A chronic and potentially life-threatening disease caused by HIV infection ...

AIDS is an acronym of a chronic condition called “Auto Immunodeficiency Syndrome,” an advanced stage of infection acquired ...

The early days of the HIV/AIDS epidemic were marked with stigma and confusion. Rollis University/New York Historical Society Thirty-six years ago, the words “HIV” and “AIDS” weren’t yet invented. But ...

The acronym AIDS is redundant, loaded with stigma, and potentially harmful, according to a group of specialists who suggest replacing the term with "advanced HIV." The acronym AIDS has "outlived its ...

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In the late 1980s, a movement emerged in response to the lack of resources, communication and support provided to those with HIV and AIDS. Because the disease was initially labeled Gay-Related Immune ...