HIV and AIDS: Know the Facts Treatments Work, but Prevention Is Key
It’s been more than 30 years since a disease now called AIDS was first recognized in the United States. Back then, it was considered a death sentence. No treatments were available, its cause was unknown, and people often died within a few months after being diagnosed. Today, people infected with HIV—the virus that causes AIDS—can live full, healthy lives, in large part because of medicines and other discoveries made with NIH support.
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- SourceUrl: http://newsinhealth.nih.gov/issue/jun2015/feature1
- Syndication ID: 3470
- Language: English
- Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH)
- Date Syndication Captured: Friday, June 05, 2015 at 04:40 PM
- Date Syndication Updated: Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 12:07 AM
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