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Shining a light on the forgotten epidemic – Sydney Morning Herald
It has ravaged the world for 40 years and killed about 33 million people. But the calls for an AIDS vaccine or cure have not been loud enough.
HIV/AIDS first appeared in the US in the early 1980s and the government response was remarkably slow in comparison. It took years before the Reagan administration even acknowledged the virus was a serious threat. By that stage, thousands of people mostly young, gay men had died.
A scanning electron micrograph of multiple round bumps of the HIV-1 virus on a cell surface.Credit:AP
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