The HIV/AIDS epidemic spiked in the 1980s, resulting in the death of over 100,000 people from 1981 to 1990, making an irreversible mark on our world from a social, medical, and political perspective.

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When he was diagnosed with HIV in 1985, Mark S. King had no counselor to comfort him or even recommend treatment. In those days, none existed. The delivery was a simple, sterile phone call from a ...

A blue-and-red abstract painting of a face from the cover of “Funeral Diva.” The HIV/AIDS epidemic spiked in the 1980s, resulting in the death of over 100,000 people from 1981 to 1990, making an ...

A beige book cover with black and red writing. Author Susan Sontag, who wrote other AIDS epidemic-centered pieces like “The Way We Live Now,” compares her experience of navigating the stigma and shame ...

25 must-read books that humanize the HIV/AIDS experience A blue-and-red abstract painting of a face from the cover of “Funeral Diva.” The HIV/AIDS epidemic spiked in the 1980s, resulting in the death ...