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How did over 800 students test HIV positive in Tripura?
Tripura is presently facing a surging HIV epidemic ripping through its student population. Fueled b…
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An epidemic of sexual abuse in schools
Shoddy investigations, quiet resignations, and a culture of secrecy have protected predators, not s…
Matt Drange
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Magic Johnson contemplated suicide after his HIV diagnosis when doctors thought he only had 2-3 years to live
Magic reveals how close to death he was when first diagnosed with HIV.
Cork Gaines
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A touching moment captured on 'The Crown' shows why Princess Diana was such a royal icon
Princess Diana shocked the world when she hugged a 7-year-old boy with AIDS in NYC. The moment ceme…
Monica Humphries
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The rise and fall of pharma bigwig Rite Aid, which couldn't keep up with rivals Walgreen and CVS
The 61-year-old pharmacy chain listed $3.3 billion in debt as of June, not counting pending opioid …
Nidhi Pandurangi,Grace Dean
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Scientists say a woman is cured of HIV despite having no medical interventions
Loreen Willenberg, 66, could be the first person to be cured of the disease without undergoing a bo…
Canela López
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Larry Kramer, who pushed the world to respond to the AIDS epidemic in the 1980s, has died of pneumonia at 84
Galvanized by the AIDS epidemic that swept the United States in the 1980s, Kramer founded the Gay M…
Rhea Mahbubani
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How American discrimination has hindered the way we've handled disease outbreaks
Discrimination in the US has led to federal inaction and mishandling of past epidemic diseases, inc…
Natalie Colarossi
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This 90-year-old New York activist fought racist housing practices, was a nurse during the AIDS epidemic, and is now protesting for Black Lives Matter
Shatzi Weisberger, whose birthday is today, gets impatient when people tell her she shouldn't be de…
Anna Leah
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'It was wartime': 3 survivors of the AIDS epidemic share the hard lessons on love and resiliency they learned in the '80s that are helping them make it through the coronavirus crisis
"What I did learn from the AIDS crisis is that we all can be a part of the solution," said poet Dav…
Mr. Tatyana Bellamy Walker
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Biden's coronavirus board is made up of former federal officials who oversaw past epidemics including AIDS, Ebola, and Zika
At least 10 of the 13 members on Biden's COVID-19 advisory board have served the federal government…
Aria Bendix
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Biden 'shocked' by the July 4 mass shooting in Highland Park, says he won't 'give up fighting the epidemic of gun violence'
"Jill and I are shocked by the senseless gun violence that has yet again brought grief to an Americ…
John L. Dorman
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Fauci pushed back on Sen. Ron Johnson's claims that he 'overhyped' the AIDS crisis and COVID-19
"Overhyping AIDS that's killed over 750,000 Americans and 36 million people worldwide? How do you o…
Connor Perrett
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Billy Porter reveals he's been living with HIV for 14 years, saying: 'I hope this frees me'
The "Pose" star said he has diagnosed in 2007 and kept his status private because he feared backlas…
Canela López
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S. Korea drops proof of vaccine, test to aid virus response
But the policy had already been challenged by local court rulings in cities such as Daegu, where a …
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Over the last four decades, HIV/AIDS has killed at least 700,000 Americans. COVID-19 has killed more in two years.
The rapid development of antiretroviral therapeutics used to treat HIV/AIDS saved millions of lives…
Morgan Keith
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Anthony Fauci cries while revealing that he has PTSD from the HIV/AIDS crisis in a new documentary
Some Americans saw Dr. Anthony Fauci as the enemy in the 1980s and 90s, the way others have during …
Aria Bendix
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Anthony Fauci says one line from 'The Godfather' has shaped his career
In the documentary "Fauci," Dr. Anthony Fauci reveals that a line from "The Godfather" shaped his c…
Erin Schumaker
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A decline in mental health is having the same effect on millennials that the Vietnam War and the AIDS epidemic did on past generations, new report says
Health shocks, as defined by the World Health Organization, are "unpredictable illnesses that dimin…
Hillary Hoffower
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Manforce Condoms promotes its competitors in its latest ad for World AIDS Day
“Use a Condom, the brand doesn’t matter,” says Manforce Condoms in its latest ad for World AIDS day