1985: the year the AIDS crisis finally broke through the silence
A lot has happened in the four decades since. We take a look back.
June 26, 2025
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A lot has happened in the four decades since. We take a look back.
The Gay Men's Health Crisis is demanding that candidates for president address HIV.
Climbing mountains, then falling off the other side: This year's efforts in the fight against HIV saw victories and defeats.
As today is National HIV and AIDS Longterm Survivors' Awareness Day, and the 34th anniversary of the first diagnosis, it's a perfect time to give thanks for all the advances we've witnessed since 1981.
Sen. Barack Obama's campaign held a conference call Thursday intended to highlight his policy prescriptions for combating the HIV/AIDS epidemic -- including increased funding for research, care, and prevention as well as developing a national HIV/AIDS strategy within the first year of his administration.
A startling report crossed his desk on June 5, 1981 and changed his life -- and the world.