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Clinical Management
Clinical Management
2006: AIDS at Twenty-Five
Overview
- In U.S., HIV Medications Have Saved "Three Million Years of Life," Report Says (June 7, 2006)
From U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases - AIDS' Relentless March Leaves Legacy of Misery (June 5, 2006)
After 25 years, grim prognosis for hard-hit nations, skyrocketing deaths.
From Associated Press - Doctor Pioneered Approach to AIDS (June 5, 2006)
In The Mercury News - Living With the AIDS Virus for 2 Decades Brings Mix of Joy, Pain (June 5, 2006)
In The Arizona Republic - Twenty-Five Years of HIV/AIDS -- United States, 1981-2006 (June 2, 2006)
In Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Timeline of HIV/AIDS Epidemic (May 30, 2006)
With links to interviews.
From Frontline
Media Coverage
- "I Knew Patient Zero" (June 5, 2006)
When Michael S. Gottlieb, M.D., treated a young man at UCLA Medical Center in 1981 for fever and weight loss, he was meeting the patient who would become the first officially reported case in the global AIDS pandemic.
In Los Angeles Times - Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report Summarizes Media Coverage of 25th Anniversary of First AIDS Diagnosis (June 5, 2006)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation - AIDS at 25: An Epidemic of Caring (June 4, 2006)
By Abraham Verghese (free registration required).
In The New York Times - Doctors Fought Fear and Affliction (June 4, 2006)
In early '80s, San Francisco volunteers set standards for research of the new disease and care of patients.
In San Francisco Chronicle - How AIDS Changed Us (June 4, 2006)
A look at how San Francisco was changed by AIDS.
In San Francisco Chronicle - Gay Doc's Battle With the Beast (June 3, 2006)
Dr. Marc Rubenstein shut down his medical practice after losing many friends.
In Daily News - Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report Summarizes Opinion Pieces on HIV/AIDS Pandemic (May 30, 2006)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation - AIDS at 25: The Path Ahead (May 21, 2006)
In this article, chock full of interviews with prominent AIDS advocates and journalists, David Foucher explains why all of us must remember our past if we are to win the fight against HIV in the future.
In Edge - A Look Back at 25 Years of AIDS (May 15, 2006)
In Newsweek - AIDS at 25: How Has the Virus Changed Us? (April 25, 2006)
From Bioethics Forum - Celebrating Progress and Facing Challenges in Kenya
As money for HIV prevention and treatment flows into Kenya, Kenyan physicians visit NYU to learn how HIV is fought in a country where dollars have made a difference.
In Newsday - How Uganda Fought Back
Through grassroots and government efforts, an impoverished African nation has kept its infection rates down.
In Newsday - AIDS Era Surfaced Early in South Florida
For more than a year before the world's first AIDS cases were reported, doctors at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami treated patients who had failing immune systems and strange infections.
In Miami Herald - One Disease, Two Epidemics
The haves and the have-nots face two very different epidemics, and squeamishness about sexual transmission and intravenous drug use is hampering prevention efforts in both.
In New England Journal of Medicine - Twenty-Five Years of Global Response
A chronicle of the response of governments and international health organizations to the epidemic.
In New England Journal of Medicine - Taking Care of the Children
In New York City, babies born with HIV are growing up, coming of age and learning to live with HIV.
In Newsday - Evolution of an Epidemic
Features U.S. and global infection maps and photo essay.
In St. Petersburg Times - Interactive Timeline: 1981 to 2006
In San Francisco Chronicle - The State of AIDS, 25 Years After the First Whispers
What do a New York City nurse, an Atlanta mother, a sex worker in India and a researcher in San Francisco have in common? They're all part of the 21st century fight against HIV.
In The New York Times - Giving of Themselves with Love
People making a difference in the AIDS epidemic, including The Body's safe sex expert Dr. Bob Frascino.
In Mercury News - Where We've Been and Where We're Going
After 25 years of triumphs and failures, how can we bring HIV under control in the quarter-century ahead?.
In The Boston Globe - The Hunt for a Vaccine
Emory University has spent 25 years struggling to find an HIV vaccine.
In The Atlanta Journal-Constitution - South Carolina Gains Ground on Epidemic
Dr. Robert Ball diagnosed South Carolina's first AIDS case in 1982. Since then, the state has made great progress in offering testing and treatment, but stigma and apathy prove to be their greatest stumbling blocks.
In Columbia State - AIDS' Next 25 Years May Be Worse for Africa
Some scientists theorize that the African AIDS epidemic will continue to worsen, and other developing countries may suffer a similar fate.
In Forbes
Audio Coverage
- HIV Vaccine Remains Elusive (June 5, 2006)
From the program "Morning Edition"; Guests include: Donald Francis, former president of VaxGen; Robert Gallo, co-discoverer of HIV and director of the Maryland-based Institute of Human Virology; Margaret Heckler, Reagan administration HHS secretary; Bruce Walker, director of the Division of AIDS at Harvard Medical School; and health professionals and volunteers involved in an HIV vaccine research trial at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston.
From National Public Radio - Origin of AIDS Linked to Colonial Practices in Africa (June 4, 2006)
From the program "Weekend Edition"; Guests incude Beatrice Hahn, a virologist at the University of Alabama-Birmingham, and Jim Moore, a comparative primatologist at the University of California-San Diego.
From National Public Radio - AIDS at 25 -- Interview With Long-Term Survivor Lanz Lowen (MP3) (June 3, 2006)
In San Francisco Chronicle - Diagnosing AIDS: A Pioneer Reflects (June 3, 2006)
From the program "Weekend Edition"; An interview with Dr. Wayne Shandera who co-authored the first official medical report by the Centers for Disease Control of a mysterious sickness afflicting gay men.
From National Public Radio - The Changing Face of AIDS, 25 Years Later (June 2, 2006)
From the program "Talk of the Nation"; Guests include: Dr. Wafaa El-Sadr, director, International Center for AIDS Care and Treatment Programs, Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University; chief, Infectious Diseases, Harlem Hospital; Rowena Johnston, director of research, amfAR, the Foundation for AIDS Research and Laurie Garrett, author of Betrayal of Trust: The Collapse of Global Public Health; senior fellow for global health, Council on Foreign Relations.
From National Public Radio - AIDS at 25 (May 24, 2006)
From the program "On Point"; Guests include: Dr. Helene Gayle, President and CEO of CARE; John-Manuel Andriote, author of the book, Victory Deferred: How AIDS Changed Gay Life in America, and Pernessa Seele, founder and CEO of the New York City-based HIV awareness group, The Balm in Gilead.
From National Public Radio
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