For people who grew up in an America where it felt like HIV/AIDS had always existed, it can be hard to imagine just how quickly the at-first-unknown virus arrived and spread in the United States — ...

Wednesday marks World AIDS Day, a global event observed on December 1 every year calling people to unite in the fight against HIV (human immunodeficiency virus), which can lead to AIDS (acquired ...

MICHAEL S. GOTTLIEB teaches at UCLA's medical school where he is affiliated with the AIDS Institute. He is a trustee of the Global AIDS Interfaith Alliance (www.thegaia.org). I MET MICHAEL, the man ...

A version of this story appeared in CNN’s Race Deconstructed newsletter. To get it in your inbox every week, sign up for free here. Recently, I posted a story on Instagram about Sarah Schulman’s ...

To understand the AIDS crisis that started 40 years ago, we need to listen to those who experienced it. There’s an entire generation of queer men missing from the present-day frame, and many of those ...

The first World AIDS Day was observed on December 1, 1988. George H. W. Bush was newly elected president, and I was a freshman at NYU about to turn 18 years old. The World Health Organization had ...

I'm pleased as punch today to play a very small role in the launch of media site Freethink. If that media outlet name sounds familiar, it may be from one of two things (or both!): Freethink's Honor ...

The first time I met someone in China dying from complications of AIDS, he had never heard of the illness that had already killed thousands of his fellow citizens. This was not the early 1980s, when ...

The first ever global health day, each year on December 1, known as World AIDS Day, people worldwide show support for those living with HIV, commemorate those who have died and join together in the ...