Diagnosing AIDS: A Pioneer Reflects
Brenda Wilson, NPR
Dr. Wayne Shandera, now a medicine professor at Baylor College, co-authored the first report on the disease that came to be called AIDS.
Weekend Edition Saturday, June 3, 2006 · Twenty-five years ago, Houston doctor Wayne Shandera co-authored the first official medical report by the Centers for Disease Control of a mysterious sickness afflicting gay men. He's still working with people who have HIV and AIDS.
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