aids (disease)

Provides information about HIV and AIDS, explaining how the virus is contracted, the development of the disease, diagnosis and treatment, and prevention. Includes a glossary and a list of places to contact for help.

A physician's personal story of working with AIDS patients in a small Tennessee mountain town.

First person accounts of four people living with AIDS in America--an eight-year-old girl, a young married woman, a divorced heterosexual man, and a gay man.

A family reminisces while gathered together to make a panel for the AIDS Memorial Quilt in memory of a beloved uncle.

Examines the ways in which HIV/AIDS can be contracted, its symptoms and diagnosis, the effects it has on a person's daily life, and ongoing efforts to find a cure.

A collection of essays that offer opposing viewpoints on issues related to AIDS, discussing the seriousness of the epidemic, HIV testing policies, prevention, and treatments.

Explains what HIV and AIDS are and how readers can protect themselves and others from being infected.

Karen is concerned when some children at school refuse to play with Nicholas because he has AIDS, so Karen's parents hold a meeting with other moms, dads, and teachers to help them understand there is no reason to be afraid.

Seventeen-year-old Karen persists in renewing an old friendship with her classmate Connie when Connie comes down with AIDS, despite pressure from other students, her mother, and her best friends.

In graphic art format, describes the friendship between two roommates on the MTV show "Real World, " one of whom died of AIDS.