The President's Pain Ronald Reagan's Secret Struggle with AIDS

In the early 1980s, AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome) was initially ... the Reagan administration to help those with the disease. ARCHIVAL (NBC ... "While I respect her advocacy on issues like stem cell and Parkinson's research, Nancy Reagan was, sadly, no hero in the fight against HIV/AIDS," tweeted Chad ... The New York Times publishes the first media mention of the term “GRID” (Gay-Related Immune Deficiency), deepening public perceptions that HIV/AIDS is solely ... 1 ‍ Research determined that acquired immunodeficiency syndrome had been the cause of their deaths, and, in 1982, the CDC began to refer to the disease as AIDS. By that time, 21,000 Americans had succumbed to AIDS-related complications, and another 37,000 were infected with HIV. A positive HIV test was ... When the HIV/AIDS epidemic began in the 1980s, the Reagan administration's first reaction was chilling: It appeared to treat the epidemic as a joke. For example, the first medically used nomenclature was 'gay-related immune deficiency ... the treatment of HIV/AIDS and related complications. Accompanying ... Since 1988, World AIDS Day has been an opportunity to remember those lost and support those affected, while uniting in the goal of ending the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Ronald Reagan, the President of the United States from 1981 to 1989, oversaw the United States response to the emergence of the HIV/AIDS crisis. Of those 85 million, at least 40 million have died from HIV/AIDS-related complications. ... President Reagan had only publicly acknowledged the ...