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This virus was discovered in 1983 by scientists in France and the U.S. It was identified as the cause of AIDS.
What is HIV?
In the 80s and 90s, this British royal helped break stigma by publicly shaking hands with HIV/AIDS patients, without gloves.
Who is Princess Diana?
This daily medication regimen is the standard treatment for people living with HIV.
What are ARTs/AZT/STRs?
This U.S. president's administration was the first to develop a national policy response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the 1980s, though critics say it came after years of public pressure and growing crisis.
Who is Ronald Reagan?
HIV was first identified by scientists in 1983, the abbreviation standing for these words.
What is Human Immunodeficiency Virus?
This groundbreaking 1996 rock musical, inspired by La Bohème, follows a group of young artists in New York City as they struggle with poverty, love, and the AIDS crisis.
What is Rent?
This once-daily pill can help prevent HIV infection when taken regularly by people at high risk.
What is PrEP?
This American immunologist led early research on AIDS at the NIH and became a leading voice during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Who is Dr. Anthony Fauci?
AIDS is the most advanced stage of HIV infection and severely weakens the immune system. Its abbreviation stands for this.
What is Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome?
In 1991, this NBA legend shocked the world by announcing he was HIV-positive, becoming one of the first major athletes to speak publicly about the virus.
Who is Magic Johnson?
This treatment milestone means a person’s HIV levels are so low they can’t be detected by standard tests and can’t transmit the virus.
What is an undetectable/untraceable viral load?
This U.S. federal agency is the largest funder of HIV/AIDS research in the world.
What is the National Institutes of Health (NIH)?
Initially, there was confusion about the origin of AIDS, with some early theories linking it to gay men, earning it the nickname "gay plague". However, scientific research eventually established that HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, originated in hunting these animals.
What are chimpanzees?
In this 2013 film, Matthew McConaughey plays Ron Woodroof, a real-life cowboy who battles the FDA while smuggling unapproved HIV treatments into Texas during the AIDS crisis.
What is Dallas Buyers Club?
This rare cancer, often appearing as purple skin lesions, became one of the first visible signs of the AIDS epidemic in the 1980s.
What is Kaposi's Sarcoma?
This 1990 act, named after a boy who contracted HIV through a blood transfusion, provides funding for HIV/AIDS care for low-income individuals in the U.S.
Who is Ryan White?
In 2008, this individual became the first person widely considered cured of HIV after receiving a stem cell transplant.
Who is the Berlin Patient? (Timothy Ray Brown)
This 1990 chart-topping Madonna song, made to honor her friends lost to AIDS, includes the lyric “Make them express how they feel,” and was later featured in an MTV PSA campaign about HIV awareness.
What is "Express Yourself"?
This term refers to the amount of HIV in a person’s blood and is the key measure used to track treatment success.
What is a viral load?
In 2010, this landmark health care law banned insurance companies from denying coverage to people with pre-existing conditions, including HIV.
What is the Affordable Care Act?