Two decades ago, stories like Joseph Jeune’s helped alter the course of history. In a “before” photo of him, a skeletal figure sits on a bed, eyes sunken, gaze pained. His body lacks any visible ...
You couldn't tell the difference between him and the bedsheets. It was just horrible.” This was the first time she would encounter a person dying from AIDS, but it wouldn't be the last. Over the next ...
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Joti's family refuses to touch him. They don't hug him or shake his hand, and when he visits relatives to eat, he brings his own plate, spoon and cup. His family won't share utensils with him, as they ...
Timothy Ray Brown, the first person known to be cured of HIV when he had a unique type of bone marrow transplant, has died in ...
World AIDS Day celebrates its 30th anniversary. Mark Milano was 25 years old when he was diagnosed with AIDS in 1982, and so little was known about the disease that his doctor called it “AID.” “I didn ...
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – In the early days of the HIV and AIDS crisis, fear and uncertainty overshadowed hope. Between 1980 and 1995, the epidemic claimed the lives of more than 300,000 Americans. For ...
Fewer District residents are being diagnosed with or dying from AIDS and HIV, city health officials said Wednesday. New HIV cases dropped 2 percent in the District in 2010, and new AIDS cases ...
The government provides HIV medicines free of charge. Yet in one Indigenous territory, cases and deaths are increasing at an alarming rate. Joti's family refuses to touch him. They don't hug him or ...