US EditionWhat the First Documented Cases of AIDS in Los Angeles Meant for the World
- The CDC published a report in early June 1981 describing five cases of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in previously healthy young gay men in Los Angeles.
- These cases signaled immune system failure and later led to identifying AIDS, caused by HIV, which attacks the immune system if untreated.
- Since then, HIV/AIDS has infected 88.4 million people globally and killed about 42.3 million, with 1.2 million currently living with HIV in the U.S.
- In 2022, the U.S. Reported 31,800 new HIV infections, mainly affecting racial minorities and men who have sex with men, while global AIDS deaths dropped to their lowest since 2004.
- Despite progress and $14.7 billion spent in 2023, funding cuts threaten programs like PEPFAR, risking millions of new infections and deaths by 2029 unless urgent action occurs.
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What the first documented cases of AIDS in Los Angeles meant for the world
Continuing the fight against aids The battle against HIV/AIDS has been going more than 40 years. In the first week of June 1981, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published an article in its Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report “Pneumocystis Pneumonia — Los Angeles.” The article describes cases of a rare lung infection, Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia, in five young, previously healthy gay men in Los Angeles. Los Angeles immunologis…
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Georgia Public Broadcasting
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