aids (disease)

Collects twenty-five essays from journals, magazines, nonfiction books, government documents, and other sources on the global HIV/AIDS epidemic, that debate issues associated with HIV/AIDS from various perspectives, discussing the threat of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, how the spread of the disease can be controlled, and approaches to the epidemic on a global level.

Examines the AIDS crisis around the world, with a chronology of events detailing the disease's spread, history, and impact, biographies of activists, advocates, and legislators, listings of organizations and agencies, and an annotated list of print and nonprint sources.

Coming-of-age novel set in the early days of the AIDS epidemic tells of the friendship between fourteen-year-old June, whose beloved uncle Finn, a famous painter, has died of a mysterious illness, and Finn's partner, Toby, the only other person who misses Finn as much as she does.

In 1983 New York, Michael tries to forget about his father's anger, the pressure of school, and the threat of AIDS by escaping to The Echo, where he dances with abandon and attracts the interest of another boy.

"The AIDS, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, crisis fundamentally changed the fabric of the United States . . . presents the history of the AIDS crisis through the lens of the brave victims and activists who demanded action and literally fought for their lives . . . explores everything from the disease's origins and how it spread to the activismit inspired and how the world confronts HIV and AIDS today"--Provided by publisher.

Explores the history of AIDS, including the discovery, the deaths, the treatments, and more.

Offers factual information about HIV and AIDS, providing an overview of the pandemic, discussing how they effect families, addressing connections to poverty, and exploring prevention, treatment, and related discrimination.

In New York's East Village, a group of bohemians struggle to express themselves through their art and strive for success and acceptance while enduring the obstacles of poverty, illness, and the AIDS epidemic.

Provides information on the causes, symptoms, treatment, and prevention of HIV and AIDS, examines the United States government initiative to stop the spread of HIV, and explains how people cope and live with the illness.

AIDS, acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, is the infectious disease caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). HIV attacks the immune system, sometimes with fatal consequences. Though the first reported case was only in 1959, an estimated 40 million people now live with AIDS or HIV.