The President's Secret Ronald Reagan and AIDS

HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) is a virus that is deadly if left untreated. HIV severely weakens the immune system and will eventually progress to AIDS if ... Of those 85 million, at least 40 million have died from HIV/AIDS-related complications. ... President Reagan had only publicly acknowledged the ... The Reagan administration was unwilling, until very recently, to even target HIV-related programs to the black and Latino communities. See, e.g., Nickens, AIDS, ... Numerous federal and local government departments and agencies are involved in the domestic HIV/AIDS response, which together provide disease ... ... HIV before the 1980s with the first identified case of AIDS in the U.S. in 1981. Early cases were called G.R.I.D or “Gay-Related Immunodeficiency” and it ... ... died from AIDS-related complications in 1992, he was just 37. Countless works of art have been created in response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic ... ... the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) which effectively destroys the immune system. ... die due to complications resulting from Aids. Also on This Day in History June | 5. 1981 · First scientific report on AIDS is published · 1980s ... But you go, I'm sure you'll do a good job," and so forth. So that's what happened. . . . chart HIV/AIDS became the leading cause of death for U.S. men aged 25– ... Reagan was met with a chorus of boos from attendees after calling for routine testing for HIV/AIDS, which the community opposed for fear of ...