Marking the 30th Anniversary of the AIDS Epidemic

June 8th, 2011
While HIV/AIDS in the US generally receives little media attention these days, there has been a recent surge in coverage in recognition of the 30th anniversary of the AIDS epidemic. On June 5, 1981, the CDC’s MMWR Weekly published a brief account of a cluster of rare infections among otherwise healthy young gay men; this publication is generally regarded as the first public recognition of what came to be known as HIV/AIDS….