A Quarter Century of AIDS - A Collection of News and Resources

Numerous news outlets have been supplying coverage marking the 25th anniversary of AIDS. On June 5, 1981, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a piece in its Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report publication describing 5 cases of Pneumocystis pneumonia among homosexual men in Los Angeles. These men were later recognized as the first reported cases of AIDS in the United States. The following are news items marking a quarter century of the epidemic and our progress towards controlling it, and consumer health websites providing information on the disease. This is a long list of resources, but they are well worth perusing, even if only a little at a time.

Goverment News & Resources:

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  
  • Pneumocystic Pneumonia - Los Angeles - the original U.S. report, from Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
    
  • Twenty-Five Years of HIV/AIDS - United States, 1981-2006 - Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
    
  • Evolution of HIV/AIDS Prevention Programs - United States, 1981-2006 - Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
    
  • Achievements in Public Health: Reduction in Perinatal Transmission of HIV Infection - United States, 1985-2005 - Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
    
  • CDC HIV/AIDS
    
  • HIV/AIDS - National Prevention Information Network, info for professionals on guidelines, surveillance, outreach
    
• AIDSinfo - info on guidelines, drugs, clinical trials, vaccines, and health. Includes the AIDSinfo Glossary
  
• 25 Years of AIDS Research at NIH - National Institutes of Health
  
• Drug Abuse and HIV - National Institute of Drug Abuse
  
• Office of National AIDS Policy
  
• Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Reports on HIV/AIDS, 1981-2006
  
• In Their Own Words: NIH Researchers Recall the Early Years of AIDS - National Institutes of Health
  
• NIH Commemorates 25 Years of AIDS Research: Timeline - National Institutes of Health
  

Mass Media:

• Newsweek (special series)
  
  • How AIDS Transformed a Nation
    
  • The Crisis in Black America
    
  • A Challenge for Black Leadership
    
  • A Tale of Two Indias
    
  • The Life of a Virus Hunter
    
  • Bill Clinton: Fighting the Plague
    
  • Melinda Gates: The Virus and Women
    
  • Rwanda: An HIV Survivor's Story
    
  • Timeline: 25 Years of the AIDS Epidemic - includes photos
    
  • Photo Gallery: The Faces of HIV Today
    
  • AIDS and the Arts: A Lost Generation
    
  • Magic's Message
    
  • South Africa: Zuma Trial Hurts AIDS Fight
    
  • Living with HIV: A Teenager's Diary
    

• PBS Programming
• Timeline: 25 Years of AIDS - Frontline
  
• AIDS Continues to Shape U.S., World Policies - NewsHour
  
• The AIDS Crisis - NewsHour
  
• Brazil: A Model Response to AIDS? - NewsHour
  
• Frontline: The Age of AIDS - watch the full program online, also additional info, features, and links
  
• Ending AIDS: The Search for a Vaccine
  
• South African Diary: Living with AIDS - Frontline
  

• NPR Programming (listen online):
  
  • Diagnosing AIDS: A Pioneer Reflects - Weekend Edition
    
  • Stemming the Worldwide HIV Epidemic - Talk of the Nation
    
  • New Committments Urged on Global AIDS Fund - All Things Considered
    
  • U.N. Report Puts Global HIV Infections at 38 Million
    
  • My Mother, The HIV Patient - All Things Considered, Youth Radio
    
  • Epicenter of AIDS is Found: Africa, 1930 - All Things Considered
    
  • Out of Hiding, Into the World: Thembi's AIDS Diary - All Things Considered
    
  • AIDS Drugs Bring Hope and Challenges - All Things Considered
    
  • AIDS Deaths Disrupt Family Relationships in Uganda - All Things Considered
    
  • The Discovery of AIDS, 25 Years Later - Talk of the Nation
    
  • The Changing Face of AIDS, 25 Years Later - Talk of the Nation
    

U.N. Strengthens Call for a Global Battle Against AIDS - New York Times

AIDS, at 25, Offers no Easy Answers - New York Times

The State of AIDS, 25 Years After the First, Quiet Mentions - New York Times

Spread of AIDS is Slowing, UN Report Finds - New York Times

Circumcision Studied in Africa as AIDS Preventative - New York Times

Fight AIDS at a Store Near You: New Products Among Funding Sources Discussed at U.N. Meeting - Washington Post

U.N. Group Sets Compromise on AIDS Policy

Progress for Some, Hopelessness for Many - ABC News

Viewpoints: AIDS 25 Years On - BBC News

25 Years Into it, AIDS has a Face for Many of Us - Tennessean (Nashville)

Organizations:

AIDSAction

The AIDS Memorial Quilt

amFAR - The Foundation for AIDS Research

Black AIDS Institute

Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS

Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation

Global AIDS Alliance

Human Rights Watch - HIV/AIDS and Human Rights

International AIDS Vaccine Initiative

KNOWHIVAIDS.org

Latino Commission on AIDS

National AIDS Fund

National Minority AIDS Council

National Association of People with AIDS

National Catholic AIDS Network

Student Global AIDS Campaign

UNICEF - HIV/AIDS

United Nations Development Fund for Women - Gender and HIV/AIDS

Health Information:

National HIV Testing Resources - search for a testing site near you and get answers to frequently asked questions

MedlinePlus: AIDS

AIDS-related Cancers - National Cancer Institute

Women and HIV/AIDS - National Women's Health Information Center

AIDS and HIV Questions and Answers - Planned Parenthood

HIV and AIDS - KidsHealth.org

HIV/AIDS Questions and Answers - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

HIV Infection: The Basics - JAMA Patient Page

How to Use a Condom - American Social Health Association

How Do People Get AIDS? - KidsHealth.org

Living with AIDS - MedlinePlus

AIDS Medicines - MedlinePlus

AIDS and Infections - MedlinePlus

Your Rights as a Person with HIV Infection or AIDS - U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Other:

AIDS Media Center: Global AIDS Resource for the Media

AIDS: The First 25 Years - AIDS Clinical Care journal

Face of AIDS: Global AIDS Film Archive

United Nations Development Programme: HIV/AIDS

World Bank: HIV/AIDS

Kaiser Network Daily HIV/AIDS Report

HIVInSite - current HIV/AIDS info

HIV and AIDS: History, Pictures, and Posters - AVERT

The History of AIDS

History of the AIDS Epidemic

AIDS clinical trials

HIV Infections clinical trials

HIV Vaccine clinical trials

Local HIV/AIDS Service Organizations in the U.S.

The HIV-AIDS Pandemic at 25: The Global Response - New England Journal of Medicine

AIDS at 25: The Timeline of an Epidemic - GlaxoSmithKline

Note: Locally, Vanderbilt is conducting HIV vaccine research - Vanderbilt HIV Vaccine Research Program

Technorati Tags: AIDS; HIV; HIV/AIDS
MeSH Tags: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; HIV; HIV Infections