2006: AIDS at Twenty-Five

The Basics | Media Coverage | Audio Coverage | Video Coverage | Viewpoints

See also: History of the AIDS Epidemic

The Basics

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
Commentary on the 25th Anniversary of the First Diagnosis of AIDS (June 6, 2006)
Commentary by the director of the U.S. CDC.
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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
Statement of Elias A. Zerhouni, M.D., Jack Whitescarver, Ph.D., and Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., National Institutes of Health on the 25th Anniversary of the First Published Reports of AIDS (June 5, 2006)
From U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
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
Cruising With Lazarus (June/July 2006)
U.S. government is still failing its poorest citizens, David Salyer writes.
In Survival News, from AIDS Survival Project
Timeline of HIV/AIDS Epidemic (May 30, 2006)
With links to interviews.
From Frontline

Media Coverage

25 Years of AIDS and HIV: Denial and the Global Epidemic 1999-2004 (August/September 2006)
In Survival News, from AIDS Survival Project
"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
25 Years of AIDS and HIV: ACTing Up From 1987-1992 (April/May 2006)
In Survival News, from AIDS Survival Project
A Look Back at 1981-1986: In the Beginning of HIV and AIDS ... (January/February 2006)
To read PDF, click here
In Survival News, from AIDS Survival Project

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

Video Coverage

The Age of AIDS: NBC News Reports (June 5, 2006)
Track the beginning of the fight against the HIV/AIDS epidemic; free video of early NBC coverage of the epidemic.
From MSNBC

Viewpoints

Twenty-Five Years in the Fight Against AIDS: What Have We Learned? (October 2006)
To read PDF, click here
In Project Inform Perspective, from Project Inform
25 Years of Deadly Lessons (June 6, 2006)
In Washington Post
Leaders Must Have Financial Commitment, Ethical Courage in Fight Against HIV/AIDS, Opinion Piece Says (June 2, 2006)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation

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