aids (disease)

The summer after they finish the sixth grade, Bird discovers that her best friend Josh is HIV positive.

Discusses current medical, social, and political issues concerning HIV and AIDS.

Kaguri grew up in Uganda but received his college education in the United States at Columbia University. Returning to Uganda years later, Kaguri was overwhelmed by the plight of AIDS orphans and vowed to build them a tuition-free school.

When AIDS emerged in 1981, society was not prepared for a new infectious disease but since then we have learned that reemerging diseases will continue to challenge and threaten humanity. This book discusses the process of scientific discovery, scientific evidence, and how laboratories found the cause of AIDS and what therapeutic interventions were developed to treat it.

A series of seventeen essays that explore U.S. drug and law enforcement policies and their impact on the spread of HIV and the civil rights of HIV-positive persons.