World AIDS Day is December 1st, 2014. In honor of AREs World AIDS Day event, every day until the 1st, we will describe a year during the HIV epidemic. 1987- (50,378 cases of AIDS reported to date in US; 40,849 deaths) -Approved in record time, zidovudine (AZT) becomes the first anti-HIV drug approved by the FDA. At $100,000.00 for a one year supply, AZT is the most expensive drug in history. -ACT UP (AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power) is formed in NYC to protest the $100,000.00 per year cost of AZT. Their motto reads, SILENCE=DEATH. -The U.S. forbids immigration by people with HIV from entering the country. (This act was not overturned until 2010 by President Barack Obama). -Liberace dies of AIDS. -And the Band Played On, a history of the AIDS epidemic by reporter Randy Shilts, is published. -The CDC launches a new nationwide public information campaign, “America Responds to AIDS.”
Posted on: Sun, 16 Nov 2014 20:12:19 +0000
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