When Pascal James Imperato, MD, assumed the edi Exclusion by the New York State Departm nt of Health of qualified laboratories from HIV testmg torship of the New York State Journal of Medicine in 198, the acquired immunodeficiency syndro. me (AIDS) epI Protection of health care workers Responsibilities of physicians and other health care demic in the United States was already SIX years old. Dur ing the time of his editorship, two thematic issues of the workers Journal have been devoted to AIDS. In addition, a large Public education number of original communications have been regularly AIDS...