: a disease of the human immune system that is characterized cytologically especially by reduction in the numbers of CD4-bearing helper T cells to 20 percent or less of normal thereby rendering the subject highly vulnerable to life-threatening conditions (such as Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia) and to some (such as Kaposi's sarcoma) that become life-threatening and that is caused by infection with HIV commonly transmitted in infected blood especially during illicit intravenous drug use and in bodily secretions (such as semen) during sexual intercourse
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Her Kennedy homes design brought her to the attention of the affordable-housing arm of the giant AIDS Healthcare Foundation, which provides health services to people living with HIV around the globe.
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Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 12 July 2024
The city anticipates getting only $5.3 million from a combination of federal dollars through the Ryan White Part B Program and rebates from the Maryland AIDS Drug Assistance Program.
—Angela Roberts, Baltimore Sun, 11 July 2024
The former is a humanitarian organization that U2 frontman Bono started in 2004 to raise awareness of the AIDS epidemic.
—Shawn Raymundo, The Arizona Republic, 11 July 2024
From an Emmy-Winning AIDS Activist to Librarians Fighting Book Bans: PEOPLE's 2023 Women Changing the World
The group's broad definition of pornography suggests that the Trump administration could seek to imprison LGBTQ+ people, drag queens, librarians, teachers and allies with little cause.
—Kyler Alvord, Peoplemag, 11 July 2024
Today, 35 states have laws or sentencing enhancements criminalizing conduct based on HIV status, which catalyzed the creation of HIV Is Not a Crime, a campaign led by The Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation that is funded through support from Gilead.
—Spenser Mestel, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 July 2024
And globally, even with half the world’s population at risk of malaria, the U.S. President’s Malaria Initiative and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria are great examples of what effective investment in malaria control can do, having averted nearly 12 million deaths since 2000.
—Sadie Ryan, Orlando Sentinel, 10 July 2024
Perkins would die in 1993 at age 60 of complications from AIDS, and Berensen died in the first plane to hit the World Trade Center in 2001.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 9 July 2024
There were, there were people dying of AIDS in my environment, in my atmosphere.
—Abc News, ABC News, 27 June 2024
Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 12 July 2024
The city anticipates getting only $5.3 million from a combination of federal dollars through the Ryan White Part B Program and rebates from the Maryland AIDS Drug Assistance Program.
—Angela Roberts, Baltimore Sun, 11 July 2024
The former is a humanitarian organization that U2 frontman Bono started in 2004 to raise awareness of the AIDS epidemic.
—Shawn Raymundo, The Arizona Republic, 11 July 2024
From an Emmy-Winning AIDS Activist to Librarians Fighting Book Bans: PEOPLE's 2023 Women Changing the World
The group's broad definition of pornography suggests that the Trump administration could seek to imprison LGBTQ+ people, drag queens, librarians, teachers and allies with little cause.
—Kyler Alvord, Peoplemag, 11 July 2024
Today, 35 states have laws or sentencing enhancements criminalizing conduct based on HIV status, which catalyzed the creation of HIV Is Not a Crime, a campaign led by The Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation that is funded through support from Gilead.
—Spenser Mestel, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 July 2024
And globally, even with half the world’s population at risk of malaria, the U.S. President’s Malaria Initiative and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria are great examples of what effective investment in malaria control can do, having averted nearly 12 million deaths since 2000.
—Sadie Ryan, Orlando Sentinel, 10 July 2024
Perkins would die in 1993 at age 60 of complications from AIDS, and Berensen died in the first plane to hit the World Trade Center in 2001.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 9 July 2024
There were, there were people dying of AIDS in my environment, in my atmosphere.
—Abc News, ABC News, 27 June 2024
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“AIDS.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/AIDS. Accessed 15 Jul. 2024.
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AIDS
noun
: a serious disease of the human immune system marked by destruction of a large proportion of the helper T cells in the body due to infection by the HIV virus commonly transmitted especially in blood and semen
Medical Definition
AIDS
noun
: a disease of the human immune system that is characterized cytologically especially by a reduction in the numbers of CD4-bearing helper T cells to 20 percent or less of normal thereby rendering the subject highly vulnerable to life-threatening conditions (as Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia) and to some that become life threatening (as Kaposi's sarcoma) and that is caused by infection with HIV commonly transmitted in infected blood especially during illicit intravenous drug use and in bodily secretions (as semen) during sexual intercourse
called also acquired immune deficiency syndrome, acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
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