Federal datasets began disappearing from public view on Jan. 31, 2025, in response to executive orders from President Donald Trump. Among those were the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s ...

The preservation of AIDS history in the Champaign-Urbana area nearly disappeared years ago after its archivist died in 2022.

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(NEW YORK) — It’s been 35 years since researchers from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention first reported on a mysterious illness that was infecting and killing healthy young men. The ...

Matt Nadel had to confront a lot of ethical conflicts while making “Cashing Out,” a short film recounting the birth of the viatical industry.

Baker was an early advocate for those living with HIV and AIDS during the 1980s when misinformation and fear-mongering about the disease was rampant. A. Cornelius Baker, a tireless advocate for HIV ...

SAN ANTONIO — Despite medical advancements in prevention and care, AIDS continues to have a stigma attached to it—a stigma that local advocates say is the primary source that's kept HIV spreading ...

First it was referred to as a “mysterious illness.” Later it was called “gay cancer,” “gay plague” and “GRID,” an acronym for gay-related immune deficiency. Most egregiously, some called it “4H ...

In 2003, Snopes concluded the frequently repeated claim that AIDS was purposely created by the CIA or some other federal government agency was false. Twenty years later, we decided to revisit and ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Incumbent Republican Sen. John Cornyn has responded. Surveillance typically involves ...