Syndromes
Documentary sheds light on hidden HIV/AIDS epidemic in American south
Family values in the south and the perceived shame from an HIV/AIDS diagnosis often lead residents of the American south to keep quiet about a serious HIV/AIDS epidemic that continues to grow. A new documentary shines light on the problem with a mix of data and intimate personal accounts.
The Origin of AIDS: 60 Years Before the First Documented Case
By most accounts, the history of AIDS begins sometime in the late 1970s, before the first official cases were diagnosed in 1981 among a handful of gay men. But a striking new book by Dr. Jacques Pépin, an infectious disease specialist at the University of Sherbrooke in Quebec, upends medical history. In “The Origins of […]
Venus Williams Pulls Out of U.S. Open
The United States is faring well in the U.S. Open so far, with Christina McHale hailing a victory against France yesterday. But there was bad news for the U.S. team yesterday, as well. Venus Williams announced that she has pulled out of the tournament, due to health problems related to Sjögren’s syndrome, an autoimmune disease that causes […]
30 Years After the Discovery of AIDS
Thirty years ago this week, Dr. Michael Gottlieb identified a new disease in a paper he wrote for the CDC. Characterized by a severely damaged immune system, and primarily afflicting gay men, the syndrome would come to be known as AIDS. In the years since, over sixty million people – of both genders and all sexual […]