being shipped back to Honduras. Emotions ran high as the coffins were unloaded from the plane.

Describes how census takers in New York searched out the homeless for the first such count to be attempted. In spite of their efforts, some of the homeless will be overlooked.

Discusses the problem of an inevitable census undercount due to fear, resentment, mistrust, and neglect. The effect on federal aid and Congressional and state legislative seats.

Reports that visits to New York were down in 1989, but the real concern is that 1989 was the start of a long downward slide. Businesses shying away from high hotel prices for conventions; Tourists trying different, less familiar parts of the country.