HIV/AIDS

HIV/AIDS History

The 1980s saw the start of the HIV/AIDS epidemic and we've made great progress in the decades since. Explore the milestones in awareness and treatment.

HIV / AIDS
Activists at New York City's Gay Pride March in 1983 calling for increased HIV/AIDS research.
"Patient Zero" Cleared of Starting U.S. AIDS Epidemic
By James Myhre and Dennis Sifris, MD
AIDS Ribbon
The History of World AIDS Day
By James Myhre and Dennis Sifris, MD
AIDS stands for Accquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome.
Timeline and History of the HIV/AIDS Pandemic
By Mark Cichocki, RN