The first World AIDS Day was observed on December 1, 1988. George H. W. Bush was newly elected president, and I was a freshman at NYU about to turn 18 years old. The World Health Organization had ...

The State Department issued a terse statement last week saying, "an awareness day is not a strategy." The result is that on December 1, the United States is not commemorating World AIDS Day. It's the ...

Key Takeaways The U.S. did not participate in World AIDS Day for the first time since 1988 Health experts warn the move could weaken progress against HIV About 1.2 million people in the U.S. live with ...

World AIDS Day 2025: Over four decades ago, the United States reported the first official cases of what would later be known as AIDS or Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. The cause of this disease ...

On World AIDS Day, it’s worth remembering how far we’ve come in combating HIV and AIDS — and that we can cross the finish line to eliminate the disease, says Matthew Rose, senior public policy ...