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When Day Without Art was launched in 1989, that felt like a real possibility. Over the past 35 years, the event, celebrated each December 1 on World AIDS Day, has gone through several transformations.
By 2014, there was strong consensus that the drugs we had could end the AIDS epidemic. But those drugs weren't being rolled out fast enough to head off rebounds in infection, UNAIDS cautioned.
What is the history of the AIDS epidemic, when did treatment become widely available, and what are the current goals for ending this epidemic?
The month of December has finally arrived, meaning it’s time to join together to observe AIDS Awareness Month. The month is dedicated to raising awareness about the ongoing HIV/AIDS epidemic, […] ...
Baer’s interest in queer art spans gender and sexual identities, but there’s an emphasis on work by gay men from the early days of the AIDS epidemic in the 1980s and ’90s, many of whom ...
Fight AIDS! How Activism, Art, and Protest Changed the Course of a Deadly Epidemic and Reshaped a Nation Michael G. Long. Norton, $19.99 (288p) ISBN 978-1-324-05353-8 ...
Why experts believe the AIDS epidemic could end by 2030. ... (ART) medicine — preventing the HIV virus from making more copies of itself — their viral load goes down to zero, ...
To mark the 35th anniversary of the AIDS Memorial Quilt, New Yorkers who lost loved ones or whose lives have been impacted by the disease will have a chance to add to the 54-ton tapestry this weekend.
Breakthroughs signal an end to the epidemic before 2030 Treatment advances are making HIV undetectable and untransmittable Barry S. Zingman, MD, Medical Director of the AIDS Center, for Montefiore ...
The first cases of AIDS were reported in 1981, and the mortality rate increased every year until it peaked in 1995. In that year, more than 40,000 people died from complications related to AIDS.