AIDS at 40

Published: June 14, 2021, 5 a.m.

On June 5, 1981, the US Centers for Disease Control published a report about a rare type of pneumonia affecting gay men in Los Angeles, CA. It would be the first reports of HIV and AIDS in North America.\n\nOn this episode of This Is Why, we look back at 40 years of science around HIV/AIDS and where treatment and policy has progressed for that pandemic.\n\nContact:\n\nAdam Toy - @Adam_Toy on Twitter\n\nDave McIvor - @d_mac1519 on Twitter\n\nThis is Why - @ThisIsWhy on Twitter\n\nEmail us - thisiswhy@globalnews.ca\n\nGuests:\n\nGary Lacasse, executive director of the Canadian AIDS Society\n\nEpisode Resources:\n\n\n"40 years of HIV/AIDS: a painful anniversary" in The Lancet\n\n"Forty years on and new UNAIDS report gives evidence that we can end AIDS" from UNAIDS