At the end of the year 2000, UNAIDS and the World Health Organization (WHO) estimated that 36.1 million people were living with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) or Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). AIDS, caused by HIV, is a sexually transmitted disease (STD) that attacks the immune s...

You are coughing, sneezing, have a runny nose and your body aches. Most of us have had the flu and know exactly the symptoms I am speaking of. Well, what if you went to your doctor and were treated with antibiotics and such, but just didn't get well. Would you think twice about it? Would you wonder ...

The Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, better known as aids is the most deadly disease known to man today. There are approximately 20 million people living with aids in the world and the number is growing. The epidemic is sweeping through the continents of Africa and Southeast Asia. There is cur...

AIDS: The Quiet Rise in America English 112-78 10/11/01 For an epidemic that has exploded around the world and is claiming thousands of lives everyday, AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome) surfaced very quietly in the United States. On June 4, 1981, a weekly newslette...